Life is an adventure for ten-year-old Darius Frobisher. His eccentric father Rudy sells insurance four days a week. The other three days he goes on exotic journeys. Then there is Darius's scatterbrain
"...this pleasant blend of melodrama and fantasy will make youngsters frown over Darius's misery and then smile in anticipation of the predictably happy ending." --School Library Journal
"Harley's easygoing storytelling style will engage readers who like a mildly intrusive but not overly clever ironic narrator. Suspense builds steadily for the perennially appealing put-upon orphan, beset on all sides by the vicious injustice of mean people, and the climax is spectacularly delivered by a miraculous trip on a flying bicycle built in a basement workshop; oh, yeah, this taps into some classic mechanic-geek fantasies." --Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
"...a good choice for older reluctant readers." --School Library Journal Extra Helping
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Leveling Information
Accelerated Reader
AR Quiz#: 111519
AR Reading Level: 4.4
AR Points: 6
F&P (Fountas & Pinnell)
F&P Level: T
F&P Grade: 4-5
Reading Counts
Reading Counts Level: 3.5
Reading Counts Points: 10
Reading Counts Interest Level: 3-5
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