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Reviewed on March 1, 2015 | Multimedia Review
PreS-Gr 3—Jon Agee's Terrific (Scholastic, 2005) follows curmudgeon Eugene, who wins a trip to Bermuda. Rather than being delighted, he sarcastically responds, "Terrific," as he expects to get sunburned. His pessimism seems well placed when the ship sinks and he ends up on an island with a talkative parrot—"terrific"—and pomegranates, which he hates—"terrific." The parrot, howev...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
