The big dreams of small creatures / Gail Lerner.
Ten-year-old Eden's quiet life is upended when she saves a paper wasp nest from destruction and discovers, to her awe and amazement, that she and its haughty queen can talk to each other. This first conversation is the start of a grand adventure, leading Eden to The Institute for Lower Learning, a secret laboratory devoted to the peaceful coexistence of humans and insects. The Institute is more fantastic and idyllic than Eden could've imagined but hidden deep within its tunnels is an old secret that could spell the end for all insects on earth. Nine-year-old August, an aspiring actor and bullied fourth-grader, is looking for that very secret after a few disastrous encounters have left him wanting to squash every annoying bug into oblivion. After all insects are small--he is big. And if there is anything he's learned from the bullies at school--it's that being bigger is what counts. But in the world of the Institute where insects have a place of their own, both Eden and August discover being bigger isn't necessarily better and sometimes the most courageous thing to do is to set out to make a new friend.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780593407851 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 0593407857 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 356 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
- Publisher: New York : Nancy Paulsen Books, 2022.
Content descriptions
Target Audience Note: | Ages 10+ Nancy Paulsen Books. Grades 4-6. Nancy Paulsen Books. |
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Subject: | Insects > Fiction. Ability > Fiction. Bullies and bullying > Fiction. African-Americans > Fiction. |
Genre: | Fantasy fiction. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Kenton County.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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- Baker & Taylor
"After saving a paper wasp nest from destruction, 10-year-old Eden is led on a grand adventure to a secret laboratory devoted to the peaceful coexistence of humans and insects where she makes an unlikely friend as they band together to protect the insect world. Simultaneous eBook." - Baker & Taylor
At a secret laboratory devoted to the peacful coexistenc of human and insects, the fate of the insect world hangs in the balance of ten-year-old Eden who can speak to insects and nine-year-old August, a bullied fourth grader who wants to squash everything. - Penguin Putnam
From Black-ish writer and director Gail Lerner comes a whimsical and heartwarming tale where two unlikely allies band together to protect and defend the insect world from the worst enemy of all…humans.
âWhat an enchanting and wondrous book for young readers.â âJamie Lee Curtis, actress and bestselling childrenâs book author
Ten-year-old Edenâs quiet life is upended when she saves a paper wasp nest from destruction and discovers, to her awe and amazement, that she and its haughty queen can talk to each other. This first conversation is the start of a grand adventure, leading Eden to The Institute for Lower Learning, a secret laboratory devoted to the peaceful coexistence of humans and insects. The Institute is more fantastic and idyllic than Eden couldâve imagined but hidden deep within its tunnels is an old secret that could spell the end for all insects on earth.
Nine-year-old August, an aspiring actor and bullied fourth-grader, is looking for that very secret after a few disastrous encounters have left him wanting to squash every annoying bug into oblivion. After all insects are smallâhe is big. And if there is anything heâs learned from the bullies at schoolâit's that being bigger is what counts.
But in the world of the Institute where insects have a place of their own, both Eden and August discover being bigger isn't necessarily better and sometimes the most courageous thing to do is to set out to make a new friend.