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Title: Garbage Island: 1 (Nearly Always Perilous Adventures of Archibald Shrew)
Author: KOEHLER FRED
Format: HARDCOVER
Publication date: 09/10/2018
Imprint: BOYDS MILL PRESS
Price: $32.00
Publishing status: Active
For fans of Stuart Little and Poppy, here is a middle-grade adventure in which a mouse and a shrew, lost at sea, try to navigate to their home in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Braving multiple dangers, they discover they have more in common than they could ever have imagined. Mr. Popli, the mouse Mayor of Garbage Island, is always at odds with Archibald Shrew, a brilliant but reckless inventor. When Garbage Island splits apart, they’re trapped together in Mr. Popli’s houseboat, desperate to find their way home. At first, they only argue, but when they face a perilous thunderstorm and a series of predators, they begin to work together and recognize–in themselves and in each other–strengths they didn’t know they had. Nonstop action and deep emotion intertwine in this tale of opposites who discover that with bravery, creativity, and friendship, they can triumph.
Kirkus Reviews (08/01/2018):
In this series opener, a mouse and a shrew find themselves unlikely allies as they unite to save Garbage Island.Part of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, the floating debris of Garbage Island hosts a community of assorted small animals. Under the leadership of Mr. Popli, a pragmatic mouse, Garbage Island’s citizens co-exist peacefully–except for risk-taking inventor Archie Shrew, who routinely puts his life and those of others in danger. After a disastrous episode with his latest invention, Archie’s barred from inventing for three months or faces banishment. Unable to control himself, Archie invents a telescope through which he spies archenemy Colubra, a massive snake, with an egg–which he secretly rescues from her lair. When Mr. Popli’s houseboat is severed from Garbage Island, he and Archie are set adrift with the mysterious egg and together face harrowing challenges including a fierce storm, an attacking swordfish, an island of voracious spiders, a marauding shark, and the unexpected hatching of that egg. Returning at last to Garbage Island, they confront their greatest challenge. The clever pairing of opposites adds humor, making the gradual emergence of friendship between steadfast Mr. Popli and flamboyant Archie all the sweeter. Dramatic black-and-white illustrations highlight key action. Exciting, fast-paced adventure and unexpected friendship in a \”trashy\” venue. (Animal fantasy. 8-12) COPYRIGHT(2018) Kirkus Reviews, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Series: (Nearly Always Perilous Adventures of Archibald Shrew)
ISBN: 9781629796758
Weight: 567g
Pages: 288