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School Library Journal
Reviewed on June 1, 2001
PreS-Gr 1 The superstition that it is bad luck to step on a crack in the sidewalk is the premise for this tongue-in-cheek, "what if" story. A boy is warned of the dire consequences of not heeding the old adage...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on July 1, 2001
McNaughton brings a giddily paranoid dimension to an old superstition, pitting a bespectacled little boy against a God-like authorial voice warning him not to step on a crack because "it's really bad luck!" The voice then goes on, entertainingly, about all the possibilities: ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More