The McGillicuddy Book of Personal Records
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ISBN13: 9780889954342
Publisher: Red Deer Press
Published: Jun 22 2010
Pages: 212
Weight: 0.58
Height: 0.59 Width: 5.32 Depth: 7.52
Language: English
Awards: Manitoba Young Readers Choice Award
Nominated - Silver Birch Fiction Award, 2012
This is an extraordinary story about a 13-year-old boy named Lee who loves setting personal and odd records. He's obsessed by them in fact - from tracing the annual public marathon with his dog Santiago to bouncing a basketball in the school playground for 12 hours straight with no one around - but he's not interested in going public with them.
Along the way Lee collects famous quotes from all manner of famous people whose lives and words have encouraged him - and provided inspiration during trying times. In addition he sees himself as the director of the definitive movie about his life, focusing on the light and dark moments he experiences as he seeks a raison d'etre for his life.
Above all, he seeks to escape being ordinary, and when he's confronted with the greatest challenge of his young life - saving his pesky friend from certain death - his strength of character and purpose demonstrate that he is anything but ordinary.
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