Lost in Bermooda
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Publisher Description
Bermooda is a tropical island that is undiscovered by the outside world and is primarily populated by walking, talking cows of human intelligence. The cows came to the island hundreds of years ago by a ship carrying livestock that wrecked upon the shoals around the southern tip of the island. They have since formed their own quaint, mootpian tropical island society. Life is good on Bermooda, and the residents are mostly content to be unknowing of and unknown to the world beyond their horizons. Bermooda has no "outsiders," and most prefer to keep it that way. That is, until Chuck ventures into the boneyard alone and discovers a young human boy who has been washed up unconscious on the sandbar! The young boy's name is Dakota and doesn’t seem as scary as Chuck thought humans should be. Chuck decides to “cow-mouflage” Dakota to pass as a bovine in town. Dakota and Chuck become fast friends, but trouble is brewing and Dakota’s true identity is at risk of being discovered. In the end, Chuck's family adopts Dakota as their own calf.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In his debut as an author, illustrator Litwin (My Name Is Not Isabella) takes a goofy premise and runs with it. The novel launches a series set on the island of Bermooda, a "peaceful Moo-topia" populated by anthropomorphic cows and other species. When a nine-year-old cow named Chuck Porter finds Dakota, a human boy, stranded on a sandbar, he brings him home. But first he "cowmouflages" his new friend with a makeshift cow costume, since the islanders fear outsiders, and "hu'mans" are reputed to be "cow-eating monsters." Chuck makes several well-intentioned but misguided attempts to help Dakota return home, but the two have better luck foiling the plot of Wilhelm Wellington a power-hungry cow with "plenty of moo-lah" to take control of the island. Litwin lays it on thick with the bovine puns (Chuck and his family live in the Porter House, an area beach is called Cape Cud, and "kau'pai" is a local insult), and the ample humor and some revelations about Dakota's backstory should leave readers looking forward to subsequent books. Final art not seen by PW. Ages 7 10.
