Notorious

Name: Notorious
Brand: Harper Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Gordon Korman
ISBN: 9780062966384

Author: Gordon Korman

Narrator: Andrew Eiden, Kate Reinders, Mark Turetsky, James Patrick Cronin, Ramon de Ocampo

Unabridged: 6 hr 7 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 01/07/2020

Categories: Children's Fiction, Children's Mystery & Detective, Children's Social Themes, Children's Humor

Synopsis

A funny, suspenseful mystery and unlikely friendship story from New York Times bestselling author Gordon Korman—perfect for fans of Swindle and Ungifted.Keenan has lived all over the world but nowhere quite as strange as Centerlight Island, which is split between the United States and Canada. The only thing weirder than Centerlight itself is his neighbor Zarabeth, aka ZeeBee.ZeeBee is obsessed with the island’s history as a Prohibition-era smuggling route. She’s also convinced that her beloved dog, Barney, was murdered—something Keenan finds pretty hard to believe.Just about everyone on Centerlight is a suspect, because everyone hated Barney, a huge dog—part mastiff, part rottweiler—notorious for terrorizing the community. Accompanied by a mild-mannered new dog who is practically Barney’s opposite, ZeeBee enlists Keenan’s help to solve the mystery.As Keenan and ZeeBee start to unravel the clues, they uncover a shocking conspiracy that dates back to Centerlight’s gangster past. The good news is that Keenan may have found the best friend he’s ever had. The bad news is that the stakes are sky-high.And now someone is after them. . . .

About Gordon Korman

Gordon Korman published his first book at age fourteen and since then has written more than one hundred middle grade and teen novels. Favorites include the New York Times bestselling Ungifted, Supergifted, The Superteacher Project, The Unteachables, Pop, Notorious, Unplugged, Operation Do-Over, Slugfest, and the Masterminds series. Gordon lives with his family on Long Island, New York. You can visit him online at gordonkorman.com.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Melanie on January 01, 2020

Keenan and Zarabeth (ZeeBee) live in a unique town that straddles the border between Michigan and Canada. Keenan lives with his dad on the US side of the border as he recovers from tuberculosis contracted while living abroad with his mom and step-dad and ZeeBee lives with her parents on the Canadian......more

Goodreads review by Kaytlin on January 31, 2024

I really enjoyed this one. There was one bad word, so I docked a star, but other than that, it was great! Characters: Keane was so much fun! His comparison of things and just yeah, he was fun! Zeebee was hilarious! Overly dramatic but also just fun! She needs to be a writer...lol... Barney 2 was so cute......more

Goodreads review by MMill on June 18, 2020

Some of Gordon Korman’s books have an adventurous story hiding heartwarming nuggets of wisdom and life advice inside...and some are just silly romps almost always involving a dog. This one was in the latter category for me, and it was a little slow. ZaraBeth and Keenan search for buried treasure lef......more

Goodreads review by Fern on March 26, 2020

Notorious is told from the view of multiple characters. The main characters are Keenan Cardinal and Zarabeth Pice. The book starts with Keenan sitting in a lawn chair on his Dad's yard. He isn't allowed to leave the property, because he's recovering from tuberculosis. He doesn't have to leave for an......more

Goodreads review by Sam on March 19, 2020

Notorious is about a boy named Keenan as he recovers from tuberculosis on a small island in between Canada and America. Keenan usually travels around the world with his mother and his step-father as they teach at international schools. Before he came to the island, he lived in Shanghai, so he thinks......more