Seemed to me a standard adventure story until we got into Petey’s story and how he came to be and how “Old Petey” made things right with “Young Petey.” Then we come to the heart and substance of the story so then the story works. Boston New York, Versity, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2019. Otto and Sheed’s relationship: teasing, bickering, bantering, insults, buddies, teammates, they have each other’s backs, flaws and all. When adventurous cousins Otto and Sheed Alston accidentally extend the last day of summer by freezing time, they find the secrets between the unmoving seconds are not as much fun as they expected. Humorous play on phrases of time (bedtime, crunch time, game time, second guessers) and how frozen time impacts them.
But on the last day of summer before school begins, the boys take on their greatest challenge yet, after a stranger shows up in town and time freezes.Mystery and time travel, the puzzle of putting it together. And I, for one, am grateful to Giles, and this brilliant story, for that reminder. Every single child should have the freedom to be one of The Legendary Alstons. They’ve even been recognized with keys to the city for their work. 'The Last Last-Day-of-Summer reminds me that all children deserve to exist in magical spaces where their imaginations and familial bonds will them into heroism. Cousins Otto and Sheed are known around town for their skill and adventures in battling the strange by way of deduction, inventiveness and assorted maneuvers. In Logan County, VA, things are not always as they seem to be nor as they appear to happen.
0 kommentar(er)
