REALITY LEAK
By Joni Sensel
Illustrations by Christian Slade
Henry Holt, 2007
Category: Middle-grade fiction
The boys and I agree: this is an odd little book. But we couldn’t stop reading it, because it is odd in a reminiscent-of-Roald-Dahl, you-want-to-find-out-how-it-all-plays-out sort of a way. And the illustrations rock.
The town of South Wiggot doesn’t know what to make of its newest business, Acme Inc. But when the family dog turns up FLAT and the toaster starts popping up MAIL, Bryan Zilcher is determined to learn what is really going on over at Acme Inc. And what’s really going on is downright zany.
It is possible this is the last book we will read aloud this summer; school begins on Tuesday. How did that happen? (But, oh, I can finally sleep in again!)