Shoe Wars

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Bear and Ruby (the kids), have to suffer through Walter's pranks and nonsense every day. But when they discover their dad's flying shoes and get revenge on Walter, that's when they set off a chain of events that lay out through the rest of the book. Ruby and Bear must outwit a bully, infiltrate a shady company, and rescue their dad all while keeping the shoes hidden. This can only mean one thing. It's . . . shoe wars! Readers who have devoured Captain Underpants, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, and the works of Raina Telgemeier will love the high-energy, hilarious antics of the Foot family from one of the largest names in the UK. I think my favorite character in the book was Bert. He was a good guy who refused to let Wendy get to him.

There are a lot of fun and entertaining illustrations throughout, as well, and that amde the book even more fun and enjoyable while reading. Bestselling author Alexandra Christo, author of TikTok sensation To Kill a Kingdom, introduces her new book, The Night Hunt (Hot Key Books), a dark... One night, Ruby is awakened to strange sounds coming from her father’s workshop. She goes to see what’s making the noise, and she sees her father flying in the air. He has flying shoes! Ruby thinks they’re amazing and is about to say something to her father when she hears him tell the cat that Ruby and Bear can never know about the flying shoes. Comic Book / Graphic Novel Sequential narrative with illustrations that are usually presented in a specific layout but not always.

The kids are awesome (not just for the above mentioned part, but also with other things, though I was shaking my head at what they did earlier in the book that caused a lot of bad things to happen and didn’t make me happy), but other characters that we see in this book are also well written. Like Bert, the only guy not under contract of Wendy and the only one who still has his own shoe store. Or Betty, who works with Ivor but is definitely not amused with her employer. Or Chelsea, Betty’s daughter. Written and presented by Nicholas Smith, with 1Xtra presenter Ace. The drama is written by Al Smith. Especially since, if Wendy Wedge finds them, she will steal them for herself, win The Golden Shoe Award, and take over all the shoe stores, making all the shoemakers work for her in every town. Wendy Wedge getting her hands on those flying shoes would be the worst thing ever.

SHOE WARS is a silly fun middle grade read that is somewhere between a graphic novel and chapter book. The story follows the siblings, Ruby and Bear, whose parents were in the shoe selling business until their mother died and the shoe giant, Wendy Wedge, swept in and bought them out. Their dad took their mother's designs and original shoes with him, but he knows Wendy would do anything to get her hands on them. The Nottinghill Carnival takes central stage in this story about families, memories and the power of dance and festivals. Author Yaba Badoe tells... The one thing children may find confusing is Pichon’s switching between referring to Ruby and Bear’s father as ‘Dad’ and ‘Ivor’ in the same dialogue, giving the effect of two separate characters in a conversation. Pichon perhaps did this to remind her readers what ‘Dad’s’ name is for when she would have to refer to him by name, though this might have been otherwise achieved less confusingly. Meet Ruby and Bear and Ivor, the first two are kids and brother/sister and the last one is their dad who is an amazing inventor and shoemaker. Really, this guy can make anything! But he is under contract with one of the worst people in the world and the one who controls the town, Wendy Wedge. There is a big competition coming and things are getting quite hairy with each day. And more fun and more exciting and more wow. The story is really just filly and brings plenty of giggles with great siblings, enemies that are easy to dislike, and all the intrigue of the intense shoe selling world. The two siblings must work together to save their father from Wendy and keep the shoes safe, and this was a lot of fun.I was most impressed by the number of serious issues Pichon managed to introduce to her audience without ever flattening the momentum with didactics. She teaches her readers that keeping endangered animals in captivity is bad, that keeping small businesses afloat is better than seeing them taken over by large companies and she even touches lightly on tax evasion! All this and at no time does the story feel clunky or overfilled. It is fast-paced from tip to toe and hilarious every step of the way. I found this to be a very interesting read. It's a bit wild at times, but in a fun, crazy adventure sort of way. I really liked it. https://d3ddkgxe55ca6c.cloudfront.net/assets/t1602692252/a/96/b0/shoewars-activitysheets-rgb-1971635.pdf

Every year, all the shoemakers get together for The Golden Shoe Awards. Wendy Wedge tries to win it every year, but she never does. She thinks that if she could just invent flying shoes (or if one of the shoemakers working for her would invent flying shoes, those would be hers too), then she could win The Golden Shoe Awards. But none of the shoemakers have been able to make flying shoes. The book is also illustrated and I loved the illustrations. Oh, btw, was that Tom Gates near the end with the award show starting?Shoe Wars is Liz Pichon’s newest adventure in middle grade fiction. As writer and illustrator of Shoe Wars, she brings all the characters to life with playful whimsy and inventive storytelling. With clever touches like the *Foot notes, and lively designs that combine the art and the type in eye-catching styles, Pichon’s work can keep the attention of middle graders (or adults with distraction issues, which I certainly wouldn’t know anything about). Our 9+ Book of the Month for October and November has to be Shoe Wars. We have chosen Liz Pichon’s new novel because it is perfect not only for core middle-grade readers but also for younger fans who love the fantastic and crazy illustrations and for older kids and grown-ups who are drawn into the weird and wonderful world of Shoe Town. The fully illustrated text also keeps any reluctant readers engaged, and the adventure keeps you rooting for the kids.

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