![]() ![]() ![]() Shortly after the residency finished at Vermont, I went up to a cabin in Canada to recooperate. Books where there were hijinx, adventures, playfulness, and a very thin line between reality and fantasy. We sat around and talked about how there was a particular kind of book we had read as boys in the summer: books with a sense of freedom and release. Michael Stearns, then working at Harcourt, came up to Vermont College to lecture. What was your inspiration for creating this book? With Whales on Stilts, he’s entering new territory, creating a smart, sassy, and self-aware comedy that fans of Lemony Snicket will snicker and snort over.” Read an excerpt. This first installment of a riotous and wonderfully weird new series marks the Harcourt debut of award-winning author M. It’s going to take all their smarts to stop this insane, inane plot from succeeding. From the catalog copy: “Lucky for Lily Gefelty, her two best friends are the stars of their own middle-grade series of novels: Jasper Dash (better known as the Boy Technonaut) and Katie Mulligan (beloved by millions as the heroine of the Horror Hollow series). ![]()
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