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Fergus, Maureen

Exploits of a Reluctant (But Extremely Goodlooking) Hero

215 pp. | Kids Can | March, 2007 | Trade ISBN 978-1-55453-024-3 $16.95 | Paper ISBN 978-1-55453-025-0 $7.95
(2) 4-6 Fergus's unnamed self-centered thirteen-year-old narrator obliviously plays the buffoon in his own audio diary. His wickedly funny tape-recorded musings brim with misplaced bravado. Fergus pushes this caricature to the limit, then introduces a chance for him to develop by helping save a soup kitchen. In the end, the narrator hasn't totally transformed, but he's convincingly developed compassion.
Reviewer: Christine M. Heppermann | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 2007

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