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Cahoots

Book 3

#3 in series

by Karla Oceanak
Kendra Spanjer
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As summer draws to a close, 10-year-old Aldo Zelnick travels to the Anderson farm in Minnesota for a family vacation. Aldo's mom is eager for him to experience her favorite childhood pastimes such as shucking sweet corn, milking cows, gathering eggs—and best of all—enjoying fresh air and living off the land. But Aldo suspects that farm life isn't all it's cracked up to be, and his worst fears are confirmed. The rooster wakes him at dawn, the chores exhaust him, and the cousins—identical twin pranksters—are in cahoots against him. Even the creepy old portrait of his great-grandfather seems to be watching these shenanigans from the frame on the wall. Aldo must endure all this without the consolation of TV or computers, because the farm is (gasp!) technology free. The humorous plot turns and lively drawings in this book will captivate both enthusiastic and reluctant young readers. This third installment in an A-to-Z alphabet series features a vocabulary-building glossary of cool words starting with the letter C, including conniption, charisma, and cattywampus.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Aldo Zelnick Comic Novel

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    May 1, 2011

  • Formats

    • Kindle Book

    • OverDrive Read

      • ISBN: 9781934649190

    • EPUB ebook

      • ISBN: 9781934649190
      • File size: 15655 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

    • ATOS Level: 4.1
    • Interest Level: 4-8(MG)
    • Text Difficulty: 2-3

  • Reviews

    • School Library Journal

      November 1, 2011

      Gr 2-5-Aldo is a technophile who enjoys playing online sim games. His latest favorite is "Farm Town," which is ironic because a trip to an actual farm is what his parents have planned for their family vacation. This means trading in their electronics for hay baling and butter making but it also seems as though Aldo's twin cousins have it in for him. Are they in cahoots about something? A blend of a graphic novel and a journal, this series can be used for building a glossary of words with the same initial letter. This "C" volume, which comes on the heels of Artsy-Fartsy (2009) and Bogus (2010, both Bailiwick) brings in "cockamamie," "cagey," "calligraphy," and "clomping." Featured words have an asterisk in the text and are defined in the gallery at the back. This gimmick does not get in the way of the enjoyment of the story. An extra bonus is a feature on the word "cryptophasia," also known as "twin speak." This book will appeal to kids not yet ready for the middle-school life portrayed in Jeff Kinney's "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" series (Abrams) but who have aged out of the irreverent potty humor of Dav Pilkey's "Captain Underpants" series (Scholastic).-Kathleen Meulen Ellison, Sakai Intermediate School, Bainbridge Island, WA

      Copyright 2011 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

Formats

  • Kindle Book
  • OverDrive Read
  • EPUB ebook

subjects

Languages

  • English

Levels

  • ATOS Level:4.1
  • Interest Level:4-8(MG)
  • Text Difficulty:2-3

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