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"Who wouldn't want to spend time with the . . . eccentric
Norton-Nortons?"--M. T. Anderson Why does everyone seem so scared?
That's what the new boy in town, Rex Norton-Norton, aka Rex Zero,
wonders as he rides his bike through Ottawa's streets. Is it spies?
Kidnappers? Or is it because of the shadowy creature some say is
stalking Adams Park? One thing is certain in this summer of 1962 as
the Cold War heats up: nothing is quite what it seems. What's a boy
to do? If his name is Rex Zero and he has a bike he calls "Diablo,"
five wild and funny siblings, an alpha dog named Kincho, a basement
bomb shelter built of old Punch magazines, and a mind that turns
everything inside out, he's bound to come up with an amazing
idea.
With its mystery, adventure, laugh-out-loud scenes of family chaos,
and underlying message of hope, this wonderfully original novel
explores the impact of doomsday on the imagination of one smart and
funny twelve-year-old boy.
An insightful and funny new collection of short stories from
award-winning author Tim Wynne-Jones. In "War at the Snow White
Motel," Rex and his family are vacationing in Vermont. A
thoughtless act launches him into war with an older teenager at
their motel, but a much bigger conflict - the Vietnam War - looms
large on the horizon. Ant wants to join the #FridaysForFuture
movement - and impressing the new girl at school is only one good
reason why. Joseph and Danny are determined to right an old wrong,
no matter the consequences. Michel takes a road trip to spot a rare
bird, and along the way learns what his father is really afraid of.
Robin has to battle her anxiety when her great-grandfather sends
her in search of an old stuffed toy with a storied past. Walker is
home for the summer, in time to help his little sister expose a
local company's dubious environmental practices. A boy can't figure
out why the class bully won't leave him alone - it's not anything
he could have foreseen. Tim Wynne-Jones brilliantly captures
pivotal moments small and large as these characters fight for
understanding, courage and a better future. This new collection
features six brand-new stories and three that have been previously
published. Key Text Features author's note humor Correlates to the
Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.4.6 Compare and contrast the point of view
from which different stories are narrated, including the difference
between first- and third-person narrations.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.6 Describe how a narrator's or speaker's
point of view influences how events are described.
A boy turns an everyday outing into a thrilling, top-secret
adventure in this stylish picture book for imaginative secret
agents everywhere. Secret Agent Man (S.A.M.) needs new shoes. His
mum - er, sidekick, "K" - takes him shopping. But the mission will
be dangerous. To start with, Shoe Store Man looks shifty. "Search
him," says S.A.M. With the help of a Team of Expert Spies and keen
observation skills, will Sam find that his brand-new tiger-striped
shoes bring him a new superpower ... and that he can now tie his
own shoe-laces? Imaginative play takes centre stage in this witty
and stylish picture book that will charm and amuse all readers.
An Edgar Award Winner
Two years after his father's mysterious disappearance, Jim Hawkins
is coping -- barely. Underneath, he's frozen in uncertainty and
grief. What did happen to his father? Is he dead or just gone? Then
Jim meets Ruth Rose. Moody, provocative, she's the bad-girl
stepdaughter of Father Fisher, Jim's father's childhood friend and
the town pastor, and she shocks Jim out of his stupor when she
tells him her stepfather is a murderer. "Don't you want to know who
he murdered?" she asks. Jim doesn't. Ruth Rose is clearly crazy --
a sixteen-year-old misfit. Yet something about her fierce
conviction pierces Jim's shell. He begins to burn with a desire for
the truth, until it becomes clear that it may be more unsettling
than he can bear. What is the real meaning of the strange prayers
Father Fisher intones behind the door of his private sanctuary? Why
does Ruth Rose suddenly disappear? And what really happened thirty
years ago when a boy died in a burning house?
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