For best pals Melonhead and Sam, it s a winter break with grandparents, which is more fun than you d think! A comical and heartwarming story about friendship, community, and the special connection between kids and those young at heart! My best pal Sam and I are in Paradise, the community in Florida where my grandparents Nana and Jeep live. We re staying with them while my dad works and my mom is on a trip with her lady relatives. Everything in Paradise is swank and deluxe, and lots of stuff is For the Convenience of Our Residents. We re sure that means free. We especially like the All-You-Can-Eat Buffet. Since Florida is loaded with animals, we re going to capture a pet for Sam. We considered a wild piglet or a parrot or an armadillo or an iguana, but we ve decided to find an alligator egg because it s easy to carry on an airplane and it can hatch once we re home. All we have to do is come up with a way to get that egg. Luckily, Sam and I are idea men! Melonhead s pure, kid-centric, fun-loving perspective is hard to resist.

 

 

This book is part of a book series called Melonhead Series .

This book is aimed at children at US 3rd grade-7th grade.

This book has been graded for interest at 8-12 years.

There are 256 pages in this book. This book was published in 2016 by Broadway Books (A Division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc) .

Gillian Johnson, a former high school teacher and creative writing instructor at McGill University in Montreal, proves to be a fine satirical artist. She has provided her story with an avant-garde look, perfectly matched by Pol Turgeon's superb design.