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284 pp.
| Dial |
May, 2011 |
TradeISBN 978-0-8037-3537-8$15.99
(3)
4-6
Illustrated by
C. S. Jennings.
Middle-schooler Jacob Wonderbar is used to getting in trouble. When he trades a corndog for a spaceship, his opportunities to wreak havoc expand astronomically. He and his friends mess up the Milky Way and end up on a planet populated by teachers. There's plenty of humor throughout for reluctant readers. A subplot about Jacob's missing father suggests a sequel will follow.