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Homer Price

by Robert McCloskey Publisher: PUFFIN BOOKS

Comic trouble in Centerburg

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Comic trouble in Centerburg

In Centerburg, unusual situations are part of everyday life: a doughnut-eating contest offers a hundred-dollar prize, a house goes up in a day, and Homer Price faces four bandits with his wits and pet skunk. These episodes bring together small-town settings, comic complications, and a resourceful young lead. The book’s appeal rests on the variety of its predicaments and the inventive ways Homer responds, making it a collection of lively adventures rooted in an eccentric community.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Children ages 9–12 interested in classic juvenile fiction.
  • Readers who enjoy comic adventures and resourceful young protagonists.
  • Those drawn to stories set in quirky small-town communities.

Themes

IngenuitySmall-town lifeComic mishapsAdventure

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Book overview

Welcome to Centerburg! Where you can win a hundred dollars by eating all the doughnuts you want; where houses are built in a day; and where a boy named Homer Price can foil four slick bandits using nothing but his wits and pet skunk.

 

The comic genius of Robert McCloskey and his wry look at small-town America has kept readers in stitches for generations!

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