Beatrice Zinker, Upside Down Thinker
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3.3 • 6 Ratings
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- $5.99
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- $5.99
Publisher Description
Beatrice does her best thinking upside down.
Hanging from trees by her knees, doing handstands . . . for Beatrice Zinker, upside down works every time. She was definitely upside down when she and her best friend, Lenny, agreed to wear matching ninja suits on the first day of third grade. But when Beatrice shows up at school dressed in black, Lenny arrives with a cool new outfit and a cool new friend. Even worse, she seems to have forgotten all about the top-secret operation they planned!
Can Beatrice use her topsy-turvy way of thinking to save the mission, mend their friendship, and flip things sunny-side up?
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Debut author Johannes introduces a proudly unconventional heroine in Beatrice Zinker, who "always did her best thinking upside down" and shows up in a ninja outfit on the first day of third grade. The only problem (besides a teacher who's determined to "keep an eye on" her) is that her best friend Lenny didn't wear her ninja costume, as the girls had planned: Lenny instead shows up at school with a chic new look and a new friend. Johannes's orange-splashed illustrations have as much energy and personality as her heroine Beatrice slinks, leaps, bends, and bounds across the pages, (and sometimes trips and falls). Fans of free spirits such as Judy Moody and Dory Fantasmagory are a natural audience for this promising series kickoff. Ages 7 10.
