ABOUT THE BOOK
Each chapter of this book is written as a different genre of children’s book—fantasy, sports, horror, historical fiction, poetry, and so on. A great resource to teach about genre, the story goes…Trip Dinkleman hates to read. Hates, hates, hates it.
All he wants to do is play lacrosse. So when the president of the PTA asks Trip to help her out on his way to tryouts, he is not happy. He is even more not happy when a stack of books tumbles onto his head and knocks him out cold. And he is even MORE not happy when he wakes up and has absolutely no idea where he is. Now all he wants to do is get home. But after encountering a haunted house, aliens, talking animals, and much, much more, he realizes getting home might be just a little bit harder to do than he thought.
AWARDS AND LISTS
Delaware Blue Hen Children’s Choice Award Winner
REVIEWS
“Smartly conceived, action-packed and at times downright silly” — Publishers Weekly
“Gutman has way too much fun here, and reading-assignment-weary young readers will, too.”
— Kirkus Reviews