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Matt Sprouts and the Curse of the Ten Broken Toes: Volume 1
By (Author) Matthew Eicheldinger
Andrews McMeel Publishing
Andrews McMeel Publishing
3rd April 2024
United States
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: School stories
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Humorous stories
FIC
Hardback
304
Width 150mm, Height 208mm, Spine 25mm
540g
After accidentally injuring his neighbor, Matt Sprouts thinks he has "the Curse, a hometown myth that ruins middle schoolers lives. To defeat the Curse, Matt decides he needs to solve the mysteryand FAST!but thats not easy to do when youre entering middle school, keeping track of your little brother, trying to defeat the best soccer team, and oh yeah, not breaking any more toes.
Twelve-year-old Matt Sprouts is in big trouble. He didn't mean to hurt his neighbor Jenna with that awesome martial artsmoveit just happened! Blame it on morning cartoons or Jenna's lack of coordination. Anyways, getting grounded is the worst thing that could happen, right
Wrong.
After the incident spirals into a series of downright unfortunate events, it's decided that Matt has contracted "the Curse," a hometown myth that has ruined the lives of middle schoolers before him. And as if the Curse weren't enough, entering sixth grade proves to be just as mysteriousthere's a strange girlfriend, wacky teachers, and . . . c'mon, can Matt's toes stop breaking PLEASE!
Matt decides to takematters into his own hands. Now he just has to break the Curse . . . before all his bones break.
Matt Eicheldinger wasn't always a writer. He spent most of his childhood playing soccer, reading comics, and trying his best to stay out of trouble. Little did he know those moments would ultimately help craft the first book in his debut novel series,Matt Sprouts and the Curse of Ten Broken Toes. Matt lives in Bloomington, Minnesota with his wife and two children, and tries to create new adventures with them whenever possible. When he's not writing, you can find him telling students stories in the classroom or trail running along the Minnesota River Bottoms.