Published: Sep. 14, 2009
Words: 51,145 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781452339665

Description

The award-winning novel about a boy and a girl, one white and one black, and the boy's con-man uncle starting a new life in a small town. “Full of humor, hope, and bravery. Richly drawn, fast paced, enticing, and downright witty. . . Sure to be a hit."—School Library Journal. "You will laugh out loud."—Pick of the List

Tags

friendship, family, race relations, snakes, rock and roll, blues, sow bugs, salamanders, tarantula, fender telecaster, chuck berry, absquatulation, dragonfly, orangutan

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Review by: Micki Norman on June 08, 2012 :
My son says this is the best book we ever read - and there's not one dragon or space alien - though there's a pretty scary salamander. Babcock explores the final frontier of boyhood - how to make friends with a girl. His family is real and engaging. As a grown-up I couldn't put it down.
(reviewed long after purchase)

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