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Boyce, Frank Cottrell

The Astounding Broccoli Boy

372 pp. | HarperCollins/Walden Pond | September, 2015 | Trade ISBN 978-0-06-240017-8 $16.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-0-06-24002-8
(2) 4-6 Rory inexplicably turns broccoli-green and wonders if his dad could be right: "The Incredible Hulk, Swamp Thing...all superheroes. It seems to me that if you turn green, there's only one possible diagnosis." Shenanigans ensue as Rory and bunkmate Tommy-Lee, Rory's real-life bully, escape the hospital, wreaking havoc around London. Boyce's mash-up of comic-book tropes and coming-of-age struggles is funny--sometimes painfully so.
Reviewer: Tanya D. Auger | Horn Book Magazine Issue: September, 2015

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