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  • Published: 15 July 2005
  • ISBN: 9780440419341
  • Imprint: RHUS Children's Books
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 176
  • RRP: $21.00

Donuthead




This is a funny and poignant middle-grade novel featuring a boy and girl protagonists The author is a journalist and has been reviewing children's literature for the last ten years so she knows her stuff and the genre inside out.
Franklin Delano Donuthead is the Felix Unger of children's literature: his voice and finicky mannerisms make him hilarious and his fears and hopes make him loveable.

Franklin Delano Donuthead is a fifth grader with a lot of problems: For starters, his last name is Donuthead. He considers himself handicapped because one arm and leg are shorter than the other (by less than half an inch), his mother is trying to poison him with non-organic foods (like salami), he doesn’t have a father, and Sarah Kervick, the new girl, who’s mean and totally unhygienic, is attached to him, warts and all, like glue.

This is a hilarious and touching novel featuring a neurotic, scared boy and a tougher-than-nails girl who each help the other in more ways than they can imagine. Sue Stauffacher has crafted characters full of wit and sensitivity, with a little anti-bacterial soap thrown in for good measure.

  • Published: 15 July 2005
  • ISBN: 9780440419341
  • Imprint: RHUS Children's Books
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 176
  • RRP: $21.00

About the author

Sue Stauffacher

Sue Stauffacher is a children’s book author who writes the Animal Rescue Team series. She holds an MFA in creative writing from the University of Arizona in Tucson. In addition to writing books, Stauffacher has worked as a journalist, book reviewer, and teacher. She lives with her husband, Roger, in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

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Praise for Donuthead

"Franklin's engaging narration will keep readers enthralled. Stauffacher's insightful novel offers a good-natured optimism as well as some hilarious asides." --Publishers Weekly, Starred
"Refreshing[ly] light and funny. An appealing story with . . . memorable characters and a lot of heart." --School Library Journal, Starred
"Touching, funny, and gloriously human." Kirkus Reviews, Starred
"[Donuthead is] poignant and laugh-out-loud funny. Franklin emerges as a new hero for the middle-grade set." --Washington Parent