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The Small Adventure of Popeye and Elvis
By O'Connor, Barbara
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-37437-055-8
- Publisher
- Foster Farrar
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on September 1, 2009
Gr 3-6 Popeye thinks life is boring in Fayette, SC, where his grandmother keeps her mind sharp by reciting the kings and queens of England in chronological order and gives her grandson vocabulary words each week to keep his mind exercised. Life changes when a boy named Elvis and his nomadic, quirky family get their Holiday Rambler motor home stuck in red mud near Popeye's house. They meet and Elvis quickly names Popeye the senior ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on January 1, 2010
Living with his grandmother and good-for-nothing uncle, Dooley, Popeye (so named courtesy of Dooley's poor shooting with a BB gun) sees his summer in Fayette, South Carolina, passing with the same dull, steady speed as the water dripping from his ceiling. There's nothing to do and nobody to do it with—until a stranger, one Elvis Jewell, comes to town. Elvis, his parents, and a passel of younger brother...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2009
Popeye lives with his grandmother and good-for-nothing uncle in Fayette, South Carolina. There's nothing to do and nobody to do it with--until b...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
