The 2011 Willow Awards
Diamond Willow Nominee
Odds Get Even, The
Best friends Boney, Itchy and Squeak are the “Odd” kids, a bit different from everybody else. They hang out in their treehouse in Boney’s backyard, hiding from the bully, Larry Harry. The “Odds” have had enough, and they’re plotting to use their knowledge of science to get even, and to end Larry’s reign of terror.
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About the Author
Natale Ghent is an award-winning author of seven books, including The Odds Get Even, No Small Thing, (also published in the US and the UK), and The Book of Living and Dying, a novel for young adult readers nominated for the CLA Book of the Year award. No Small Thing has been critically acclaimed in Canada and internationally. Nominated for four Canadian children’s choice awards, including the CLA Book of the Year for Children award and the Silver Birch award (Honour Book), No Small Thing was also chosen as a Junior Library Guild selection in the US and a Borders Original Voice. The Odds Get Even was shortlisted for the Silver Birch and the Rocky Mountain Book Award. The sequel, Against All Odds, will be out in spring, 2011.
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Suggested Activities
Activity #1: Boney, Itchy and Squeak hang out in their clubhouse a lot. It seems to have a lot of useful features, including escape hatches, lookouts, a cooler for the boys’ food, and a reference library. If you could build the ultimate clubhouse, what would it look like? What features would it include? Draw and label a diagram of it, and write about it in a paragraph.
Activity #2: The Odds enter the “Invention Convention” every year with interesting creations. This year’s creation, a ghost detector, is made from random materials such as “twelve-gauge copper wire” and “rare earth magnets”. Can you write about or draw an invention that you might create from various household items? It definitely doesn’t have to be a real invention. (A good way to start might be to walk around your classroom or home and look at random items. Pick five or so to start, and put them together. Does it remind you of anything? What could it be used for?)
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