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Gr 4-7 Highly unusual situations and eccentric, individualistic characters fill this quirky sequel to "My One Hundred Adventures" (Random, 2008). Jane, the oldest of four children, narrates her family's escapades as they go off in search of their stepdad's long-lost brother. Because of Ned's job as a French teacher, the family was reluctantly transplanted from their seaside home in Massachusetts to Saskatchewan. As this story begins, Ned is fired when it is discovered that he doesn't know French. Jane's somewhat mature musings about family life ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

In the sequel to My One Hundred Adventures (rev. 9/08), twelve-year-old narrator Jane Fielding cools on the adventurous life—a surprising shift for the intrepid Horvath. Jane; her sister Maya, eight; and their two little brothers have barely resettled in Saskatchewan with their mother and her oddball new husband Ned, and already Ned has lost his job as a French teacher, his first full-time job ever, because...he doesn't know French. Is he hopeless? The story is as much Ned's as Jane's, then, ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

In this sequel to <i>My One Hundred Adventures</i>, twelve-year-old narrator Jane Fielding, her eight-year-old sister, and their two little brothe...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Jane’s voice is immediate and believable. Polly Horvath uses understated humor to great effect. The book...Log In or Sign Up to Read More