Tento autor píše príbehy, ktoré sú svieže a uspokojujúce, a pripomínajú nám silu rozprávania. Jeho diela sú opisované ako víťazné a schopné zasiahnuť naplno, ako solídny homerun. Autor sa zameriava na to, aby čitatelia znovu objavili svoju vieru v to, čo môže príbeh dokázať. Každé dielo je navrhnuté tak, aby bolo v každom ohľade víťazné a poskytlo osviežujúci zážitok.
In 1948 Milwaukee, twelve-year-old Nick's expectations for summer crumble when he ends up working at a frozen custard stand at the zoo, but with a competitor who plays dirty tricks and a runaway polar bear Nick's summer turns out more eventful than he imagined
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