Nothing

By Agee, Jon

Publishers Summary:
When Suzie Gump, the richest lady in town, walks into Otis's empty antique shop and insists on buying nothing, she starts a fad that has everyone buying nothing and emptying their homes and stores to make room for it--until Suzie realizes things have gone too far.

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ISBN
978-0-78683-694-9
Publisher
Hyperion


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School Library Journal

Reviewed on August 1, 2007

K-Gr 3 Otis has sold the very last antique from his shop when the richest woman in town strides in asking what's for sale. When the shopkeeper replies, "Uh, nothing," she makes an offer for it. "'I have a lot of things, ' said Suzie, but I've never had nothing.'" Remembering his father's words that the customer is always right, Otis sells her]nothing. Neighboring store owners witness this and begin to sell nothing of their own, and soon the entire town is throwing...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Horn Book Magazine

Reviewed on September 1, 2007

Agee turns nothing into something in this over-the-top spoof on fashions and fads. "What's for sale?" asks Suzie Gump, the richest lady in town. "Uh, nothing," replies Otis while cleaning up his empty shop. "How much do you want for it?" asks Suzie. After she pays a perplexed Otis three hundred dollars for an armload of nothing, a frenzy for nothing spreads through the town, and suddenly "nothing sol...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Horn Book Guide

Reviewed on January 1, 2007

Otis is cleaning up his empty shop when rich Suzie Gump asks, "What's for sale?" "Uh, nothing," replies Otis. After Suz...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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