Tuesday 10 December 2013

Fiction: The Awesome, Almost 100% True Adventures Of Matt & Craz

BookThe Awesome, Almost 100% True Adventures Of Matt & Craz
Author: Alan Silverberg
Publisher: Aladdin
Link: Silver Birch Books

A magical pen causes creative chaos in this quirky, comic-style story from the Sid Fleischman Award–winning author of Milo. Best friends Matt and Larry “Craz” Crazinski couldn’t be more different. Matt loves order, while Craz lives on the edge. The boys share a passion for cartooning, but thanks to the school paper gatekeeper (and kind-of bully), Skip Turkle, it seems their cartoons will never be published. But then the boys discover a pen that promises to help them DRAW BETTER NOW!—and quickly realize it’s no ordinary pen: Whatever they draw comes to life! They start small with their drawings—bags of cash, cool gadgets. Next, they get their pesky English teacher to take a unique and extended vacation. But when the boys get a little bolder in their magical drawings, they realize that things don’t always end up as perfect as the art they create... In this funny, slightly zany, and ultimately heartwarming story, Sid Fleischman Award–winner Alan Silberberg demonstrates the power of friendship—and that the best life is not always sketched out in advance.

1 comment:

  1. I thought this book because i loved the story line of 2 friends who get a pen that whenever they draw something and then do something else but i cant spoil it then it comes to life. I like the concept of things that will never happen in real life.

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