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Twelve-year-old Norman Normann and his friends' madcap journey leads them to various parts of Manhattan, Austria, and Singapore. Don't expect a linear plot here but rather an ode to ten-year-old humor, enthusiasm, and improbable characters and situations. Embellished with Raschka's spot art, this rousing tale contains strong wordplay, a little vocabulary instruction, and a lot of laughs.
Reviewer: Betty Carter
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November, 2011