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Kim Fitzgerald-Trout took to driving with ease--as most children would if their parents would ever let them try. She had to. After all, she and her siblings live in a car.
Meet the Fitzgerald-Trouts, a band of four loosely related children living together on a lush tropical island. They take care of themselves. They sleep in their car, bathe in the ocean, eat fish they catch and fruit they pick, and can drive anywhere they need to go--to the school, the laundromat, or the drive-in. If they put their minds to it, the Fitzgerald-Trouts can do anything. Even, they hope, find a real home.
Award-winning poet and screenwriter Esta Spalding's exciting middle grade debut establishes a marvelous place where children fend for themselves, and adults only seem to ruin everything. This extraordinary world is brought to vibrant life by Sydney Smith, the celebrated artist behind Sidewalk Flowers.
Meet the Fitzgerald-Trouts, a band of four loosely related children living together on a lush tropical island. They take care of themselves. They sleep in their car, bathe in the ocean, eat fish they catch and fruit they pick, and can drive anywhere they need to go--to the school, the laundromat, or the drive-in. If they put their minds to it, the Fitzgerald-Trouts can do anything. Even, they hope, find a real home.
Award-winning poet and screenwriter Esta Spalding's exciting middle grade debut establishes a marvelous place where children fend for themselves, and adults only seem to ruin everything. This extraordinary world is brought to vibrant life by Sydney Smith, the celebrated artist behind Sidewalk Flowers.
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About the Author:
ESTA SPALDING is a descendant of Canadian literary royalty, and an accomplished writer in her own right. She is a sought-after screenwriter who is currently at work adapting Kate Atkinson's novel Life After Life for Lionsgate Films and Jennifer Egan's novel A Visit from the Goon Squad for Sundance Television. She is also the supervising producer of the HBO series Masters of Sex. She has garnered awards for her film and television work, as well as for her prose and poetry. This is her first middle grade work. The author lives in Venice, California.
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A Huffington Post Canada Selection: "Great Books for Kids in Summer 2017"
"The illustrations are awesome, and the stories almost write themselves with that brilliant plotline." --Huffington Post Canada
"Spalding, a poet and screenwriter making her children’s book debut, balances the direness of their situation with over-the-top characters and humor-driven narration. If the story’s magic lies in its Dahl-esque approach to topics like homelessness and parental neglect, its heart lies in the relationship between these four mutually devoted children." --Publishers Weekly
"If this sounds like the set up for a preposterous tale that incorporates a fantastical plot, quirky characters, and some child-friendly amorality, that’s because Look Out for the Fitzgerald-Trouts is exactly that and more . . . This is plain fun with an edge, after a Dahl-esque fashion." --Quill & Quire
"A touch of Everything on a Waffle weirdness; a touch of The Willoughbys sendup; and a warm, genial, wholly original voice.” --Horn Book Magazine
"This delightfully absurd story is sure to catch a young reader’s imagination .... The main characters are appealing, enterprising and capable . . . the plot intrigues, engaging us in the youngster’s problems and their adventures, [involving] many twists and surprises . . . Award-winning Sidney Smith’s whimsical illustrations capture the zany flavor of the story." --CM Magazine
"The illustrations are awesome, and the stories almost write themselves with that brilliant plotline." --Huffington Post Canada
"Spalding, a poet and screenwriter making her children’s book debut, balances the direness of their situation with over-the-top characters and humor-driven narration. If the story’s magic lies in its Dahl-esque approach to topics like homelessness and parental neglect, its heart lies in the relationship between these four mutually devoted children." --Publishers Weekly
"If this sounds like the set up for a preposterous tale that incorporates a fantastical plot, quirky characters, and some child-friendly amorality, that’s because Look Out for the Fitzgerald-Trouts is exactly that and more . . . This is plain fun with an edge, after a Dahl-esque fashion." --Quill & Quire
"A touch of Everything on a Waffle weirdness; a touch of The Willoughbys sendup; and a warm, genial, wholly original voice.” --Horn Book Magazine
"This delightfully absurd story is sure to catch a young reader’s imagination .... The main characters are appealing, enterprising and capable . . . the plot intrigues, engaging us in the youngster’s problems and their adventures, [involving] many twists and surprises . . . Award-winning Sidney Smith’s whimsical illustrations capture the zany flavor of the story." --CM Magazine
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- PublisherTundra Books
- Publication date2017
- ISBN 10 0735263183
- ISBN 13 9780735263185
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages256
- IllustratorSmith Sydney
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