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ISBN Number: 9780374315627
Written by: Marcum, Lance
Published by: Farrar Straus Giroux
Subject: Family, General
Subject: Friendship
Subject: Children's 9-12, Fiction, General
Subject: Humorous Stories
Subject: Social Situations, Adolescence
Subject: Lifestyles, Country Life
Subject: Outdoor life
Subject: Family, Vacation
Subject: Situations / Adolescence
Subject: Social Issues, Adolescence
Date of Publication: May 2005
Cover Type: Hardcover
Grade Level:, Up
Written in: English
Number of Pages: 336
Book Size: 8.50x5.78x1.09 in. 1.09 lbs.
Age Level: 10-UP
School's finally out, and eleven-year-old Mitch Valentine is ready to get started on his extensive list of things to do with his best friend — until his mom ruins everything with a surprise announcement. The family is going to take a long trip halfway across the country, to stay with her family down South. Mitch's reluctant summer visit to sweltering farm country tests him in all sorts of ways, starting with his sense of humor. Pitkin, Louisiana, turns out to be a place filled with challenges and dangers, from rope burns to raging bulls.In this vivid and funny first novel, Mitch discovers that it's his own bad decisions that can make for the biggest challenges and dangers of all.
Synopsis:
In this vivid and funny first novel, 11-year-old Mitch Valentine learns his family is spending the summer on a road trip to the South. There, he discovers that it's his own bad decisions that can make for the biggest challenges and dangers of all.
