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January 31, 2007
WEIRD STUFF by Richard Tulloch
Weird stuff happens like asking for a $25 gift certificate for the summer reading raffle and getting $3000 for young adult programming; or reserving a copy of the latest Harry Potter book and then getting two free copies. Weird stuff like that is fun and makes you happy, but there is other kinds of weird stuff. Middle-schooler, Brian Hobble in WEIRD STUFF by Richard Tulloch has some good and not so good stuff happen.
It all starts with the soccer game. Brian isn't a great player; he may not even be a good player, but when the opportunity arises for a penalty kick that could win the game, it is Brian who must kick it. Win the game and Garunga District School is in the playoffs. Somehow with the best goalie defending the goal Brian makes the goal.
His success in soccer is deflated, when in English Brian is face-to-face with his all-time favorite author, Lancelot Cummins. Mr. Cummins has come to the school to teach creative writing. Writing is impossible for Brian, until he borrows a pen from a classmate and then the words keep coming. For a thirteen year old boy a romance between a postman and a woman on his postal route seems a little absurb, but Brian has written it. Now he must accept the fame and the ridicule. How can he handle it and where are these words coming from?
This is funny book about a boy who learns nothing is impossible. I RECOMMEND WEIRD STUFF by Richard Tulloch FOR BOYS IN GRADES SIX AND SEVEN.
Mrs. Jackson
Head of Young Adult Services
Posted by fjacksonem at January 31, 2007 1:33 PM