The Way Back Home

Oliver Jeffers

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From the illustrator of the #1 smash hit The Day the Crayons Quit comes an imaginative tale of friendship in a world where what makes us different isn't nearly as important as what makes us the same.

When a boy discovers a single-propeller airplane in his closet, he does what any young adventurer would do: He flies it into outer space Millions of miles from Earth, the plane begins to sputter and quake, its fuel tank on empty. The boy executes a daring landing on the moon . . . but there's no telling what kind of slimy, slithering, tentacled, fangtoothed monsters lurk in the darkness (Plus, it's dark and lonely out there.) Coincidentally, engine trouble has stranded a young Martian on the other side of the moon, and he's just as frightened and alone. Martian, Earthling--it's all the same when you're in need of a friend.

Publisher: Philomel Books
Published: 04/10/2008
Pages: 32
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 10.50h x 10.50w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9780399250743
Age: Ages 4-8

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 3.1
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 121880 / Way Back Home


Award: Greenaway Medal - Nominee


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Review - Children 03/01/2008 pg. 249
School Library Journal 04/01/2008 pg. 112
Publishers Weekly 04/07/2008 pg. 60
Booklist 04/15/2008 pg. 51
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2008 - Recommended, Satisfactory
Hornbook Guide to Children 10/01/2008 pg. 304 - Recommended, Satisfactory

About the Author
Oliver Jeffers (www.oliverjeffersworld.com) makes art and tells stories. His books include How to Catch a Star; Lost and Found, which was the recipient of the prestigious Nestle Children's Book Prize Gold Award in the U.K. and was later adapted into an award-winning animated film; The Way Back Home; The Incredible Book Eating Boy; The Great Paper Caper; The Heart and the Bottle, which was made into a highly acclaimed iPad application narrated by Helena Bonham Carter; Up and Down, the New York Times bestselling Stuck; The Hueys in the New Sweater, a New York Times Best Illustrated Book of the Year; and This Moose Belongs to Me, a New York Times bestseller. Originally from Belfast, Northern Ireland, Oliver now lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.