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Waylon! One Awesome Thing
Written by Sara Pennypacker
Narrated by Christopher Gebauer
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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About this audiobook
Waylon has lots of ideas for making life more awesome through science, like teleportation, human gills, and attracting cupcakes by controlling gravity. But it's impossible for him to concentrate on his inventions when he's experiencing his own personal Big Bang. Arlo Brody is dividing the fourth grade boys into two groups. Waylon would rather be friends with everyone. Well, everyone except the scary new kid, Baxter Boylen. Waylon's older sister, Neon, is shooting away from the family. He wishes everything would go back to the way it was before she started wearing all black and saying "What's the point?" all the time. Just when it looks as though Waylon's universe is exploding, something happens to bring it all together again, and it is, without a doubt, One Awesome Thing.
Author
Sara Pennypacker
Sara Pennypacker is the author of the New York Times bestselling Pax and Pax, Journey Home; the award-winning Clementine series and its spinoff series, Waylon; and the acclaimed novels Summer of the Gypsy Moths and Here in the Real World. She divides her time between Cape Cod, MA, and Florida. You can visit her online at sarapennypacker.com.
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Reviews for Waylon! One Awesome Thing
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5children's fiction (short chapter book 3rd-4th grades, esp. for the young science enthusiasts out there). As with the Clementine series (of which this is a spin-off; fans will be happy to know she makes appearances as Waylon's 4th grade classmate), this is a sweet story with school mischief/drama that kids will appreciate, as well as heartwarming family moments (Waylon's parents both work and take turns staying home; his older 14-y.o. sister is going through a moody phase). The police officers (and teachers) aren't depicted that warmly throughout the story, but they get nicer towards the end.
text missing betw pp 11 and 12; one line of text repeated pp 12-13 ? I may have to notify library staff to see if we can't get corrected copies. - Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Waylon is described as "the scienciest kid in the whole school". He questions whether he can invent something to counteract gravity, and puts together a project for safety of the community using this idea. He has so many ideas that he needs to buy a journal to keep track of them. Unfortunately, everything is not going as planned for Waylon.
Fourth grader Waylon is a member of a class where the boys have been divided into two opposing teams by Arlo, the undisputed "King of Fourth Grade". Waylon is not on either team and he describes himself as the isthmus between the two teams as well as between his parents and his rebellious sister Charlotte, who calls herself Neon. Baxter, the new kid, (he attended their school for a short time last year, earning the reputation of a scary individual who rumours said had been arrested) is also not on a team and through various circumstances, he and Waylon become companions who are not friends, but not not friends.
We meet many interesting and wonderful characters such as his fourteen-year-old sister Neon who responds to everything with "what's the point", Baxter Boylon who is not really a trouble maker, but wants everyone to think he is, as well as various friends and teachers.
This is a wonderful school story that deals with being true to yourself, being a true and loyal friends, not following the "popular" kids for the sake of being popular yourself and standing up for yourself and others. I really enjoyed this story and think it is a great one for public, school and classroom libraries. It is a great read for children 8 to 12.
I received a copy of this book from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. - Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5For Waylon, fourth grade is shaping up to be, well, less than awesome. It all started when Arlo, the undisputed king of the fourth-grade boys, decided to divide the boys up into teams. At first, Arlo said he wanted Waylon on his team, but now he seems to have changed his mind. What if Arlo doesn't put Waylon on either team? Also, Baxter Boylin, troublemaker extraordinaire, has returned to school. What if Arlo puts Waylon and Baxter on a team by themselves? Waylon has always loved science facts and finding the "one awesome thing" every day, but now he's having trouble finding anything awesome about school.I was so sad to see the end of the Clementine series, and I'm so excited to see this new collaboration by Pennypacker and Frazee. This series features a different main character from the same class, so Clementine and other familiar characters make cameo appearances, but Waylon (once described by Clementine as "the scienciest kid" in her class) is the star. And I have to say, this first book is pretty great. In fact, I suspect that this series is just going to keep getting . . . Even! More! Awesome!