Shoe Wars

by Liz Pichon

Overview

Readers who have devoured Captain Underpants, Wimpy Kid, and the works of Raina Telgemeier will love the high-energy, hilarious antics of the Foot family from one of the largest names in the UK.

Step up to the challenge . . . win or shoes!Meet Ruby and Bear. Their dad has just invented the most amazing thing ever -- flying shoes! But his horrible boss Wendy Wedge knows that entering flying shoes will guarantee the Golden Shoe Award, and she will do anything to win the trophy.Ruby and Bear must outwit a bully, infiltrate a shady company, and rescue their dad all while keeping the shoes hidden. This can only mean one thing. It's . . . shoe wars!The brand new, laugh-out-loud, spectacular stand-alone story from multi-million copy bestselling author and illustrator Liz Pichon.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781338742466
Publisher:	Scholastic, Inc.
Publication date:	03/02/2021
Sold by:	Scholastic, Inc.
Format:	eBook
Pages:	448
File size:	95 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	8 - 12 Years

About the Author

When LIZ PICHON was little, she loved to draw, paint, and make things. Her mum used to say she was very good at making a mess (which is still true today!). She kept drawing and went to art school, where she earned a degree in graphic design. She worked as a designer and art director in the music industry, and her freelance work has appeared on a wide variety of products. Liz is the author-illustrator of several picture books. Tom Gates is the first series of books she has written and illustrated for older children. They have won several prestigious awards, including the Roald Dahl Funny Prize, the Waterstones Children's Book Prize, and the Blue Peter Book Award. The books have been translated into 43 languages worldwide. Visit her at lizpichon.com.

Editorial Reviews

Joanna Scanlan’s spirited delivery complements this action-packed story about shoe tycoon Wendy Wedge and her bullying son, Walter. Listeners will meet the fascinating and ingenious Foot family—Ruby, Bear, and dad, Ivor. An annual competition for the Golden Shoe Award—usually won by a Wedge—is underway. When Ruby and Bear realize their dad’s flying shoes (sure to win the big prize) have been stolen, they secretly search for them. Scanlan excels with ingenious shoe-related wordplay, the Wedges’ nastiness, and the Foots’ earnestness. Chapters are called sizes and movingly cover serious topics such as big business vs. small business. The climax makes for a gratifying listen for all ages. S.G.B. © AudioFile 2021, Portland, Maine

OCTOBER 2021 - AudioFile

2020-12-24
Can the Foot family win a footwear design competition against the terrible Wendy Wedge and win the Golden Shoe Award?

Ruby and Bear live in the Shoebox neighborhood in Shoe Town with their Dad, Ivor Foot, in a house shaped like a shoebox. Ivor ran a shoe shop making amazing footwear designed by his wife, Sally, but after Sally died in a mysterious accident, Ivor became the victim of the evil Wendy Wedge, a jealous rival shoemaker and de facto owner of Shoe Town. Wendy made Ivor sign over the rights to all their property and designs, then demolished the shop—although Dad secretly managed to save a pair of Sally’s flying shoes. Aided by his plucky kids, resourceful Dad develops a plan to foil Wendy and win the coveted Golden Shoe Award. Complex hijinks ensue ad nauseam. Although the cartoony, black-and-white line illustrations and funky use of typography lend visual variety to the pages, the book is, fundamentally, too long. The introduction of shoemakers Betty Boot and Bert Brogue, who offer support to the children and help with the competition, does not alleviate the monotony of the thin plot and repetitious shoe humor. The Foot family and Wendy appear to be White; Betty and Bert read as Black.

Silly shoes and villainous caprices fail to sustain a book of this length. (Fiction. 8-12)

Kirkus Reviews