LEADER 00000nam a22005055a 4500 003 MWT 005 20220707122048.1 006 m o d 007 cr cn||||||||| 008 170707s2012 xxu js 000 1 eng d 020 9780062099129|q(electronic bk.) 020 0062099124|q(electronic bk.) 029 https://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/ hpc_9780062099129_180.jpeg 028 42 MWT11914133 037 11914133|bMidwest Tape, LLC|nhttp://www.midwesttapes.com 040 Midwest|erda 082 04 [Fic]|223 099 eBook hoopla 099 eBook hoopla 100 1 Johnson, Peter,|d1951- 245 14 The amazing adventures of John Smith, Jr., aka Houdini |h[Hoopla electronic resource]. 264 1 [United States] :|bHarperCollins Publishers,|c2012. 264 2 |bMade available through hoopla 300 1 online resource 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 347 text file|2rda 506 Digital content provided by hoopla. 520 For fans of Jerry Spinelli's Maniac Magee, Gary D. Schmidt's The Wednesday Wars, and Jack Gantos's Joey Pigza Books comes a hilarious and poignant slice-of-life novel from critically acclaimed author and poet Peter Johnson. When an author comes to speak to his class in a rundown area of Providence, Houdini decides to make money by writing his own novel. Houdini chronicles his life as he and his friends start a leaf-raking business, befriend Old Man Jackson (a Vietnam War veteran with a seriously intimidating dog), and get even with the neighborhood bully, Angel. But it's hard to find a way to write about his dad losing his job or his brother, Franklin, who is first reported missing in action in Iraq and then still seems to be missing when he comes home. No matter what, Houdini and his friends rely on one another to figure out how to do the right thing. And Houdini discovers that writing and thinking about his friends and family lets him get to know them in completely new ways. 538 Mode of access: World Wide Web. 650 0 Interpersonal relations|vJuvenile fiction. 650 0 Authorship|vJuvenile fiction. 650 0 Families|zRhode Island|vJuvenile fiction. 650 0 Electronic books. 650 1 Interpersonal relations|vFiction. 650 1 Moneymaking projects|vFiction. 650 1 Neighborliness|vFiction. 650 1 Family life|zRhode Island|vFiction. 650 1 Authorship|vFiction. 651 0 Providence (R.I.)|vJuvenile fiction. 651 1 Providence (R.I.)|vFiction. 710 2 hoopla digital. 856 40 |uhttps://www.hoopladigital.com/title/ 11914133?utm_source=MARC|zInstantly available on hoopla. 856 42 |zCover image|uhttps://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/ hpc_9780062099129_180.jpeg