The Blue Shoe

A Tale of Thievery, Villainy, Sorcery, and Shoes

By Townley, Roderick

Publishers Summary:
It was only one shoe. It fit no one. But everyone wanted it.Hap Barlo in a cell, wondering how it had all gone so wrong. The blue shoe was ruined, the girl he’d been trying to help was missing, and he’d been branded a thief—again! He would be banished to the far side of Mount Xexnax in the morning.On the bright side, now he might be able to rescue his father, who had been banished last year. No one has ever returned from Xexnax, so perhaps Hap is a tad optimistic to be dreaming of rescue. Then again, perhaps a dreamer, a doer, and a thief is just the kind of boy who could challenge this mountain—and win!First edition will be printed in blue ink!

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ISBN
978-0-37585-600-6
Publisher
Knopf Books for Young Readers


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School Library Journal

Reviewed on December 1, 2009

Gr 4-6 This tale begins with a mysterious blue-jeweled shoe and centers on the adventures of 13-year-old Hap Barlow, who gets imprisoned and is part of a slave revolt, and ends with the mystery of the shoe solved and a lesson on how not to mistreat the Earth. Elflike creatures called Aukis once lived freely on Mount Xexnax, but now it is a...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Horn Book Guide

Reviewed on January 1, 2009

Hap Barlo is apprentice to a poor shoemaker. A mysterious figure commissions a blue-jewel-encrusted shoe, setting off a chain of ev...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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