My Near-Death Adventures (99% True!) de Alison DeCamp

My Near-Death Adventures (99% True!): My Near-Death Adventures

Alison DeCamp

en Limba Engleză Paperback – 19 iun 2016 – vârsta de la 8 până la 12 ani

For history lovers and journal fans comes a hilarious and heartbreaking . . . 99 100% fantastic (A Fuse #8 Production, School Library Journal) story about a boy on a mission to find his long-lost father in the logging camps of Michigan.
There are many things that 11-year-old Stanley Slater would like to have in life most of all, a father. But what if Stan s missing dad isn t dearly departed after all?
Armed with his stupendous scrapbook, full of black-and-white 19th-century advertisements and photos, Stan s attempt to locate his long-lost hero/cowboy/outlaw dad is a near-death adventure fraught with pesky relatives, killer lumberjacks, and poisonous pies His tale will leave readers in stitches, but not the kind that require medical attention.
Praise for "My Near-Death Adventures (99% True )"
A knee-slapper of a debut featuring a narrator who is rather less than 99 percent reliable but 100 percent engaging. KirkusReviews
An] exuberant first novel. Publishers Weekly
Stan s story is full of his hilarious misunderstandings and overactive imagination. Interspersed throughout are pictures and news clippings embellished with wisecrack remarks, speech bubbles, and the occasional mustache. Booklist

"From the Hardcover edition.""

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