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    The Ferret Fiasco
    The Ferret Fiasco
    The Ferret Fiasco
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    The Ferret Fiasco

    By John Sazaklis and Lee Robinson

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    Worried that he'll be bored to tears by a school assembly, Billy Burger decides to bring along his own excitement—the class pet ferret, Franklin! The only problem is Franklin gets away from him, taking over the stage and leaving chaos behind. Now Billy's in a heap of trouble, but while he waits for his punishment from his parents, he gets to spend the afternoon with his loving grandma. The wise woman has lots of funny stories, and more importantly, great ideas on how Billy might use his punishment time helping others. Can Billy turn his ferret fiasco into something good? Can shoveling snow actually be fun? Can Billy Burger really be a model citizen?! Back matter features, including a glossary, discussion questions, and writing prompts, combine with a fast-paced plot and strongly developed characters to make this a great choice for libraries.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCapstone Young Readers
    Release dateJan 1, 2016
    ISBN9781496532848
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    John Sazaklis

    John Sazaklis spent part of life working in a family coffee shop, the House of Donuts. The other part, he spent drawing and writing stories. He has illustrated Spider-Man books and written Batman books for HarperCollins. He has also created toys used in MAD Magazine.

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      Book preview

      The Ferret Fiasco - John Sazaklis

      Hey, what’s up? My name is

      BILLY BURGER.

      Nice to meet you! If you’re reading this, you have good taste in books. Now that I know something about you, how about I tell you something about me?

      I live with my family in a medium-sized house, in a little town called Hicksville, in the big state of New York. Our medium-sized house got much smaller the same time my family got a little bigger—when my baby sister, Ruby, was born. She’s kind of cute… if you like stinky, smelly, noisemakers!

      My parents both work at the Hicksville Police Department. Pretty cool, huh? Dad is a detective. Mom is a criminal psychologist. Together, they solve mysteries and catch troublemakers. Now that I think about it, that isn’t much different than taking care of me!

      But I wouldn’t call myself a troublemaker, exactly. I prefer the term adventurer. I’m always looking for interesting things to do or discover because I get bored easily. I think it’s because I have an overactive imagination.

      (Want to know what’s more overactive than my imagination? My appetite! I love to eat, and sometimes I think about that more than anything else. Seriously. I’ll try anything… twice!)

      I usually don’t go on adventures alone. My partner in crime is also my best friend, Teddy. He lives a few houses down from me on the same block. I’m always trying to think of fun things for us to do together!

      When I get an idea it is usually awesomely epic. Unfortunately, my ideas don’t always go as planned, and that’s when I get in trouble.

      But I’m working on that.

      I’m working on being a better person, a better student, a better everything. Just like my grandpa, William Burger—the Hero of Hicksville. He’s sort of a legend in our town. He did good deeds and inspired others to do the same.

      And like Grandpa, I’m going to do just that.

      I’m going to become

      Billy Burger: Model Citizen!

      1

      Morning Madness

      BEEP, BEEP, BEEP!

      The alarm clock screams in my ear.

      Ack! I cry, sitting up in bed.

      Why is that thing going off on a Saturday? I wonder. Maybe I forgot to shut it off.

      I flip the switch so the alarm clock does not disturb me. Then I nestle back into my bed.

      Drifting back to dreamland, I think to myself. Saturday is the best day. You don’t have to go to school on Saturday. Plus when you go to sleep at night, you don’t have to wake up and go to school on Sunday! Isn’t that great? If you ask me, there should be more Saturdays and Sundays in the week.

      My eyelids get heavier and finally close.

      BAM! BAM! BAM!

      Ack! I cry again.

      This time I jump out of bed and open my door. My mom is standing there ready to knock on my head.

      Billy, wake up! she says.

      I am awake, I reply.

      Mom looks down at me and says, Oh, I’ve been calling you for five minutes!

      What for? I ask.

      You’re going to be late for school! she replies.

      I stare at her for a moment. What? We don’t have school on Saturday.

      It’s Friday, Billy, my mom says.

      Say what?! I say. I’m so confused. "What sorcery is this?"

      Friday has always come after Thursday as long as I’ve been alive, Mom replies.

      UGH, I groan.

      Friday.

      Not

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