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Charlie’s problems have gotten monstrously big… There's a thief in town, and all signs point to twelve-year-old Charlie Drinkwater. Once you spontaneously morph into a giant mutant dinosaur in the middle of the school day, people will suspect you of just about anything. Charlie's principal decides that all he needs is a little discipline, so they make him join the swim team. The only problem is, Charlie is terrified of the water. (He's terrified of a lot of things.) Charlie and his friends vow to apprehend the real criminal and clear Charlie's name. Otherwise he’ll have to stay on the swim team for the rest of his life or eternity—whichever comes first. “The amiable drollery…carries it a long way.”—The New York Times on Boy or Beast
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“Bob Balaban does it all (really he does). He directs, acts, and writes funny (really he does). In my opinion, this book is a monsterpiece.”
—
Henry Winkler
About Bob Balaban
Bob Balaban is the author of the McGrowl series for
young readers, and he has appeared in nearly one hundred movies, including Midnight
Cowboy, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Waiting for Guffman,
and Moonrise Kingdom. He has been nominated for an Oscar, a Tony, four
Emmys, a Producers Guild Award, two Directors Guild Awards, and two Screen
Actors Guild Awards, one of which he won for his appearance in Gosford Park,
a film he also produced. A Chicago native, he now lives in Bridgehampton, New
York.