Freddie Ramos Takes Off

By: Jacqueline Jules, Miguel Beni tez (Illustrator)

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Hardcover | 1 March 2010

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One day Freddie Ramos comes home from school and finds a strange box just for him. What's inside? ZAPATO POWER-shoes that change Freddie's life by giving him super speed But what will Freddie do with his fast new skills? Weird things are happening at the Starwood Park Apartments where he lives, and his friends at school need his help. Is Freddie Ramos ready to be a hero? In this imaginative new story by Jacqueline Jules, an ordinary boy in a city neighborhood learns how to use his new-found powers for good. Illustrations by Miguel Benitez lend just a touch of comic-book style to this chapter book adventure.

Industry Reviews

Winner 2010 Cybils: Short Chapter Book
Honor Book, 2011 Maryland Blue Crab Young Readers Award, Transitional Fiction
Great Early Elementary Reads, ALSC 2011-2012 Age Programs and Services Committee
2012 Oregon State Beverly Cleary Reader's Choice Award Master List
The Oregon Battle of the Books 2012 List

"Designed for early readers, this chapter book includes frequent black-and-white cartoon illustrations featuring kids with outsized round heads...The few Spanish words establish the boy's ethnicity but will be understood in context...An unusually appealing early chapter book."--Kirkus Reviews

"With its cartoon-style black-and-white illustrations and mostly breezy text, this book is tailor-made for the chapter book set."--The Horn Book Guide

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