These seven new stories from Tim Wynne-Jones are as varied and stunning as his Governor General’s Award winning Some of the Kinder Planets. From the hilarious and touching story of Clarke who discovers that he does not have the nerve to be a door-to-door TV Guide salesman, to Solly who lives in a Mad House, to Tobias who yet again has screwed up his latest class project and receives late-night inspiration from the I-Ching û the Book of Changes. Like him, all the kids in these stories û losers and neurotics alike û embrace the unexpected, and find themselves emerging as winners. This collection is full of magic, real-life ghosts and, most of all, unlikely heroes. These stories are deceptively simple, about family, school and the everyday, yet so rich and layered that they will be read again and again.

"A Groundwood book."--T.p.

The Clark Beans man -- Madhouse -- The book of changes -- Hard sell -- The ghost of Eddy Longo -- Dawn -- Gloria.