The Secret Spiral of Swamp Kid
by Kirk Scroggs (Author) Kirk Scroggs (Illustrator)
"Kirk Scroggs is one of my favorite author/illustrators." --Dav Pilkey, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Captain Underpants and Dog Man series.
WARNING! UNLESS YOU HAVE EXPRESS PERMISSION FROM RUSSELL WEINWRIGHT TO ACCESS HIS NOTEBOOK, DO NOT READ ANY FURTHER. SERIOUSLY, WE MEAN IT.
Okay, if you are still with us, here is what we can share: Russell is a middle schooler; he excessively doodles; he has two best friends, Charlotte and Preston; he is not so great at sports; and he is pond scum. Nicknamed "Swamp Kid" by his classmates, Russell has algae for hair, a tree trunk for a right arm, and a carrot for a finger. Also, Russell's favorite meal is sunlight. Also, a frog lives in his arm.
In this notebook, Russell details in both hilarious text and color illustrations (complete with ketchup stains!) what it's like to be different, to discover his true talents, to avoid the intense stare of Mr. Finneca (his suspicious science teacher who may also be a mad scientist), and to find humor in the everyday weird.
This is The Secret Spiral of Swamp Kid by writer and illustrator Kirk Scroggs, and you'll never look at middle school the same way again.
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School Library Journal
Gr 3-6-This is the scientific journal (not diary) of middle school student Russell Weinwright. Lined notebook pages are filled with text and doodles. Russell wants to be an average kid and dreams of being a graphic novelist one day, but he is part human and part vegetation, which means that he looks unusual. He has webbed toes, tendrils on his face, and a "duckweed hairdo," and he is constantly dripping. Russell enjoys eating pizza, but he also consumes sunlight. Russell, his friend Charlotte, and an inquisitive boy named Preston join forces to investigate what's going on in the swamp near the school--the same swamp where Russell was discovered when he was a baby. What they find leads to new revelations about the remains of an old science lab, Swamp Thing, and Russell's developing superpowers. The artwork is colorful and cartoony, with appealing visual gags. VERDICT For budding graphic novelists and fans of funny superhero stories.-Andrea Lipinski, New York Public Library
Copyright 2019 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.Review quotes
JUV053000 - Juvenile Fiction | Science Fiction
JUV008020 - Juvenile Fiction | Comics & Graphic Novels | Superheroes
JUV008140 - Juvenile Fiction | Comics & Graphic Novels | Science Fiction
JUV008110 - Juvenile Fiction | Comics & Graphic Novels | Humorous
Self-confidence
Diaries
Graphic novels
Cartoons and comics
Comics (Graphic works)
Cartooning
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