Escape to California

Flat Stanley's Worldwide Adventures #12

by Josh Greenhut

Key Features Description The Lambchops are on a family vacation to San Francisco, California. When Stanley saves a girl from barreling down one of San Francisco's steep hills in her wheelchair, he's shocked to find that she's actually been looking for him. The girl, Lily, wants to try escaping from Alcatraz prison, and she needs Stanley's help. Can the famous flat boy make the near-impossible possible for Lily? The Lambchops are on a family vacation to San Francisco, California. When Stanley saves a girl from barreling down one of San Francisco's steep hills in her wheelchair, he's shocked to find that she's actually been looking for him. The girl, Lily, wants to try escaping from Alcatraz prison, and she needs Stanley's help. Can the famous flat boy make the near-impossible possible for Lily? Product Details Item #: NTS583974 9780545839747 Paperback Book 128 2 - 3 Lexile® 690L Guided Reading GR Level O DRA 34 - 38 ACR 4.7 Key Features Item #: NTS583974 9780545839747 Paperback Book 128 2 - 3 Lexile® 690L Guided Reading GR Level O DRA 34 - 38 ACR 4.7

Genres: Fiction, Childrens, Juvenile

Paperback

First published August 15, 2014

Reviews

[Katherine I Like To Read A Gajillion Books At Once Claude]

I'm reading this for my students and the plotline is so extra, and the characters contradict themselves, it bothered me so much.

Lily and her family are unbelievably shady, and basically kidnap Stanley and use him for media attention. They have been planning this for a long time, and her father's JOB has even created a special suit for Stanley to help Lily. At one point Lily says, "aren't you tired of being invisible?" And proceeds to give Stanley this suit that makes him a chameleon so nobody will see him as he helps her escape from Alcatraz.
Not to mention the spying on him with their video equipment...using this as emotional leverage to get Stanley to do their bidding...
AND they use his fame to get connections with Hollywood so that Lily can have media coverage as she escapes from Alcatraz. All the while, barely giving Stanley enough information. Every time they full fill a plan, Stanley and his father go along, but in reality are simply being exploited for Stanley's fame ...and his.. flatness(which helps with the escape). Not once does Lily seem interested in Stanley as a friend...
These character motives KILL me. Such a strange book.

[Alexandra Chauran]

Cute. It's nice that this book involved a girl in a wheelchair, but this one didn't capture my kids' attention like the other FS books. After this one was done my daughter asked about the plot points she just heard as if she hadn't heard them at all, which is unusual for her. They still want more though.

[Heather]

1.5 stars
The facts at the end were the best part of the book.

[Megan]

a favorite series of my 7 year old

[Sharie]

adventuresome early chapter

[Victoria Hall]

Great

[Yvonne]

Cute story and I love that they added a character in a wheel chair who is AMAZING and has the big dreams and the big adventures.

[Fenco Chen]

Lexile®: 690L, 7327W, 70%, 6y4m

[Amber]

Kids love when I read this series aloud. This one has been the best of them all so far.

[Kristi Drake]

I love 😍 this series.

[Sheila]

Fun book

My grandson and I loved reading this book. We especially loved the fun facts at the end of the book.

[Kc]

52 mins

[Tisha]

The craziest adventure so far. I didn't like how shady the girl trying to get Stanley to help her was. I didn't really like her or her dad.

[Alissa]

Great disability positivity message