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On Sale: Jun 7, 2016
Page Count: 40 pages
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN-13: 9781484721735

A hilarious story about not spoiling the end of the story — selected as a Best book of 2016 by NPR, Betsy Bird/School Library Journal, the Nerdy Book Club, and others.

When our young hero settles in to read, the last thing he wants is for some noisy animals to ruin the ending of his book. But ruin it they do. And as it turns out, the boy is quickly approaching a surprise ending of his own! Maybe he should have listened to the animals after all. . . .

From the acclaimed author of Drawn Together, Lift, and The Perfect Seat comes a story that reminds us that reading is always a fun adventure… with a twist at the end.

Finalist for Florida’s Sunshine State Young Readers Jr. Award, Wyoming’s Buckaroo Book Award, California’s Young Reader Medal, and selected for the Wisconsin State Reading Association’s Picture This! Recommended Reading List.

Don’t miss THE PERFECT SEAT, also by Minh Lê!

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Minh Lê

About the Author

Minh Lê is the author of The Blur, the Eisner-nominated Lift, Drawn Together (winner of the 2019 Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature), Green Lantern: Legacy, and more. He is also on the faculty of the Hamline University MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults, serves on the board of We Need Diverse Books, and has written for a number of national publications, including NPR, HuffPost, and the New York Times. Minh does not meditate as much as he should, but he does savor every moment of life with his wonderful wife and children at their home in San Diego.

Chan Chau is a graduate of the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. They are the artist of New York Times bestselling Baby-Sitter’s Club graphic novel adaptations of Kristy and the Snobs and Jessi’s Secret Language. Before this, they worked in animation and were featured in multiple award-winning anthologies. In their free time, they love to play video games, read manga, and spend quality time with their found family. They currently reside in Washington state.

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