Don't Look Now Book 1: Falling for It and The Kangapoo Key Ring
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4.4 • 23 Ratings
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- $6.99
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- $6.99
Publisher Description
The other kids don't see things the same way as me. I spend a lot of time imagining things. I just don't get it. Inside my head I am not the same as other kids.
Ricky is an ordinary boy, who dreams of being famous. And he has a secret that might just help him realise his dream. Because Ricky can fly. Truly. He can really fly. But there's a hitch. He can only fly when absolutely no one is looking. If a person, an animal or a bird sees him while he's flying, he will fall out of the sky and almost certainly die. But Ricky is desperate. Will he risk flying in public, just for a shot at fame?
The first two stories in a brilliant series presented in words and pictures by master story tellers Paul Jennings and Andrew Weldon. Don't Look Now will have readers laughing out loud at Ricky and his hilarious adventures - on and off the ground.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Don't be fooled by the page count this pair of tales about an imaginative and unpopular boy named Ricky flies by, thanks to minimal text on the pages, abundant illustrations, and lots of slapstick humor. In the first story, Ricky's dreams of popularity literally soar and plummet when he discovers he can fly, but only when no one is watching (being spotted causes him to plunge to Earth). In the second tale, Ricky's hopes for wealth and fame lead him to try to resurrect his late grandfather's rare and valuable black-petal poppy, a misadventure that leaves Ricky naked in a pasture, covered in cow manure. First in a four-book series, it's a screwball blend of gross-out humor and earnest adolescent yearning, both ably captured in Weldon's crazed b&w cartoons. Ages 7 11.
Customer Reviews
Books you can't put down
I borrowed this book from the school library and finished it on that same day. It didn't feel like I couldn't put it down until I noticed it.