Title: Hello, Universe
Author: Erin Entrada Kelly
Pages: 320
Genre: Children's Fiction, Newbery Award
Grade: A
Synopsis: Chet Bullens is a bully who's prank leads to the shy boy Virgil Salinas being trapped at the bottom of a dry well with his pet guinea pig Gulliver. Virgil's friends Valencia Somerset, who is deaf, Kaori Tanaka, who is a self-proclaimed psychic, and Kaori's little sister Gen embark on a quest to try and find out what happened to Virgil when he missed his appointment with the self-proclaimed psychic.
My Review: We listened to this audiobook on one of our road trips last summer and the girls just loved it. Every once in a while they still reference this book in random moments, which is probably one of the best recommendations that can be made.
Since January 3, 2007
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