(All images and reviews uploaded from Red Cedar Book Award site)Oliver, a most unpleasant 11-year-old boy, spends most of his time alone snacking, channel surfing and pulling the wings off flies just to hear the “snap”. When he is suddenly forced to move with his family from the city to a run-down old house by a scummy pond in the country, he is not impressed. Not only are there no fast food restaurants or cable TV, but the family is immediately attacked by hordes of bugs and animals.
One day, while desperately attempting to install a make-shift TV antenna on the house’s shabby roof, Oliver is victim to a dive-bombing attack by a vicious crow — and falls through the roof into the attic. It is there that he finds a strange golden gem, which he soon discovers has the power to transform him into any creature he touches. It is through the shiny gem’s magical properties that Oliver is able to enter the remarkable parallel world of the pond, foil an evil plot, and learn life-long lessons about the power of courage, loyalty, and friendship.
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