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149 pp.
| Houghton/Lorraine |
October, 2002 |
TradeISBN 0-618-21433-X$$15.00
(4)
4-6
When sixth-grader Fowler Young discovers that one of the class pets at his school is possibly dying due to neglect, he hatches a plan to steal the Amazon parrot, hide it in his bedroom, and pin the blame on a nerdy classmate. Nearly every aspect of his plot goes awry. Some over-the-top characterizations and plot twists nearly overwhelm the low-key quirkiness of Fowler's first-person voice.