Dodger for Sale

Dodger and Me #3

by Jordan Sonnenblick

What would you do if your best friend was:

 

1. Still imaginary (and getting into trouble with other “imaginary” creatures, such as leprechauns. That’s right, leprechauns!!)?

 

2. In danger of losing his home, and the only forest in your town, the magical Field of Dreams?

 

3. Driving you crazy?!?! (But in a best-friend type of way . . . )

 

Now you have an idea of what Willie Ryan’s life is like in the third and final installment of the hilarious Dodger and Me series. Only this time, Dodger’s gone and peeved a band of leprechauns; Willie’s sister, Amy, is missing; and class bully James Beeks’s dad wants to build a housing development in the Field of Dreams. It just might take an oversize blue chimp—who may or may not be imaginary—and his two fifth-grade friends, Willie and Lizzie, to step up as environmental activists and save the woods (and still get their homework done).

Genres: Middle Grade

163 pages, Hardcover

First published May 19, 2010

About the author

I am the author of seven books for children and young adults, including Drums, Girls & Dangerous Pie. So if youʼre looking for info about some other guy named Jordan Sonnenblick, youʼve got the wrong website.
Anyway, I know a lot of people are looking for stuff they can use in reports for school, so Iʼll just get this out of the way right up front:
My favorite color is blue.
I have a wife and two kids.
The best pet I ever had was a garter snake I caught when I was eight by a lake in Pennsylvania. I named the snake Hector. Then it gave birth to 20 baby snakes, so I changed its name to Hectoria.
My all-time favorite band is the Beatles, although I like a ton of different music.
My hobbies are playing the drums, guitar, and bass; riding my bicycle at least 50 miles a week; hanging out with my wife and kids; and reading.
Speaking of reading, I read a lot of different genres. As a kid, though, I mostly read fantasy, science fiction, and comic books. When I was in fourth grade, a fantasy novel called The Dark is Rising inspired me to become a novelist someday.
My favorite baseball team is the New York Yankees. When I was a kid, my best friend and I used to go to Yankees games and throw open ketchup packets off the upper deck. Donʼt try that at home, kids!

Reviews

[Emma Kuncl · Rating 2 out of 5]

The book Dodger and Me was about a boy and his imaginary friend. Yet again they had to overcome a problem. The problem was that the the field of dream was going up for sale and they did not like that. I would rate this book 2 out of 5 stars because it was kind of boring and not very entertaining to me it also it never really had me on the edge of my seat. Over all, Dodger and Me was not my favorite book.

[Becky · Rating 2 out of 5]

Ages 7-10. Willie's father gives Willie a New Year's resolution: Use the book that he wrote, Kid On a Quest: Be Your Own Hero to create a quest and follow through with it. Willie is stumped until he learns that the woods behind his house, where his invisible blue chimpanzee friend Dodger hangs out (and only he and his friend Lizzie can see) is being sold. Willie finds his quest--to stop the sale--but he's up against a ruthless genie who needs to sell the property to pay off his debt to the leprechauns, the deep-pocketed millionnaire (and father of Willie's enemy James) who plans to buy it and make a sports complex on it, and the mayor who is tight with him. Can a student council president and an invisible ape stop the bulldozer of progress? The fantastical elements of the story were a little over the top for my personal taste, but kids will enjoy them. The last book of a series, it was easily read as a stand-alone, although reading the previous books would fill in the backstory a little better for the reader.

[Jeff · Rating 3 out of 5]

Part of a Series> Dodger is an imaginary, blue Gorilla that only the main character can see and interact with. Basically, Dodger is ----'s alter ego in the tradition of the genie in Disney's version of Aladdin. In this installment, ----- and his friends try to save a grove near their street from being bulldozed to make room for a housing development.

Will be enjoyed mostly by kids with a budding activist conscious and those who appreciate an invisible, fearless, and reckless friend. Gr.4+

[Isaiah Chapoy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Worse then all of the Dodger books, Dodger for Sale is the conclusion of the trilogy when Dodger's Field of Dreams is put up for sale. Lizzie, Willie, Dodger,Rodger, and Leprechauns team up to save the forest. Not anything really special and was overall kinda of boring to read.