Punch with Judy, Avi
Punch with Judy, Avi
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Punch with Judy

Author: Avi

Narrator: Johnny Heller

Unabridged: 3 hr 53 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 06/14/2013

Categories: Children's Fiction


Synopsis

Punch is a young orphan boy, hungry and alone. When he is offered a job with a traveling medicine show, he takes it, although he has no idea what his work will be. But after he joins the troupe and sees the owner's beautiful daughter, Judy, he no longer cares what he has to do, as long as he is near her. Soon the shady medicine show is on the run, just one step ahead of a sheriff who is determined to put them all in jail for peddling their bottles of elixirs. To save the day, Punch will have to take on the trickiest job of all: making people laugh. With Johnny Heller's lively narration, even reluctant readers will enjoy this rollicking coming-of-age tale. Written by Newbery Award-winning author Avi, Punch with Judy offers an irresistible combination of swashbuckling adventure and old time settings.

About Avi

Avi is the author of more than seventy books for children and young adults, including the 2003 Newbery medal winner Crispin: The Cross of Lead. He has won two Newbery Honors and many other awards for his fiction. He lives with his family in Denver, Colorado. Visit him at Avi-Writer.com.


Reviews

Goodreads review by H. on September 06, 2019

One of Avi's lesser-known works, and it's hard to talk about. There's charm in it, especially the hat-wearing pig, and it would fit in the small subgenre of children's books about circuses. But there's a deep fear in it too, the real hand-to-mouth existence of these traveling performers. The ending......more