Punished! - Softcover

Lubar, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1581960638 ISBN 13: 9781581960631

Publisher: Millbrook Press ™, 2007

Synopsis

Logan and his friend Benedict run into the wrong guy at the library--literally. When Logan slams into the reference guy in the basement and gives hima little lip, Logan gets punished, really and truly punished. He has three days to complete three tasks before Professor Wordsworth will lift the magical punishment that keeps getting Logan in even more trouble.

About this title

From the Publisher:

Fun book by award-winning author, David Lubar, will have readers laughing--and learning--about puns, palindromes, oxymorons, and more!

From the Inside Flap:

Logan isn’t grounded. But he is being punished—-by a weird old guy in the reference section who seems to have a little more magic than most librarians. Now Logan’s in big trouble with his parents, his teachers, and even his best friend, Benedict! Why? Because he’s out of control, spouting puns left and right, getting on everybody’s last nerve.

To end this vocabulary voodoo, Logan must complete three quests in record time, finding some of the wackiest word combos known to English: oxymorons, anagrams, and palindromes. Don’t know what they are? Look them up! But be careful of strange librarians with dusty books or you, too, may be . . .

Punished!

A Junior Library Guild Selection

Ages 9 and up

DAVID LUBAR is a writer and video-game designer. He's written a variety of books for teens and young readers. His novel Hidden Talents was named an ALA Best Books for Young Adults. Dunk, a wildly funny young adult novel set on the boardwalk of the Jersey Shore, won the 2004 Young Adult Book Award from the Keystone State Reading Association and appeared on the Texas Lone Star Reading List. His other books include Dog Days, Wizards of the Game, Flip, Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie, In the Land of the Lawn Weenies, and his latest short-story collection, Invasion of the Road Weenies. His short stories have appeared in Boys’ Life, READ Magazine, Nickelodeon Magazine, and in various anthologies.

David has designed and programmed many video games, including Home Alone and Frogger 2 for the Nintendo GameBoy, Fantastic Voyage for the Atari 2600, and Swamp Thing for the Nintendo Entertainment System. His most recent game work has been for Nabisco's Candystand and Nabisco World Web sites.

A popular speaker who has appeared at national conferences and schools all across the country, David Lubar is a native of New Jersey, but he now lives just over the border in Nazareth, Pennsylvania, with his wife, daughter, and a trio of felines.

About this edition

• Publisher: Millbrook Press ™
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1581960638
• ISBN 13: 9781581960631
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96