As Easy as Falling Off the Face of the Earth

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The train was moving. Ry could hardly tell at first, but now he knew. It was gaining speed, and he wasn't fast enough to catch it. He had only gotten off for a minute, just to make a phone calland now it was gone. He was in the middle of nowhere, alone.

Maybe it was the middle of nowhere, but to Ry, it felt like the beginning of something. Something that would take him in cars, planes, boats . . . over an ocean and back. Something like an adventure.

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ALA Booklist Editors' Choice "Relentlessly entertaining...an absolute delight." -- Booklist (starred review) "Wherever Perkins's warm, funny, wise narrative goes is where a reader wants to be." -- Horn Book (starred review) "A long, immensely enjoyable, curiously comforting ramble through an absurd-but-benign world." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "[Perkins's] observations and turns of phrase are as unexpected and delightful as the travels she weaves together." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) "A rich, eventful, and extremely entertaining summer road trip." -- New York Times Book Review

Author Bio

Lynne Rae Perkins was awarded the Newbery Medal for Criss Cross. She is the author of one other book for teensAll Alone in the Universe, a companion to Criss Cross. Lynne Rae Perkins has also written and illustrated several picture books, including Snow Music, a Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Book and a Book Sense Top Ten Pick. "Perkins is a genius at capturing the odd details that reveal so much about individuals and families, and how they interact," said Riverbank Review about her picture book The Broken Cat. The author lives with her family in northern Michigan.