Sir Licksalot & The Maverick Fools [Paperback]

D.L. Carroll (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 25, 2008

Blaze N. Haught, once the most popular kid in fifth grade, becomes a loner when his parents move from their big city condo to a beach house. His parents agree to adopt a stray dog, Sir Licksalot, so long as Blaze promises to make an effort to meet new friends. Finding it difficult to fit in with the neighborhood kids, Blaze competes in challenges to win their friendship. A competition is underway when the boys notice their sisters and Sir Licksalot have disappeared from the mysterious water fountain in Blaze’s backyard. While searching for the girls and Sir Licksalot, the boys find themselves on a death-defying adventure in Mavericks Extreme Water Cave. Who said, “Surf’s up”? Who will survive?

Product Details

• Paperback: 91 pages
• Publisher: PublishAmerica (February 25, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1604749172
• ISBN-13: 978-1604749175
• Product Dimensions: 6 x 9 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,169,564 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

My creativity began to emerge while writing poems during my youth. After high school graduation, I continued to write in the form of metaphorical editorials in a private journal. Writing letters of recommendation, executive correspondence and presentations became my profession for over a decade. While on a sabbatical in late 2006, I accepted a challenge and wrote the novel, West Coast Lady. In 2008 Children's Chapter Book, Sir Licksalot & The Maverick Fools, was published.

Sir Licksalot & The Maverick Fools is the 2009 Readers Favorite Bronze Medal Award Winner.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A GREAT BOOK!, March 19, 2008

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Sir Licksalot & The Maverick Fools (Paperback)

The book is an exciting adventure with Blaze, Sir Licksalot, Bobby, Timmy, Danny oh and Brody. I dont like to read but I read this book and it makes me want to read it again and again because it is funny and you don't know what will happen next.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Adventure, Fun, and Friendship all rolled into one book, March 4, 2008

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S. Walker (Santa Clara, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sir Licksalot & The Maverick Fools (Paperback)

This is a great book for boys and girls.

It covers all the elements kids enjoy while reading books: adventure, fun, friends, plus more!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Courtesy of Teens Read Too, July 10, 2009

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TeensReadToo "Eat. Drink. Read. Be Merrier." (All Over the US & Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sir Licksalot & The Maverick Fools (Paperback)

A story with a main character named Blaze N. Haught just has to be filled with fast action and excitement, and SIR LICKSALOT & THE MAVERICK FOOLS fulfills both these expectations.

When the Haught family moves from their city condo to a beach house, Blaze goes from having lots of friends and being the most popular 5th grader to being a loner who the local kids tease and bully. Blaze's parents consent to the adoption of a stray dog, but only if Blaze will make a serious effort to becoming friends with the kids at their new home.

Blaze agrees and names his new companion Sir Licksalot.

A housewarming with a barbeque seems to be the perfect way to invite all the new neighbors and give Blaze a chance to make some new friends. With a new basketball court in his yard, Blaze challenges the boys to a basketball game, a sport in which he excels.

However, the girls and Sir Licksalot disappear into a strange water fountain in the backyard. The boys are determined to locate them, and they, too, are pulled into the fountain and find themselves immersed in a strange adventure within an extreme water cave. The boys learn each others secrets, strengths, and weaknesses as they accept the challenges of the water park to locate the missing girls and Sir Licksalot.

The black and white illustrations add visual interest, and the maps lay out the path of the maze in the extreme water cave. All ends well after the hair-raising quests in this fantasy-filled imaginative story.

Death-defying action in a fast moving plot make this book hard to put down, and it is recommended to challenge the imagination of reluctant readers.

Reviewed by: Grandma Bev