The Last Chance for Logan County: Legendary Alston Boys, Book 3
By Michael Berry,
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Feisty detectives fight monsters in wacky adventure.
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What's the Story?
As THE LAST CHANCE FOR LOGAN COUNTY opens, cousins Otto and Sheed are watching TV with their grandmother, when sharp-toothed frogs rain down from the sky. Before long, Logan is overrun by "Money Zombies," mindless capitalists with no sense of history. Ancient gods out of the horror fiction of H.P. Lovecraft are about to wake up, unless the Alston Boys, the Ellison Girls, a fast-food cashier, and a goat named Michael Jordan can work together to defeat an unholy spell.
Is It Any Good?
Clever, fast-moving, and surprising, this third entry in the series shows that it's lost none of its mojo. Humor and horror don't always mix well, but this action-packed sci-fi satire hits all the right notes in poking fun at monster-movie silliness. Otto and Sheed are a great team in The Last Chance for Logan County, ready to battle sharp-toothed frogs, capitalist zombies, and Lovecraftian terrors. For all the goofiness, though, author Lamar Giles provides some heartwarming scenes in which the boys worry about being split up and forced to leave the county, which disturbs them more than the zombies do.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about how The Last Chance for Logan County uses humor to drive the story. How does the book poke fun at fantasy and horror cliches?
Sheed's and Otto's parents aren't in town with the boys very much. Do people need flexibility in their work schedules to take care of their children?
Why do people get upset when local stores are replaced by corporate chain retailers?
Book Details
- Author: Lamar Giles
- Illustrator: Dereck Brooks
- Genre: Science Fiction
- Topics: Magic and Fantasy , Adventures , Friendship , Great Boy Role Models , Monsters, Ghosts, and Vampires
- Book type: Fiction
- Publisher: Versify
- Publication date: October 19, 2021
- Publisher's recommended age(s): 8 - 12
- Number of pages: 288
- Available on: Nook, Audiobook (unabridged), Hardback, iBooks, Kindle
- Last updated: October 24, 2021
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