How to Outrun a Crocodile When Your Shoes Are Untied
Jess KeatingAge Level: 9 and up Grade Level: 4 to 7
From surviving middle school to feeling like a misfit, Ana Wright tackles it all in How to Outrun a Crocodile When Your Shoes are Untied. This heartwarming, coming of age story is the perfect summer reading book for middle school girls!
Ana Wright's social life is officially on the endangered list: she lives in a zoo (umm, elephant droppings!?), her best friend lives on the other side of the world, and the Sneerers are making junior high miserable. All Ana wants is to fade into the background.
Yeah, that's not going to happen.
Creature File for Ana Wright:
Species Name: Anaphyta Normalis
Kingdom: The Zoo, Junior High
Phylum: Girls Whose Best Friend Just Moved To New Zealand; Girls Who Are Forced To Live In A Zoo With Their Weirdo Parents And Twin Brother
Weight: Classified
Feeds On: Daydreams about Zackardia Perfecticus and wish cupcakes
Life Span: Soon to become extinct due to social awkwardness
A 2015 Georgia Children's Book Award Winner
A 2015 Children's Choices Reading List Title
A 2015 Red Maple Award Nominee
"A fun-filled, pitch-perfect book...An amusing, highly readable book about the perils of being 12 in a snake-eat-snake world."--Kirkus Reviews, STARRED Review
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Sourcebooks Young Readers
Published: 06/03/2014
ISBN: 9781402297557
Pages: 288
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.00w x 0.90d
Award: Georgia Children's Book Award - Finalist
Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 05/15/2014
School Library Journal 07/01/2014 pg. 87
Publishers Weekly 07/21/2014
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 170051 / How to Outrun a Crocodile When Your Shoes Are Untied
Reading Level: 5.1 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 8