In a couple of weeks, Tachyon Publications will release the latest book by Daniel Pinkwater: Jules, Penny & the Rooster. In his latest book, Pinkwater “brings his zany wit and wisdom to the magical adventures of a clever girl and her brave dog.” A novel “told with warmth and wit”, it is an “exploration of growing up, the power of family, and how sometimes the best things in life happen when you least expect them.” Fans of the author’s other Tachyon-published novels will no doubt find much to like in his latest. To whet readers’ appetite, the publisher has allowed CR to share an excerpt with you all. Here’s the synopsis:
Jules McShultz was promised a dog. Supposedly, she’d get one once her family moved from the city to the suburbs. But then her parents decided it still wasn’t the right time.
So Jules does what any intelligent girl would do. Instead of sulking, she enters an essay contest and wins first prize: A purebred Collie. And no one — not even Jules’s parents — can resist Penny, who is Jules’s perfect new canine pal.
Jules and Penny are ready to spend the summer exploring the woods by the house. But the woods are not at all what they seem to be. Magic and adventure await them just on the other side of an old stone wall.
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