“What Pinkwater does is magic, and I’m grateful for it.” –Neil Gaiman (about The Neddiad)
 
Is Bushman the gorilla alive? According to the papers, he died a long time ago. Why is he so important to the high school senior and aspiring Great Artist Harold Knishke? It’s a hot summer in 1960s Chicago, and people are on the streets late at night, including the Chicken Man and Molly the dwerg. While reading this hilarious young adult novel (with illustrations by Calef Brown!) teens will ask themselves, “Why am I reading this?” and “Is Harold about to embark on a voyage of great adventure?” He is.

ISBN: 9780547385396
Imprint: ClarionBks
On Sale: Oct 9, 2012
List price: $23.99
No of pages: 256
Trim Size: 6.600 in (w) x 9.030 in (h) x 1.400 in (d)
BISAC 1: JUVENILE FICTION / Action & Adventure / General
BISAC 2: JUVENILE FICTION / Imagination & Play
BISAC 3: JUVENILE FICTION / Humorous Stories

Daniel Pinkwater

Biography

Daniel Pinkwater lives with his wife, the illustrator and novelist Jill Pinkwater, and several dogs and cats in a very old farmhouse in New York’s Hudson River Valley.

“What Pinkwater does is magic, and I’m grateful for it.” –Neil Gaiman (about The Neddiad)
 
Is Bushman the gorilla alive? According to the papers, he died a long time ago. Why is he so important to the high school senior and aspiring Great Artist Harold Knishke? It’s a hot summer in 1960s Chicago, and people are on the streets late at night, including the Chicken Man and Molly the dwerg. While reading this hilarious young adult novel (with illustrations by Calef Brown!) teens will ask themselves, “Why am I reading this?” and “Is Harold about to embark on a voyage of great adventure?” He is.

ISBN: 9780547385396
Imprint: ClarionBks
On Sale: Oct 9, 2012
List price: $23.99
No of pages: 256
Trim Size: 6.600 in (w) x 9.030 in (h) x 1.400 in (d)
BISAC 1: JUVENILE FICTION / Action & Adventure / General
BISAC 2: JUVENILE FICTION / Imagination & Play
BISAC 3: JUVENILE FICTION / Humorous Stories

Daniel Pinkwater

Biography

Daniel Pinkwater lives with his wife, the illustrator and novelist Jill Pinkwater, and several dogs and cats in a very old farmhouse in New York’s Hudson River Valley.