{"id":33916,"date":"2018-08-06T22:47:00","date_gmt":"2018-08-07T02:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=33916"},"modified":"2018-08-06T22:47:00","modified_gmt":"2018-08-07T02:47:00","slug":"review-of-waylon-even-more-awesome-by-sara-pennypacker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=33916","title":{"rendered":"Review of Waylon! Even More Awesome, by Sara Pennypacker"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Waylon!
\nEven More Awesome<\/em><\/p>\n

by Sara Pennypacker
\npictures by Marla Frazee<\/p>\n

Disney Hyperion, 2017. 204 pages.
\nStarred Review
\nReview written in 2017<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a second wonderful book about Waylon, a fourth grader who plans to be a scientist.<\/p>\n

This book jumps right into the action. Dumpster Eddy, the stray dog that Waylon loves but can\u2019t own because of his mother\u2019s allergies, has been captured and is in the police station again.<\/p>\n

Baxter is a police officer\u2019s son, and he and Waylon usually break Dumpster Eddy out just before he has to go to a shelter. But this time there are some big obstacles. The first being that someone new is in charge of the animals at the station, so Dumpster Eddy doesn\u2019t have as much time as usual.<\/p>\n

Baxter\u2019s helping Waylon, but Waylon\u2019s still not sure he should associate with someone so obsessed with criminal behavior.<\/p>\n

Also, it\u2019s winter. The boys don\u2019t want Eddy to be cold \u2013 so they build an igloo. But some more problems come up.<\/p>\n

The way the obstacles and various subplots are resolved are all satisfying and lovely. Waylon learns about friendship and putting yourself in someone else\u2019s shoes and good collaboration. And the story\u2019s engaging, funny, and realistic.<\/p>\n

I do love Sara Pennypacker\u2019s characters, children and adults both. They are always quirky, and come alive that way. Waylon\u2019s dad, for example, has taken two years off from working with numbers in order to pursue his dream of making it as a writer, while Waylon\u2019s mother is a scientist. Baxter is obsessed with criminology, and our friend Clementine makes some appearances, still giving her little brother the names of vegetables.<\/p>\n

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Source: This review is based on a library book from Fairfax County Public Library.<\/p>\n

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