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INTERMEDIATE FICTION
Potter, Ellen

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199 pp. | Philomel | May, 2009 | Trade ISBN 978-0-399-24705-7 $16.99
(3) 4-6 Owen, nearly a genius and "fifty-seven percent fatter" than average, feels like an outcast at school--especially after someone starts stealing his cookies. Meanwhile, he's working on an invention to view two-year-old signals from a neighborhood deli's surveillance camera, the significance of which is explained late in the story. Owen, a likable kid with a fresh voice, ably navigates the tale's many subplots.
Reviewer: Kathleen T. Horning

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