Synopses & Reviews
About the AuthorThis is KATY KELLY’s tenth book for young readers and the sixth in the Melonhead series. She lives in Washington, D.C.
About the Illustrator
GILLIAN JOHNSON is the illustrator of all Melonhead books. She lives in Oxford, England.
Synopsis
Fun in the sun For best pals Melonhead and Sam, it's a winter break with grandparents, which is more fun than you'd think A comical and heartwarming story about friendship, community, and the special connection between kids and those young at heart
My best pal Sam and I are in Paradise, the community in Florida where my grandparents Nana and Jeep live. We're staying with them while my dad works and my mom is on a trip with her lady relatives. Everything in Paradise is swank and deluxe, and lots of stuff is "For the Convenience of Our Residents." We're sure that means free. We especially like the All-You-Can-Eat Buffet.
Since Florida is loaded with animals, we're going to capture a pet for Sam. We considered a wild piglet or a parrot or an armadillo or an iguana, but we've decided to find an alligator egg because it's easy to carry on an airplane and it can hatch once we're home. All we have to do is come up with a way to get that egg. Luckily, Sam and I are idea men
Praise for the Melonhead series
Melonhead: "Laugh-out-loud funny, rivaling Stink and Fudge in its troublemaker quotient." --School Library Journal
Melonhead and the Big Stink "The clever dialogue sparkles. A breezy and humorous middle-grade tale." --Kirkus Reviews
Melonhead and the Undercover Operation: "Melonhead's pure, kid-centric, fun-loving perspective is hard to resist." --Kirkus Reviews
Melonhead and the Vegalicious Disaster: "Melonhead returns with rapid-fire narration and adventure." --BooklistOnline.com
Melonhead and the We-Fix-It Company: "Melonhead and his friends inhabit a world . . . where inventiveness and camaraderie reign supreme." --Kirkus Reviews
About the Author
The sunshine state seems the perfect place for a short vacation for best friends, Melonhead and Sam. Fun in the sun is the order of the day in this funny and heartwarming story about friendship, community, and the special connection between kids and those young at heart.
Melonhead and his best friend, Sam, are off to Florida to stay with Melonhead’s grandparents for a few days . . . in a place called Paradise. From the Ponce de León Clubhouse, where everything is “for the convenience of the residents” (in other words, free!), to barking tree frogs and marshmallow-shooting Alligator Distractors, Paradise is living up to its name.
Sam wants to bring a Floridian pet back home with him. The boys set their sights on an alligator, convinced that it would be easy to carry an egg on the plane, and then hatch it once they’re home. The only problem is that Paradise is supposedly “alligator-free.” What happens next even the boys don’t expect, and suddenly they’re the talk of the community. Even Melonhead’s grandparents are impressed—and ultimately thankful. Paradise will never be the same again!