Christina Uss

Erik vs. Everything (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Nine-year-old Erik Sheepflattener's life motto is Avoid Stuff,despite his family's attempts to bring out his inner Viking. Can a worrier really become a warrior? In this silly, heartfelt, outrageously quirky novel for fans of Restart and Pay Attention, Carter Jones . . .why not be both?Meet Erik Sheepflattener.Each member of his modern-day Viking-heritage family has a motto to live by. His parents have Familyand Pride. His sisters have ConquerandWin. His grandfather has Turnip. But Erik is developing a motto he can truly believe in: Avoid Stuff. Mostly, Erik's fierce family ignores or discounts him, especially when he tries to say no.But while spending the summer with his rough-and-tumble cousins and older sister Brunhilde in Minnesota, axe-wielding Bru gets theidea to name and Conquerall of Erik's fears. Will anyone hear him say nobefore it's too late? And will Erik end up defined by his fears, or by his fearless family?Erik vs. Everythingis an adventurous, humorous, and heartfeltromp aboutfinding your place, speaking up for yourself, and pursuing what you love . . . even when it scares you.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: HMH Books
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. August 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780358126621
• Artikelnr.: 62822780

Autorenporträt

Christina Uss is scared of a lot of things, but still believes the world is full of nice surprises. Her first novel, The Adventures of a Girl Called Bicycle, was a Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year and received starred reviews from Shelf Awareness, Booklist, Kirkus Reviews, and Publisher's Weekly. Christina lives with her family, her cats, and a scurry of backyard squirrels in Massachusetts.