Adam Canfield of the Slash

Unabridged
Author: Michael Winerip
Narrator: Patrick Lawlor
Genres: Children's, Fiction, Mystery, Thriller, Mystery
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Date: March 2005
Length: 6 hours
Ratings:
Formats:
  • CD

Overview

For years, Adam Canfield has been the number-one star reporter for the Harris Elementary/Middle School paper, the Slash. Nowadays he's also the most overprogrammed kid in America. Gladiator quiz bowl, jazz band, statewide test prep class - he's always running somewhere, and nine times out of ten, running late. When does a guy get time to just shoot some baskets anymore?
Then his friend Jennifer talks him into being co-editor of the Slash. Between supervising know-it-all cub reporters and arguing with Principal Marris about which articles will "propel the Good Ship Harris forward," Adam worries he might lose it altogether. But then a third grader delivers a scoop bigger than any of Adam's career, and only Adam can dig deep enough to crack through a cover-up that will rock the very foundations of Harris itself.
From Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist Michael Winerip, here is a first novel that delivers the rush of the newsroom, the adrenaline of a reporter on the trail of a hot story, and some keen insights into human nature - all with a lot of laughs.

Reviews (4)

Great story

Written by Anonymous on April 19th, 2008

  • Book Rating: 5/5

Great story and interesting reading. Worth the read.

Fun With My Son

Written by Anonymous from Oakland, CA on July 8th, 2007

  • Book Rating: 4/5

I listened to this book with my ten year old son. We both enjoyed it. Good strong characters of both genders. Written from young person (9-13 yrs) perspective. Honest narrative about overbooked lives, confusing feelings of romance, and other issues from their point of view.

Super story, too long

Written by Brian Gleason from Chelmsford, MA on November 14th, 2006

  • Book Rating: 2/5

We rented this for a trip to Lake Placid, NY (5 1/2 hours) and this story lasted for most of the round trip. It was a great story, with likeable and believeable characters and subject matter that was not for babies and yet did not make the parents blush. It really held our 8 yr old's attention, but not as much for our 6 yr old. I think the abridged version would have been a better choice. The story simply seemed to drag on and on.

Great for adults or kids

Written by Cheryl G on June 23rd, 2006

  • Book Rating: 5/5

Awesome. Well read and a great story for kids as well as adults. Very enjoyable without being overly sappy or juvenile.