Grooves - A Kind Of Mystery

“A surrealistic and nutty mystery…The novel is a hoot.” Informationen zum Autor Kevin Brockmeier is the author of city of names and several novels for adults, including the brief history of the dead. He has published stories in The Georgia Review , The New Yorker , and McSweeney's . He is also the recipient of many prestigious honors, including a James Michener–Paul Engle Fellowship, the Chicago Tribune 's Nelson Algren Award, and three O. Henry Awards. He lives in Little Rock, Arkansas. Zusammenfassung A quirky middle–grade novel about an enterprising seventh–grader who discovers an astonishing plea for help in the grooves of his blue jeans. Dwayne Ruggles is a regular kid living in a regular town until evil entrepreneur Howard Thigpen shows up. Thigpen seems to have the ability to make people do whatever he wants, and sparks of light swirl around him wherever he goes. But the mystery doesn't stop there. Dwayne discovers that the grooves in his Thigpen–brand blue jeans and the ripples in his Thigpen–brand potato chips contain a secret message, "Please. You must help us. He's stealing the light from our eyes." It's a race against time to solve the mystery, but first Dwayne better figure out what that strange message means. Ages 8+

Product details

• Authors: Kevin Brockmeier, Brockmeier Kevin
• Publisher: Harper Collins Usa
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 8 to 12
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.03.2006
• EAN: 9780060736910
• ISBN: 978-0-06-073691-0
• No. of pages: 208
• Dimensions: 146 mm x 216 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: JUVENILE FICTION / Humorous Stories, JUVENILE FICTION / Mysteries & Detective Stories, JUVENILE FICTION / Boys & Men, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Crime and mystery fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Humorous stories, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Boys and men, JUVENILE FICTION: Humorous Stories, JUVENILE FICTION: Boys & Men, JUVENILE FICTION: General