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Masters of Disaster
Children's Literature – Jean Boreen: Henry worries that he and his friends Riley and Reed "may be the most boring twelve-year-olds on the planet." So Henry talks his friends into joining him on a number of wacky adventures that often put all three friends, but Reed in particular, into some sticky and stinky situations. Henry […]
Lawn Boy
Publisher Weekly Review: At the start of this witty, quick-moving tale from the Newbery author, a 12-year-old receives an unexpected birthday present from his grandmother: his late grandfather's riding lawn mower. Since his family's lawn is postage-stamp size with grass that never seemed to grow enough to need mowing, he's initially unsure what to do […]
The Legend of Bass Reeves : Being the True and Fictional Account of the Most Valiant Marshal In the West
School Library Journal Review: Gr 6 Up?Drawing on newspaper accounts and his own fertile imagination, Paulsen tells Reeves???s story. Brief sections give the known facts of this hero???s life, set in historical context, and longer, narrative sections (the longest being about his boyhood) fill out the details. The result is a compelling tale of the […]