Elvis and the Underdogs

From Jenny Lee, writer on the Disney Channel show Shake It Up , the number-one-rated kids' show in the country, this feel-good middle-grade novel is about a sickly boy whose life is turned upside down when he gets a therapy dog . . . who can talk

Benji Wendell Barnsworth is a small ten-year-old boy with a big personality. Born premature, Benji is sickly, accident-prone, and at the hospital so often he even has his own punch card. So when Benji wakes up one day from a particularly bad spell, his doctors take the radical step of suggesting he get a therapy dog. But when a massive crate arrives at Benji's house, out walks a two-hundred-pound Newfoundland who can talk And boy, is he bossy.

In this hilarious and heartwarming friendship story in the tradition of bestselling authors Gordon Korman and Carl Hiaasen, Elvis brings out the dog lover in the most surprising people and shows Benji that making new friends may not be as scary as he once thought.

Author: Jenny Lee
Publisher: Balzer & Bray/Harperteen
Published: 05/14/2013
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.84lbs
Size: 8.47h x 5.94w x 1.06d
ISBN: 9780062235541
Audience: Ages 9-12

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.7
Point Value: 9
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 163419 / Elvis and the Underdogs


Award: Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award - Nominee
Award: Sunshine State Young Reader's Award - Nominee
Award: Sequoyah Book Awards - Nominee
Award: Virginia Readers Choice Award - Nominee
Award: North Carolina Children's Book Award - Nominee
Award: Louisiana Young Readers' Choice Award - Nominee
Award: Nutmeg Book Award - Nominee
Award: Massachusetts Children's Book Award - Nominee
Award: Garden State Children's Book Awards - Nominee


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 03/15/2013
Publishers Weekly 04/01/2013
Booklist 04/01/2013 pg. 46
School Library Journal 06/01/2013 pg. 131
Booklist Ed Choice Youth 01/01/2014 pg. 15
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2013 pg. 84 - Recommended, Satisfactory

About the Author
Lee, Jenny: -

Jenny Lee is a writer and producer on the new ABC Family sitcom Young & Hungry. She was also a writer and producer of the TBS sitcom Ground Floor and the Disney Channel's number-one-rated kids' show Shake It Up for all three seasons. The author of four humor essay books, Jenny is also the author of Elvis and the Underdogs. She lives in Los Angeles with her 110-pound Newfoundland, Doozy (and yes, it's a toss-up on who's walking whom every day).

Light, Kelly: -

Kelly Light is an author and illustrator who now lives in New York but grew up down the shore in New Jersey surrounded by giant pink dinosaurs, cotton candy colors, and Skee-Ball sounds. She was schooled on Saturday-morning cartoons and Sunday funny pages. She picked up a pencil, started drawing, and never stopped. She has illustrated two chapter book series: Elvis and the Underdogs by Jenny Lee, and the Quirks by Erin Soderberg. She is the author-illustrator of Louise Loves Art and Louise and Andie.

Find her online at www.kellylight.com.

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