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DeCamp, Alison
2 Reviews
(3)
4-6
In this equally entertaining sequel to My Near-Death Adventures (99% True!), eleven-year-old Stan finds the father he's been searching for, which presents a moral dilemma as Stan realizes the man is less than honorable. Set in rural Michigan in 1895, quirky advertisements and illustrations from the period, embellished with Stan's witty comments, dot the scrapbook-like pages. The larger-than-life characters include strong female roles.
Reviewer: Luther B. Clegg
(3)
4-6
Set at a late-nineteenth-century logging camp in northern Michigan, the humorous story details the exploits of eleven-year-old Stanley Slater, who's known for his overactive imagination, energy, and scrapbooking talents, and who's on a quest to find his long-lost dad. Larger-than-life characters dominate; standouts include Stanley's impossible cousin Geri, his strict grandmother, and lumberjack Stinky Pete (who may be a murderer).
Reviewer: Amy Lois Cohn
2 reviews
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