Odd man out

Resource Information

The work Odd man out represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

Odd man out

Statement of responsibility

by Sarah Ellis

Creator

• Ellis, Sarah, 1952-

Subject

• Cousins -- Juvenile fiction
• Electronic books
• Families -- Juvenile fiction
• Fathers -- Juvenile fiction

Genre

• Electronic books
• Juvenile fiction

Language

eng

Summary

Kip is spending the summer with his grandmother and his five eccentric girl cousins, including Emily, who thinks she's a dog. Gran's house is about to be demolished, so anything goes, whether it's drawing maps on the walls or sawing off the knob at the bottom of the banister for a smoother ride. When Kip bashes through an old closet, he discovers the binder his late father kept as a teenager. He's bewildered by what he finds: puzzling lists, hair samples, old newspaper clippings and business cards -- all accompanying a confidential report written by a mysterious young operative who is carrying out a secret plan to infect teenagers with a cell-altering virus. This wonderful novel has all the Sarah Ellis hallmarks -- quirky characters, insight and wit -- underpinned by resonant themes of family, memory and the creative imagination

Member of

• hoopla (Digital media service)

Cataloging source

Midwest

Dewey number

813/.54

Index

no index present

Intended audience

620

Intended audience source

Lexile

Interest level

• MG
• 6-8

Literary form

fiction

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Reading level

• 4.4
• 4.2

Study program name

• Accelerated Reader AR
• Reading Counts RC

Target audience

juvenile