How to Outrun a Crocodile When Your Shoes Are Untied

How to Outrun a Crocodile When Your Shoes Are Untied

by Jess Keating
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date: 03/06/2014

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Age Level: 9 and up | Grade Level: 4 to 7


From surviving middle school to feeling like a misfit, Ana Wright tackles it all in How to Outrun a Crocodile When Your Shoes are Untied. This heartwarming, coming of age story is the perfect summer reading book for middle school girls!


Ana Wright's social life is officially on the endangered list: she lives in a zoo (umm, elephant droppings!?), her best friend lives on the other side of the world, and the Sneerers are making junior high miserable. All Ana wants is to fade into the background.


Yeah, that's not going to happen.


Creature File for Ana Wright:


Species Name: Anaphyta Normalis


Kingdom: The Zoo, Junior High


Phylum: Girls Whose Best Friend Just Moved To New Zealand; Girls Who Are Forced To Live In A Zoo With Their Weirdo Parents And Twin Brother


Weight: Classified


Feeds On: Daydreams about Zackardia Perfecticus and wish cupcakes


Life Span: Soon to become extinct due to social awkwardness


A 2015 Georgia Children's Book Award Winner


A 2015 Children's Choices Reading List Title


A 2015 Red Maple Award Nominee


"A fun-filled, pitch-perfect book…An amusing, highly readable book about the perils of being 12 in a snake-eat-snake world."—Kirkus Reviews, STARRED Review

ISBN:
9781402297564
9781402297564
Category:
Humorous stories (Children's / Teenage)
Format:
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date:
03-06-2014
Language:
English
Publisher:
Sourcebooks
Jess Keating

Jess Keating is a zoologist-turned-author who writes with the sort of wisdom you can only get from multiple crocodile bites and skunk sprays. She's received oodles of state awards and starred reviews for her books, which include the World of Weird Animals nonfiction series and the biographies Shark Lady and Ocean Speaks.

She also dabbles in illustration, has her own Youtube Channel, and runs a blog that's popular with teachers and librarians for its exploration of STEM subjects and the writing process. Jess lives with her husband in Ontario, Canada.

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