Get Lost, Little Brother

by C.S. Adler

When Todd and his brash friend Louie decide to build a fort on the sandbar in the river behind Todd's house, his older brothers scoff at the idea.

154 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1983

About the author

C.S. (Carole) Adler moved to Tucson, Arizona, after spending most of her life in upstate New York. She was an English teacher at Niskayuna Middle School for nearly a decade. She is a passionate tennis player, grandmother, and nature lover, and has been a full-time writer since the publication of her first book,The Magic of the Glits, in 1979. That book won both the William Allen White Award and the Golden Kite Award.

Her bookThe Shell Lady’s Daughter was chosen by the A.L.A. as a best young adult book of l983. With Westie and the Tin Man won the Children’s Book Award of the Child Study Committee in l986, and that committee has commended many of Adler’s books. Split Sisters in l987 and Ghost Brother in 1991 were I.R.A. Children’s Choices selections. One Sister Too Many was on the 1991 Young Adults’ Choices list. Always and Forever Friends and Eddie’s Blue Winged Dragon were on a 1991 I.R.A. 99 Favorite Paperbacks list.

Many of her books have been on state lists and have also been published in Japan, Germany, England, Denmark, Austria, Sweden, and France.

Reviews

[Duane · Rating 1 out of 5]

I really wanted to like thos book. I like the idea of the book, but the delivery was terrible and just not worth your time. Todd is the younger brother to two twin brothers who torment him nonstop and their mom is inept enough to do nothing about it. The author puts questions in the book they never even bother to answer. Just poorly written and not very entertaining in my opinion.

[Diane · Rating 5 out of 5]

Todd is constantly teased by his older brothers and feels the need to find a place to go off by himself. He decides that the sandbar in front of his parents' property is a good spot and enlists the help of Louie LaVoy and Hank Lewandowski to create his "island."

[Cws]

JF-Adl

[Catherine Mustread · Rating 3 out of 5]

Grades 4+. Todd, forever being tormented by his older brothers, decides to build a fort on a sandbar in the river behind his house. He gets help from a new friend Louanne "Louie".

[Aria]

kind of like it