Take a truck driver turned into a raisin, a flying cow, and mutant cuckoo clocks that eat bunnies, and what do you have? Just a smattering of the unusual things occurring all over Switzerland. Now thirteen-year-old Sheldon McGlone, his stepbrother Theo "The Brain" Brain, and Sheldon's new crush, Swiss beauty Helga Poom, must try to quell the craziness and restore Helga's father-the truck-driver-turned-raisin-back to normal.
Summary Having moved to Switzerland, thirteen-year-old Sheldon and his new stepbrother, Theo (“The Brain”) Brain, investigate a mystery involving particle physics, Swiss cheese, a missing truck driver, and a carnivorous cuckoo clock.
Topics Switzerland. The Alps. SWAT teams. Crushes. Missing persons. Particle physics. Tunnels. Transmogrification. Mutants. Doppelgangers. Other worlds. Computers. Humor.
Lexile HL790L
Trim Size 5 1/4" x 8"
JLG Span Spring
Language English
Publication date 2010-02-28
JLG Release Date Jun 2010
Minimum grade 6
Maximum grade 8
Reading level Middle
Format Print
Upper Middle School Fiction Plus (Grades 6-8)
Upper Middle School Fiction Plus
Upper Middle School Fiction Plus (Grades 6-8)
For Grades 6-8
This collection features fiction titles selected for older middle school readers who are ready for longer, more layered stories that explore growing independence and changing perspective. Selections include realistic and speculative fiction with increased emotional and narrative complexity, offering stories that look beyond immediate experience and invite readers to engage with broader questions about identity, belonging, and the world around them.