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BENNY AND BABE is a coming-of-age story about a boy and a girl from different walks of life who forge a deep friendship. Benny is a townie from Dublin, who is summering in Wexford; Babe is a wooller, a local lass who initially wont give Benny the time of day. The pair dreams up a scheme to make money hunting for lost lures by tricking the natives, dodging sea currents and incoming tides, and ignoring sound advice from their elders. American listeners aged 10-14 must get past a first chapter full of Irish colloquialisms, a subject--the sport of hurling--unfamiliar to most outside the Emerald Isle, and a somewhat difficult-to-understand brogue. M.M.O. © AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine--
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Product Description
Benny Shaw, a sports-obsessed, carefree kid is convinced that he can take on the world until he spends the summer living with his grandfather and meets resident tomboy and all-around tough-girl Babe Meara. Benny may be a wise guy, but Babe is at least three steps ahead of him, especially on her territory. When a money-making business venture arises, however, Babe just might consider Benny as her partner, and possibly a friend. But things become complicated, and dangerous, when the troublesome Furty Howlin starts clamoring for a slice of the action.
