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Kids ages 9-12 will “delight in [the] oddness” of this Home Alone-style tale set in the 1970s—from a prolific children’s author who captures “a magic that’s not like anyone else’s” (Neil Gaiman).
With Victor’s parents out of town, he is free to investigate the mysterious lizard musicians who have recently appeared on TV . . .
Things Victor loves: pizza with anchovies, grape soda, B movies aired at midnight, the evening news. And with his parents off at a resort and his older sister shirking her babysitting duties, Victor has plenty of time to indulge himself and to try a few things he’s been curious about. Exploring the nearby city of Hogboro, he runs into a curious character known as the Chicken Man (a reference to his companion, an intelligent hen named Claudia who lives under his hat).
The Chicken Man speaks brilliant nonsense, but he seems to be hip to the lizard musicians (real lizards, not men in lizard suits) who’ve begun appearing on Victor’s television after the broadcast of the late-late movie. Are the lizards from outer space? From “other space”? Together Victor and the Chicken Man, guided by the able Claudia, journey to the lizards’ floating island, a strange and fantastic place that operates with an inspired logic of its own.
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Creators
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Release date
January 25, 2011 -
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OverDrive Read
- ISBN: 9781590173961
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EPUB ebook
- ISBN: 9781590173961
- File size: 567 KB
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Languages
- English
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Levels
- ATOS Level: 4.9
- Lexile® Measure: 780
- Interest Level: 4-8(MG)
- Text Difficulty: 3-4
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Reviews
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July 1, 2011
Eleven-year-old Victor, left alone at home, sees lizards everywhere. He meets the eccentric Chicken Man (and his clever hen Claudia) who takes him to Invisible Island, where the friendly and intelligent lizards live. The book--part satire, part sci-fi/fantasy--is amusing and original. Occasional Escher-esque drawings reflect the story's peculiarities.(Copyright 2011 by The Horn Book, Incorporated, Boston. All rights reserved.)
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