While I'm not sure he can take down the "Wimpy Kid," "Captain Nobody" is showing his literary muscles in the Rye Elementary School library.
The book follows the adventures of Newt Newman, a young boy who feels like sliced white bread in the bakery of life. When his football star brother falls into a coma, Newt devices a Halloween costume out of his brother's old clothes, and a new identity emerges.
"School Library Journal" says the humorous novel "reads like a summertime feel-good movie. Kids who have longed for their own superhero will eat this up."
All hail the power of white bread!
There will be beaucoup tears to dry when that last "Harry Potter" movie comes out this July. What will little Muggles do without the Hogwarts crew to conjure excitement? They could venture into the world of "Umber" - if they dare. P.W. Cantanese has written a 3-book fantasy series that brings readers from one run-in with widely imaginative characters and creatures to the next at a heady pace. In a starred review of the first book, "Happenstance Found," "Publishers Weekly" said, "Cantanese packs a lot in... rich characterizations, well-choreographed action sequences and genuinely surprising twists." If you're not floored by the stunning beasts of book two, "Dragon Games," than your imagination has dried up and blown away, or you are not of this world. Book three comes out Feb. 8.
You really need to have a book blog. I wold subscribe to read your posts! I am always looking for new books to read or suggest to my reluctant none year old. Thanks for the suggestions.
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