Just Deserts

Just DesertsBy: Eric Walters, Ray Zahab Ethan can barely believe it. Until now, his biggest problems have been trying to stay in one school without getting expelled and finding his next drink. But after Ethans drunken imitation of the schools headmaster goes up on YouTube, his father steps in with a shockingly drastic measure. Now Ethan is sprawled in the sand in the Sahara Desert. Alone. According to his fathers letter, Ethan must trek 200 kilometres across the

What's a poor pangolin got to do to be understood

and count them as you go

from the Introduction

And how far will she go to get it

Wonderfully sardonic and slyly humorous

“extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence

including Dancing Giraffe and Jumping Frog

She presents just enough information for an elementary-school audience in a readable

was ready to start a new life

the good student

and a generous sprinkle of kid-enticing facts

a romantic individualist at odds with the institution of the military (court-martialed twice in six years) and the new corporate economy