Look Out for the FitzgeraldTrouts, Esta Spalding
Look Out for the FitzgeraldTrouts, Esta Spalding
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Look Out for the Fitzgerald-Trouts

Author: Esta Spalding

Narrator: Caitlin Kelly

Unabridged: 4 hr 20 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/10/2016

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

Kim Fitzgerald-Trout took to driving with ease--as most children would if their parents would ever let them try. She had to. After all, she and her siblings live in a car.

Meet the Fitzgerald-Trouts, a band of four loosely related children living together in a lush tropical island. They take care of themselves. They sleep in their car, bathe in the ocean, eat fish they catch and fruit they pick, and can drive anywhere they need to go--to the school, the laundromat, or the drive-in. If they put their minds to it, the Fitzgerald-Trouts can do anything. Even, they hope, find a real home.

Award-winning poet and screenwriter Esta Spalding's exciting middle grade debut establishes a marvelous place where children fend for themselves, and adults only seem to ruin everything. This extraordinary world is brought to vibrant life by Sydney Smith, the celebrated artist behind Sidewalk Flowers.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Ivonne

Do not be taken in by the title: the four Fitzgerald-Trouts — four siblings and half-siblings named Kim, Kimo, Peppa and Toby — aren’t mischievous or dangerous. Instead, they’re resourceful, honest, and clever children making the best of a dreadful situation. The foursome have been rendered homeless......more

A really fun story about a family of kids, ranging in age from 5-11, who are living on their own because their parents are either missing or "terribly busy". A lot of the story is told tongue-in-cheek, such as my favorite line: "[she] took to driving with ease - as most children would if their paren......more

Had to read this for the CLAU committee. It was actually pretty good. Siblings are basically abandoned by the adults in their lives and they take care of each other.......more

Goodreads review by Vikki

The Fitzgerald-Trouts are a family of loosely related siblings living in a car on a tropical island full of (delightfully) terrible adults. They are fully capable of looking after themselves, but the one thing they would love is a house to call their own. This first book in a new series does a great......more


Quotes

"Kelly's delivery is full of energy and expert pacing, adding nuance to the humor and giving the listener plenty of reasons to cheer for these quick-witted, resilient kids."—AudioFile Magazine