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YOUNGER FICTION
Haddix, Margaret Peterson

Say What?

91 pp. | Simon | February, 2004 | Trade ISBN 0-689-86255-5 $$12.95
(4) 1-3 Illustrated by James Bernardin. Three siblings are perplexed when their parents react to their bad behavior with non sequiturs (e.g., handprints on the wall get a response of "eat your vegetables"). Discovering this is a ploy to improve their comportment, the kids turn the tables and begin spouting nonsense phrases of their own. Though moderately amusing, the thin plot probably would have worked better as a short story.
Reviewer: Peter D. Sieruta

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