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Hard Time
By Thompson, Julian F.
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-68985-424-8
- Publisher
- New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c2003.
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on January 1, 2004
Gr 8-Up In this broadly satirical fantasy, a leprechaun named P.P. (Pantagruel Primo, Esquire) coincidentally inhabits the body of a baby doll that Annie Ireland carries around for her ninth-grade Life Skills class. P.P.'s identity is revealed when he announces to Annie that her house is burning down, a dire event that leads her self-absorbed parents to park their daughter with her aunt and uncle while they escape to a fat farm in Arizona. Thompson's style is sophisticated and irreverent. The vocabulary, choice of names, literary allu...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
