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Authors: Cary Fagan
“I’ve just thought of something,” Jacob’s mother said. “We’ve been so busy that we haven’t given Jacob a present for his birthday.”
“That’s right,” said his father. “And if you ever deserved one, you do this year. What would you like, Jacob?”
Jacob thought for a moment. “I would like a pet. I’ve never had one. I’ve never had one.”
“Alright,” said his father. “We give in. What sort of pet do you want? A goldfish? A lizard? A cat or dog?”
“I don’t know. Something different. Something different.”
“We’ll just have to find something, then,” his father said with a smile. The cab bounced in and out of a pothole. Jacob looked out of the window at his new city. He hadn’t been glad to leave his old home, but now he was looking forward to a new adventure. Jacob began to sing.
It’s a brand-new life for us, hey ho!
A brand-new life for us!
And before he knew it, his whole family had joined in.
Other books in the
Jacob Two-Two
series:
Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang
By Mordecai Richler, illustrated by Dušan Petričić
Poor Jacob Two-Two, only two plus two plus two years old and already a prisoner of The Hooded Fang. What had he done to deserve such terrible punishment? Why, the worst crime of all – insulting a grown-up.
Jacob Two-Two and the Dinosaur
By Mordecai Richler, illustrated by Dušan Petričić
When his parents bring a little green lizard home from their vacation in Kenya, Jacob Two-Two is thrilled. But as the days pass, he realizes that Dippy isn’t an ordinary lizard. In fact, Dippy’s not so little either. As Dippy grows bigger and bigger, he begins to attract attention from some very important people. Before Jacob realizes, he is on the run from the entire government!
Jacob Two-Two’s First Spy Case
By Mordecai Richler, illustrated by Dušan Petričić
Just as Jacob Two-Two settles into his new life in Canada, things are turned upside down! First, Jacob gets a new neighbor, who does double duty as a spy; then his school gets a new principal, who turns out to be mean and nasty; and then, unknowingly, he makes an enemy – who could it be? Jacob Two-Two’s adventure takes him into the fascinating world of spies.
Praise for Mordecai Richler’s Jacob Two-Two series:
Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang
“Mordecai Richler is a funny man, a good writer, and everyone should go out tomorrow morning and beat his local bookseller into submission if he hasn’t got a nice plump display of books titled
Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang
…. It is ghastly and funny… an unbelievably believable unbelievable place with no artificial sweeteners or preservatives.”
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The New York Times Book Review
Jacob Two-Two and the Dinosaur
“The range and bite of this novel’s hilarity will come as no surprise to fans of Mordecai Richler’s adult fiction and of his previous book for children.…Yet what’s astonishing is how much of the humor here strikes both adult and child as genuinely funny.”
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The New York Times Book Review
“There is a reckless momentum to Richler’s narrative, a rhythm of slap-dash invention that mimics the frantic pace of childhood fantasy. Yet Richler’s tale is well-ventilated with adult wit.”
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Maclean’s
Jacob Two-Two’s First Spy Case
“…the story combines zippy dialogue, clever magic tricks, and even a chapter in mirror writing, with opprobrious names and grossness galore…. It will undoubtedly be greeted with shrieks of joy and loud guffaws from children employing their all-too-natural baser instincts.”
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The Horn Book Magazine
“The book’s centerpiece is a terrific little mind-reading swindle that Jacob and Mr. Dinglebat pull…. Readers will be baffled by the sophisticated scam, and delighted to find an appendix that teaches them how to replicate it…. [This book] is good silly fun…”
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The New York Times Book Review
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Text copyright © 2009 by Cary Fagan
Illustrations copyright © 2009 by Dušan Petričić
Published in Canada by Tundra Books
75 Sherbourne Street, Toronto, Ontario M5A 2P9
Published in the United States by Tundra Books of Northern New York,
P.O. Box 1030, Plattsburgh, New York 12901
Library of Congress Catalogue Number: 2008911580
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Fagan, Cary
Jacob Two-Two on the high seas / Cary Fagan;
illustrated by Dušan Petričić.
eISBN: 978-1-77049-071-0
I. Petričić, Dušan II. Title.
PS8561.A375J32 2009 jC813’.54 C2008-908031-9
We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Book Publishing Industry Development Program (BPIDP) and that of the Government of Ontario through the Ontario Media Development Corporation’s Ontario Book Initiative. We further acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts and the Ontario Arts Council for our publishing program.
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