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    Odd, Weird & Little

    By Patrick Jennings

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    Readers who love Andrew Clements, Dan Gutman, Gordon Korman, and Tom Angleberger will find this charming, funny, easy-to-read middle-grade novel from the beloved Patrick Jennings an absolute hoot!

    When the new kid joins his class, Woodrow agrees with his schoolmates--Toulouse is really weird. He's short - kindergarten short - dresses in a suit like a grandpa, has huge eyes, and barely says a word. But Woodrow isn't exactly Mr. Popularity. The frequent target of the class bully himself, he figures that maybe all Toulouse needs is a chance.

    And when the two are put together in gym to play volleyball, they make quite the team. Toulouse can serve, set, and spike like a pro. He really knows how to fly around the court. But when the attention and teasing switch back to Woodrow, he learns that the new kid is great at something else: being a friend.

    Full of heart and laughs, Odd, Weird, and Little is another winner from the author of the state-list favorite, Guinea Dog.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRandom House Publishing Group
    Release dateJan 28, 2014
    ISBN9781606843758
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    Patrick Jennings

    Patrick Jennings grew up in a small town in Indiana, where there were no wild, lethally venomous snakes. His family then moved to rural Arizona, where lived many, including seventeen varieties of rattlesnake. Patrick got seriously freaked out. He now lives on the Olympic Peninsula, where there are scarcely any wild, lethally venomous snakes. We Can't All Be Rattlesnakes is his fourteenth book for young readers.

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    • 3/5
      When Toulouse Hulot moves to school from Quebec, Woodrow is drawn to him almost immediately; it seems inevitable that they are destined to be friends. Toulouse is different from anyone Woodrow has ever met (to begin with he is really short and he dresses like a dapper old man, carries an official briefcase, and is strangely silent at first, except for some small hooting sounds). Together the two are bonded by the attention and actions of the school bullies, and a love of fly-fishing. The reader never quite is told the truth of Toulouse’s identity, but it can be inferred by the descriptive words odd, weird, and little, and a variety of other clues.

      This is a solid, sweet story for 3rd – 5th grader readers, and a good addition to stories about friendship regardless of differences, and bullying coping skills.