It's the end of the world and I'm in my bathing suit

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Summary:

Twelve-year-old Eddie Gordon Holloway has concocted his most genius plan ever to avoid chores . . . especially the dreaded L-A-U-N-D-R-Y. If he can wears every item of clothing in his wardrobe, summer will be halfway over before he has to do laundry! On the day of the highly anticipated Beach Bash, Eddie ends up grounded until he can get his clothes clean. While left home alone to do his laundry, the power goes out mid-cycle. With his first load of laundry soaking wet and the rest still filthy, Eddie sets out to explore the seemingly empty neighborhood in just his swim trunks and flip-flops. As he meets up with other neighborhood kids to find out what happened, they realize that their families aren't coming back anytime soon. And as night falls, the crew realizes they aren't just the only people left in the neighborhood -- they might be the only people left... anywhere. -- Amazon.

Audience:

Ages 8-12. Scholastic Inc.

Grades 4-6. Scholastic Inc.

Edition:

First edition.

Physical Description:

297 pages ; 22 cm.

Genre:

Humorous fiction.

Subject Term:

African American children -- Juvenile fiction.

Electric power failures -- Juvenile fiction.

Disasters -- Juvenile fiction.

Survival -- Juvenile fiction.

Friendship -- Juvenile fiction.

Publisher:

Scholastic Press,

Publication Date:

2022

ISBN:

9781338740226

9781338831955

9780702316135

Publication Information:

New York : Scholastic Press, 2022.

Call Number:

J REYNOLDS

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Summary

A hilarious new middle-grade from Justin A. Reynolds that asks: What happens when five unsupervised kids face the apocalypse under outrageously silly circumstances?

On the day of the highly anticipated Beach Bash, Eddie ends up grounded until he can get his clothes clean. While left home alone to do his laundry, the power goes out mid-cycle. With his first load of laundry soaking wet and the rest still filthy, Eddie sets out to explore the seemingly empty neighborhood in just his swim trunks and flip-flops.

As he meets up with other neighborhood kids to find out what happened, they realize that their families aren't coming back anytime soon. And as night falls, the crew realizes they aren't just the only people left in the neighborhood -- they might be the only people left . . . anywhere.

Author Notes

JUSTIN A. REYNOLDS has always wanted to be a writer. Opposite of Always , his debut novel, was an Indies Introduce selection, a School Library Journal Best Book, has been translated in 17 languages, and is being developed for film with Paramount Players. He hangs out in northeast Ohio with his family and likes it, and is probably somewhere, right now, dancing terribly.

Reviews (1)

Publisher's Weekly Review

It's been 40 days since the last day of school, and 12-year-old Eddie Gordon Holloway, diagnosed with ADHD, is proud of the plan he's hatched: to avoid doing laundry, he will simply wear everything in his closet until he has nothing left. When his mother uncovers his mountain of unwashed garments, though, Eddie is immediately grounded and must clean his clothes while his parents attend their Ohio town's annual Lake Erie Beach Bash without him. Then the power suddenly goes out throughout the neighborhood, and Eddie, joined by a ragtag group of kids who were also left behind, decides that if they can't go to the party, they'll make their own fun. But once night falls and their parents don't return from the Beach Bash, the group worries they might have to survive on their own. While the conclusion feels abrupt, Reynolds's animated prose and eclectic characters propel this quirky summer adventure. Eddie's community is predominantly Black. Ages 8--12. Agent: Beth Phelan, Gallt & Zacker Literary. (Apr.)