Knock About with the Fitzgerald Trouts

$12.99

The second book in a Dahl-esque middle-grade series by award-winning poet and screenwriter Esta Spalding, with illustrations by acclaimed artist Sydney Smith.

Welcome to the further adventures of the plucky Fitzgerald-Trout siblings, who live on a tropical island where the grown-ups are useless, but the kids can drive.

In this second installment, the delightfully self-reliant siblings continue their search for a home. This time, their pursuit will bring them face-to-face with a flood, illegal carnivorous plants and the chance to win an extraordinary prize at a carnival. Will they finally find the place they truly belong?

PRAISE FOR Look Out for the Fitzgerald-Trouts:

"It's goofy, sweet, and buoyant with good will, Pippi Longstocking for our more hyperactive times." --The Horn Book

"If this sounds like the set up for a preposterous tale that incorporates a fantastical plot, quirky characters, and some child-friendly amorality, that's because Look Out for the Fitzgerald-Trouts is exactly that and more . . . This is plain fun with an edge, after a Dahl-esque fashion." --Quill & Quire

"Spalding, a poet and screenwriter making her children's book debut, balances the direness of their situation with over-the-top characters and humor-driven narration. If the story's magic lies in its Dahl-esque approach to topics like homelessness and parental neglect, its heart lies in the relationship between these four mutually devoted children." --Publishers Weekly

Juvenile Fiction / Family - Siblings / Social Themes - Homelessness & Poverty / Science & Nature - Environment
Ages 8-12

224 pages | 4.90" x 7.00" Paperback