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Synopsis
Meet Charlie Drop, Extraordinaire: smart, funny, occasionally debonair...and really, really cross-eyed.
Separated from his beloved brother Henry by their mother's death and a trumped-up murder charge, Charlie Drop finds himself at the mercy of California Foster Care. At first anything seems better than the Long Beach slum he used to call home, but it doesn't take long for him to decide that life behind the Disney-perfect façade of suburban California isn't all it's cracked up to be.
Taking his fate into his own hands, Charlie abandons upscale dysfunction in favor of a community of nocturnal albino separatists. From their Area 51 cave, he begins plotting his way back to Henry, who has promised to find a way to uncross his eyes. Armed with a home-made windbuggy, a pair of prescription Ray Bans and a mute navigator, he embarks on a 1,000-mile journey up America's west coast, toward the family and normalcy he's longed for all his life.
With a voice like Holden Caulfield on a good day and a sharp but forgiving eye for the ludicrous, Charlie delivers a bitingly funny account of his adventures that is sure to appeal to adults and older children alike.
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About the Author
Kevin Teague's first novel, Children Beyond Regan, was shortlisted for the Great American Book Contest in 2000. After marrying his lady, he moved to Edinburgh to write about Charlie Drop. Two Scottish winters later, he returned to California where the sun shines every afternoon.
Review
"Fresh, unique, and what readers want most: fun." -- Carlos Harrison, author of "Ruben's Rainbow" and "Ruben's Jungle"
"From the opening sentences I was enchanted...I wouldn't hesitate to recommend this to my students." -- Susan Bryant, Educational Consultant and former Headmistress
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- PublisherCornmill Press
- Publication date2005
- ISBN 10 0954891325
- ISBN 13 9780954891329
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages288
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