 |
 Coyboy Boy(Scholastic) by James Proimos Reading Level: Ages 9-12 Yee-haw and yippee-i-o-ki-aaaa! Watch out, pardner, here comes Cowboy Boy, a.k.a. Ricky Smootz, sixth grade incarnation of his great, great third cousin, a cowboy whose specialty was running bullies out of the dusty old west city of Dodge. Luckily for Ricky, this is one heck of a lineage and the best credentials for facing eighth grade bully, Keanu Dungston, wedgie lord over all the new kids at Richard M. Nixon Middle School. You’re sure to laugh at all of Cowboy Boy’s goofy antics. And you’re sure to feel the heartache of Ricky’s real-life boyhood traumas, including winning the love and respect of Sara Giacomo, the girl of his dreams. Author-illustrator James Proimos keeps the pace moving with super-short chapters and action-packed cartoonish art that will make you snort and chortle. By the time Ricky belts out a polka-style cowboy ditty you’ll be begging to know how he, I mean, Cowboy Boy, lassos a tight rein on Keanu Dungston. But this ole cowpoke ain’t talkin’. You’ll just have to saddle up and read COWBOY BOY for yourself. Enjoy! — Michelle Parker-Rock M.Ed.
|