The Underdog Parade
โ Scribed by Michael Mihaley
- Publisher
- Akashic Books ; [2018] ยฉ2018
- Year
- 2018
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 281 KB
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
"[Protagonist] Peter...is appealing, and readers will applaud his small triumphs."
--_Booklist_
"A treasure for readers of any age, The Underdog Parade promises to be an instant classic reminiscent of works like To Kill a Mockingbird. Crack open this book, and you will not put it down!"
--Gary R. Brown , author of The Coney Island Fakir
"I fell in love with Michael Mihaley's band of misfit characters. They show us anything is possible with a little bit of faith and a whole lotta heart."
--Barbara J. Taylor , author of All Waiting Is Long
It's the summer of the drought, but thirteen-year-old Peter "Nemo" Grady has bigger problems on his mind than the weather. He hates his new home in the exclusive golf club community Willow Creek Landing. His parents are always fighting and he can't escape the memory of his last seizure--when he flopped around the gymnasium floor like a fish out of...
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