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99 pp.
| Holiday |
July, 2007 |
TradeISBN 978-0-8234-2024-7$16.95
(4)
1-3
Illustrated by
Cynthia Fisher.
Randall (The Hero of Third Grade) is facing his first summer in Rushport, and there's nothing to do. He and his friend Max decide to start a chess club in the park, despite crabby old "Birdman's" interference. A missing parrot subplot muddles the story, and the book never quite takes flight. Black-and-white illustrations are well placed but static. Bib.