Nominated 2003: Kinderbuch section of the Deutscher Jugendliteratur-preis 2003('the most prestigious award for children's literature in Germany'). The translated title is SALAMANDER IM NETZ.
1 Seriously Weird
2 Bad Day
3 Talk, talk, talk
4 The Top End
5 The Cowboy
6 Mango Tree
7 Massachusetts
8 Martha B Sudbury
9 No car, Ma'am?
10 A Real Meal
11 Into the Forest
12 All@once
13 Bear Hunt
14 The Rockys
15 Kuza's Clue
16 Black Bear
17 Photographer
18 The Hunk'o'junk
19 Fearful Things
20 Halloween
21 Two Men Drinking Beer
22 Revenge with a Vengeance
23 Busking at Starbucks
24 Kuza@work
25 Cleverton
26 NY & Nancy
27 Saturday
28 40W72#2NYNY
29 The Jacket
30 The Kelp Room
31 Turkey Time
32 Salamander
33 Suns & Moons
34 Bonjour
35 Surprises
36 Break-through
37 The Big Fat Good Idea
38 Inventing Roland
39 Mom dot com
40 Egghead
41 Salamander Imports
42 Email & the Detectives
43 Big Bucks
44 Baiting the Trap
45 Not@home
46 Iguana Day
47 The Oak Motor Inn
48 Wah happen?
49 Rocky's Party
50 Going Home
Elizabeth Honey is the hugely popular, award-winning author of poetry, picture books and junior novels. Her playful humour, originality and energy strike a chord with kids everywhere. Her books are published in the USA, Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, Hungary, Bulgaria, Korea, Taiwan and China.
Gr 5-9-From the Australian Outback to Concord, MA, this novel covers a lot of territory. Ned, 13, thinks of himself as Remote Man, partly because he loves to flip through channels with the remote control, and partly because he is a bit of an outsider. When his mother has a nervous breakdown, he is sent to his aunt and uncle's house, where he forms a bond with his cousin, Kate, and his fascination with reptiles sets the stage for his involvement in trying to ensnare a ring of international wildlife poachers. Ned and his mother visit Concord while she recuperates, a move that proves to be fortuitous when the poachers leave a trail that starts in his own backyard and leads to an apartment near the Museum of Natural History in New York City. It is through Ned's technological prowess and his growing network of young sympathetic supporters in Jamaica, France, Australia, and his new neighborhood that the poachers are brought down. E-mail communications, lurking in chat rooms, and creating phony corporate Web pages all contribute to the fast-paced action, and virtual reality and actual reality finally meet in a nail-biting car chase. The characters are lovingly portrayed in this most enjoyable read. Kids will love the techno-action and recognize the foibles and triumphs of both the young people and adults. Readers will want to hear more from these characters who have come to be so alive and important.-Elizabeth Fernandez, Brunswick Middle School, Greenwich, CT Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.
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