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Odds Get Even [Paperback]

Natale Ghent

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Mar 9 2009

Boney, Itchy and Squeak are the Odd Fellows, just a bit different from everybody else, and the best of friends. They hang out in their tree house in Boney’s backyard, where five lookout posts and three escape hatches allow them to keep an eye on (and get away from) their mortal enemy: bully Larry Harry. But after getting pelted with eggs, pummelled in gym class and sabotaged every year at their school’s Invention Convention, the Odds have had enough. They’re going to put an end to Larry’s reign of terror, and they’re going to use their knowledge of science and the local legend of a haunted mill to do so—if, that is, they don’t get tangled up in their own schemes first.

Natale Ghent, award-winning and critically acclaimed author of No Small Thing and All the Way Home, returns with a hilarious story of friendship and comeuppance. The Odds Get Even perfectly captures the childhood spirit of secret plans and adventures while showing that being different isn’t such a bad thing.


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Product Details

  • Paperback: 208 pages
  • Publisher: Harper Trophy Canada (Mar 9 2009)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1554684129
  • ISBN-13: 978-1554684120
  • Product Dimensions: 21.3 x 13.7 x 1.5 cm
  • Shipping Weight: 204 g
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #402,237 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Product Description

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Boney, Itchy, and Squeak are best friends, drawn together by their status as misfits and their proximity as neighbours. They also share a tree house, situated in Boney’s backyard, where they meet to eat crackers and peanut butter and plot revenge against their mortal enemy, Larry Harry, the school bully. They also want desperately to win the school’s science competition – a contest Larry has cheated them out of in previous years. When Squeak builds a machine to detect ghosts, the boys think they have the prize in the bag – or at least a way to get back at the bully. The Odds Get Even is a curiously old-fashioned story. Instead of using MSN or texting, the Odds communicate through a pipe strung between their houses. Instead of playing video games, they ride their bikes, hide out in their tree house, and invent ghost-detecting machines using spare parts. It’s Beverly Cleary meets Scooby-Doo. That’s not necessarily a bad thing. Ghent knows how to spin a tale, and she is especially good at bringing to life the many amusing situations in which her characters find themselves. Her nostalgic approach to childhood has plenty to offer, even to young readers who find it hard to imagine a life without electronic entertainment. Who doesn’t want a tree house? What kid, in this regulated world of hockey practices and piano lessons, doesn’t find the idea of creeping out the back window under the noses of adults appealing? And who, kid or adult alike, wouldn’t like to give those bullies their due?

Review

"The Odds Get Even was an unusual book that was light hearted and fun. . . . I would recommend it to any boy who is looking for a funny, comical story to read. "
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