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268 pp.
| Houghton |
June, 2010 |
TradeISBN 978-0-547-22324-7$16.00
(2)
4-6
Illustrated by
Calef Brown.
Pinkwater follows Big Audrey, the cat-whiskered girl (The Neddiad, The Yggyssey) to Poughkeepsie. She makes new friends and solves a mystery of a girl who looks exactly like her. Pinkwater's complex setup for his punch line is vintage. He still teases us with a barrage of references, but the tone of this offering is less hectic and more wistful than its predecessors.
Reviewer: Sarah Ellis
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
May, 2010