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  • Published: 15 October 2014
  • ISBN: 9780307929709
  • Imprint: RHUS Children's Books
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 240
  • RRP: $19.99

Melonhead and the We-Fix-It Company



"Melonhead and his friends inhabit a world . . . where inventiveness and camaraderie reign supreme." --Kirkus Reviews

For fans of Judy Blume's Fudge titles as well as Carl Hiaasen's Hoot.

Anybody who is eleven needs an allowance! My parents don't agree. Neither do my friend Sam's parents. You would think they would because due to a snafu, Sam and I have to raise some money. So we started the We-Fix-It Company and requests started pouring in. Pruning (the gardening kind, not the gross-food kind), birdhouse making, shoe fixing, food delivering--we were hired! Then we received the request that changed everything...

“Melonhead and his friends inhabit a world . . . where inventiveness and camaraderie reign supreme.” —Kirkus Reviews
 
For fans of Judy Blume's Fudge titles as well as Carl Hiaasen's Hoot.

Anybody who is eleven needs an allowance! My parents don’t agree. Neither do my friend Sam’s parents. You would think they would because due to a snafu, Sam and I have to raise some money. So we started the We-Fix-It Company and requests started pouring in. Pruning (the gardening kind, not the gross-food kind), birdhouse making, shoe fixing, food delivering—we were hired! Then we received the request that changed everything…

  • Published: 15 October 2014
  • ISBN: 9780307929709
  • Imprint: RHUS Children's Books
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 240
  • RRP: $19.99

About the author

Katy Kelly

KATY KELLY is a senior editor at U.S. News & World Report. She lives in Washington, D.C., with her two daughters, husband, and dog.

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Praise for Melonhead and the We-Fix-It Company

"[Katy] Kelly has done it again; the characters are funny, endearing, and capture the essence of boyhood extremely well."--School Library Journal