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Doyle, Bill

The Prizewinners of Piedmont Place

185 pp. | Random | July, 2016 | Trade ISBN 978-0-553-52177-1 $15.99 | Library ISBN 978-0-553-52178-8 $18.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-0-553-52179-5
(4) 4-6 Illustrated by Colin Jack. In this self-consciously wacky series-starter, eleven-year-old Cal Talaska's quirky family competes to win the "Great Grab Contest" at a superstore. The evil, rich rival family feels stereotypical, but the financially struggling Talaska family (illustrated as mixed-race) is well developed and worth rooting for. Some of the jokes are belabored, but this is light and easy reading; Jack's black-and-white cartoons add appeal.
Reviewer: Katrina Hedeen

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