As Easy as Falling Off the Face of the Earth

As Easy as Falling Off the Face of the Earth

Lynne Rae Perkins
$17.89
Publication Date: April 27th, 2010
Publisher:
Greenwillow Books
ISBN:
9780061870910
Pages:
368

Description

Train.

Car.

Plane.

Boat.

Feet.

He'll get there.

Won't he?

About the Author

Lynne Rae Perkins was awarded the Newbery Medal for Criss Cross. She is the author of four other novels—All Alone in the Universe, As Easy as Falling Off the Face of the Earth, Nuts to You, and Secret Sisters of the Salty Sea. Lynne Rae Perkins has also written and illustrated several acclaimed picture books, including Frank and Lucky Get Schooled; The Broken Cat; Snow Music: Pictures from Our Vacation; and The Cardboard Piano. The author lives with her family in northern Michigan. www.lynnerae.com

Praise for As Easy as Falling Off the Face of the Earth

ALA Booklist Editors’ Choice “Relentlessly entertaining…an absolute delight.” — Booklist (starred review)

“Wherever Perkins’s warm, funny, wise narrative goes is where a reader wants to be.” — Horn Book (starred review)

“A long, immensely enjoyable, curiously comforting ramble through an absurd-but-benign world.” — Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

“[Perkins’s] observations and turns of phrase are as unexpected and delightful as the travels she weaves together.” — Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“A rich, eventful, and extremely entertaining summer road trip.” — New York Times Book Review