Description
After a big fight with his wife, Rupert's grandfather packs up and moves into Gentle Breezes Nudist Community for Active Seniors.
Thirteen-year-old Rupert is sent in to talk some sense into his grandfather, known to everyone as Gump. While he's there, Rupert accidentally lets Gump's dog, Wayne, escape. Gump is frantic. Wayne is blind and tends to panic. Rupert and his grandfather set out to search the woods, and soon they are lost too. Aside from an apron, Gump is butt naked, and without his phone, Rupert feels naked too. The only way they are going to get out of this mess is by working together.
This short novel is a high-interest, low-reading level book for middle-grade readers who are building reading skills, want a quick read or say they don’t like to read! The epub edition of this title is fully accessible.
Author Bio
Prizes
- CCBC Best Books for Kids & TeensCommended 2019
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Biographical note
Vicki Grant is the award-winning author of many novels for young readers, including Hold the Pickles and Pigboy for Orca Currents. Her novels have won a Red Maple Fiction Award, an Arthur Ellis Award and CBC’s Young Canada Reads as well as been short-listed for an Edgar Award, CLA Children’s Book of the Year and numerous Forest of Reading awards. Her books have been translated into more than twenty languages. She lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
