cover image THE TRANSMOGRIFICATION OF ROSCOE WIZZLE

THE TRANSMOGRIFICATION OF ROSCOE WIZZLE

David Elliott, . . Candlewick, $5.99 (115pp) ISBN 978-0-7636-1880-3

A fourth grader leads a fairly ordinary life until strange things start happening, and he finds himself undergoing a Kafka-esque metamorphosis. "Colorful plot twists combine with a sassy first-person narration and snappy dialogue to skew the proceedings a few thoroughly enjoyable degrees off normal," PW wrote. Ages 7-10. (May)