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Jolted: Newton Starker's Rules for Survival Jolted: Newton Starker's Rules for Survival

by Arthur Slade

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Publisher Comments:

Newton Goddard Starker lives with a mysterious curse. Members of the Starker family attract lightning, and nearly all his relatives have died from lightning strikes.

Newton is determined to beat the odds, and he may have found the answer: Jerry Potts Academy for Survival, a boarding school in Moose Jaw, Canada. Its motto is: Survival Through Fierce Intelligence. Newton’s ready to learn, and to be remembered in the school’s Hall of Heroes.

But for a boy who’s spent most of his life in a protective dome, making friends proves almost as challenging as the struggle to survive. Especially when he’s vying for top marks with the dynamo Violet Quon, a force of nature.

Review:

"The premise will snag readers immediately: except for his great-grandmother and father, every member of 14-year-old Newton Starker's family has been killed by lightning. The family keeps a set of rules — 'Beware of cumulonimbus clouds,' 'Check the weather. Recheck the weather. Check it again' — but even they couldn't save Newton's mother, killed two years earlier. (The teen's father, not part of the bloodline, is not a lightning magnet.) Now, Newton has enrolled at the Jerry Potts Academy for Survival in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, and hopes to avoid a similar fate. Stubborn and obsessed with all things culinary (especially truffles), Newton gains a new friend, an enemy/love interest and a pig with a talent for finding hidden objects in short order. But finding answers about the Starker 'curse' isn't as easy. In brisk chapters, Slade (Megiddo's Shadow) offers readers plenty of humor (often at Newton's expense), as well as asides that include e-mails, character background and recipes. Slade's portrayal of Newton's sweep of emotions as he deals with his perceived fate — fear, fury, dogged determination — is especially convincing. Ages 11 — 14." Publishers Weekly (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.)
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About the Author

Arthur Slade has published several novels for young readers, including Megiddo’s Shadow, Tribes, and Dust, which won the Governor General’s Award for Children’s Literature. He lives in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, with his family.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780385747004
Author:
Slade, Arthur
Publisher:
Wendy Lamb Books
Author:
Slade, Arthur G.
Subject:
Schools
Subject:
Boarding schools
Subject:
General
Subject:
General Juvenile Fiction
Copyright:
2009
Publication Date:
20090310
Binding:
Hardback
Grade Level:
from 6 up to 9
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
240
Dimensions:
8.28x5.76x1.11 in. .76 lbs.
Age Level:
11-14
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Product details 240 pages Wendy Lamb Books - English 9780385747004 Reviews:
"Publishers Weekly Review" by , "The premise will snag readers immediately: except for his great-grandmother and father, every member of 14-year-old Newton Starker's family has been killed by lightning. The family keeps a set of rules — 'Beware of cumulonimbus clouds,' 'Check the weather. Recheck the weather. Check it again' — but even they couldn't save Newton's mother, killed two years earlier. (The teen's father, not part of the bloodline, is not a lightning magnet.) Now, Newton has enrolled at the Jerry Potts Academy for Survival in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, and hopes to avoid a similar fate. Stubborn and obsessed with all things culinary (especially truffles), Newton gains a new friend, an enemy/love interest and a pig with a talent for finding hidden objects in short order. But finding answers about the Starker 'curse' isn't as easy. In brisk chapters, Slade (Megiddo's Shadow) offers readers plenty of humor (often at Newton's expense), as well as asides that include e-mails, character background and recipes. Slade's portrayal of Newton's sweep of emotions as he deals with his perceived fate — fear, fury, dogged determination — is especially convincing. Ages 11 — 14." Publishers Weekly (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.)
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