Thursday, October 23, 2014

Roxie and the Hooligans by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor illustrated by Alexandra Boiger

Roxie, with her pink ears that stick out, is picked on by Helvetia and her gang -"the hooligans".  She knows how to deal with various situations by reading Lord Thistlebottom's Book of Pitfalls and How to Survive Them but does not know how to outsmart/beat the hooligans.
Then the hooligans and Roxie end up on a deserted island where some dangerous criminals threaten their existence.  The two opposing sides must come together to survive.
Points to discuss/warnings: one criminal chews tobacco; one criminal threatens to slit the throats of anyone who is on the island

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