Adam Canfield of the Slash, Michael Winerip
Adam Canfield of the Slash, Michael Winerip
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Adam Canfield of the Slash

Author: Michael Winerip

Narrator: Patrick Lawlor

Unabridged: 6 hr 5 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/17/2005

Synopsis

For years, Adam Canfield has been the number-one star reporter for the Harris Elementary/Middle School paper, the Slash. Nowadays he’s also the most overprogrammed kid in America. Gladiator quiz bowl, jazz band, statewide test prep class—he’s always running somewhere, and nine times out of ten, running late. When does a guy get time to just shoot some baskets anymore?Then his friend Jennifer talks him into being co-editor of the Slash. Between supervising know-it-all cub reporters and arguing with Principal Marris about which articles will “propel the Good Ship Harris forward,” Adam worries he might lose it altogether. But then a third grader delivers a scoop bigger than any of Adam’s career, and only Adam can dig deep enough to crack through a cover-up that will rock the very foundations of Harris itself.From Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist Michael Winerip, here is a first novel that delivers the rush of the newsroom, the adrenaline of a reporter on the trail of a hot story, and some keen insights into human nature—all with a lot of laughs.

About Michael Winerip

Michael Winerip is the author of Adam Canfield of the Slash and a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for the New York Times. He says, “After I finished writing the first Adam Canfield novel, I thought, Well, that’s that. But then Adam, Jennifer, and Phoebe were still staring at me, and I could see immediately that they were not done with their work. They were hungry to report more news stories, anxious to right more wrongs, desperate to tell the truth as they saw it, dying to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable. I knew that they needed to get busy doing what they do best, putting out the Slash, the world’s greatest middle-school newspaper. And so you have it, a sequel.” Michael Winerip lives in Lido Beach, New York, with his wife and four children.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Thomas on June 25, 2009

A good book for Elementary or Middle School students, the investigative and journalistic aspects of the story serve as a great introduction for kids who might be interested in those fields in the future. When I first read it I thought it was a bit boring, to be honest, and some of the characters (pa......more

Goodreads review by Chanelle on July 02, 2020

The town newspaper is owned by the Boland family. The local cable channel is owned by the Boland family. Every news story that’s printed or broadcast in this town has been pre-approved by Mr. or Mrs. Boland. Every news story, that is, except the news that’s printed in The Slash, the Harris Elementar......more

Goodreads review by Katherine on March 22, 2025

I read this for the first time when I was about 9, and it inspired my career as a journalist. This is do date the most accurate account of being a journalist for a local newspaper. From the zoning board drama to the sugar-coated media events to the egotistical public figures. It is also one of the m......more

Goodreads review by Krishna on July 03, 2022

This was a nostalgic read - I first read the book in 6th grade and revisited it 7 years later, spurred by the memory of it being suspenseful, exciting, and a delightful mix of characters with actually interesting personalities. I stand true with my original perception of the book - it was still just......more

Goodreads review by Bike on May 03, 2022

While not a new book the title appeared on a list for “Us/Them” in CommonLit 360 and I liked the investigative reporter concept presented. Overall I liked it and I think kids will enjoy it especially through the lens of Us/Them and the topic of Othering. It does have a lot going on and at times some......more

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