Rex Zero and the End of the World
Wynne-Jones, Tim
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BOOK SUMMARY
Why does everyone seem so scared? Thats what the new boy in town, Rex Norton-Norton, aka Rex Zero, wonders as he rides his bike through Ottawas streets. Is it spies? Kidnappers? Or is it because of the shadowy creature some say is stalking Adams Park? One
BOOK SYNOPSIS
Why does everyone seem so scared? That’s what the new boy in town, Rex Norton-Norton, aka Rex Zero, wonders as he rides his bike through Ottawa’s streets. Is it spies? Kidnappers? Or is it because of the shadowy creature some say is stalking Adams Park? One thing is certain in this summer of 1962 as the Cold War heats up: nothing is quite what it seems. What’s a boy to do? If his name is Rex Zero and he has a bike he calls “Diablo,” five wild and funny siblings, an alpha dog named Kincho, a basement bomb shelter built of old Punch magazines, and a mind that turns everything inside out, he’s bound to come up with an amazing idea.
With its mystery, adventure, laugh-out-loud scenes of family chaos, and underlying message of hope, this wonderfully original novel explores the impact of doomsday on the imagination of one smart and funny twelve-year-old boy. And more Rex Zero adventures are promised!
AUTHOR BIO
TIM WYNNE-JONES is one of Canadas premier childrens authors. His most recent novel, A Thief in the House of Memory, was an ALA Best Book for Young Adults, a Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year, and a Kirkus Reviews Editors Choice. He lives near Perth, Ontario.
BOOK EXCERPTS
From Rex Zero and the End of the World
Kincho stops at the top of the steps that lead down into Adams Park. He sits, which is kind of amazing. I didnt know he knew how. It gives us both a chance to catch our breath.
I look at the park stretching out before me. The moon is low in the sky, so all the shadows seem to be pointing right at me. Ive never been out this late alone, and its kind of exciting. The park is long and sinewy, like a snake. The paths look white under the moon. Its so quiet. Dead quiet, dark and empty. It smells of nothing but cool greenness. I sit down on the top step beside the dog, with my arm around his neck. If Adams Park were a stadium like Lansdowne Park, these would be the dollar bleachers.
Then I hear something Im not sure what but Kincho hears it, too, and both our heads swivel toward the wall of trees flanking the north side of the park. I dont see anything moving anything except the trees. If Kincho sees anything, he isnt saying, but hes on red alert, I can tell. The breeze picks up and the trees seem to turn their heads to look up the field, like fans watching a car spin out of control on the northeast turn. We follow their gaze, Kincho and me. He growls low in his throat.
What is it, boy?
BOOK REVIEWS
"Delightfully nerve-wracking, eccentric and optimistic."Â --Kirkus Reviews
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MORE BOOK INFO
ISBN: 0374334676
ISBN(13-digit): 9780374334673
Dewey Decimal: [Fic]
Library of Congress: 2006045172
Book Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux
Language: ENG
No. of Pages: 192
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