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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