Do-Wrong Ron

A funny, touching story, told in friendly free verse with lively pen and ink drawings, about an accident-prone boy whose heart is in the right place. Do-wrong Ron can't do anything right. His only ally is Charlie, the guinea pig, until he meets Isabelle, who sees nothing wrong with Ron. Together, they set out to help Isabelle's lonely grandmother.


HONOUR BOOK: CBCA Book of the Year, Younger Readers, 2004


He's do-wrong Ron


who does the wrong things at the wrong time


or the right things at the wrong time


or the wrong things at the right time.


until he finds Charlie


the guinea pig who looks like an oversized rat


and they meet Isabelle


who is waiting for something


anything


to happen.


And when Ron plans a musical welcome for Isabelle's nana, anything just might happen. Written in vivid prose-poem snapshots, this is an engaging, illustrated story book for young readers.