Mr. Chickee's Funny Money, Paperback/Christopher Paul Curtis
Descriere
Mr. Chickee, the genial blind man in the neighborhood, gives 9-year-old Steven a mysterious bill with 15 zeros on it and the image of a familiar but startling face. Could it be a quadrillion dollar bill? Could it be real? Well, Agent Fondoo of the U. S. Treasury Department and his team of Secret Government Agents are determined to get that money back But Steven and his best friends, Russell and Zoopy the giant dog, are more than a match for the Feds. After all, Steven is the president of the Flint Future Detectives Club, and the inventor of fantastic spying and detecting equipment such as the Snoopeeze 9000From the Hardcover edition.
Despre autor
Christopher Paul Curtis este un autor american de cărți pentru copii. Primul său roman, The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963, a fost publicat în 1995 și i-a adus recunoaștere națională imediată, primind premiul Coretta Scott King Honor Book și premiul Newbery Honor Book, pe lângă numeroase alte premii.