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The fantastical story of a lonely eleven-year-old whose parrot takes him on a magical mystery tour of a planet where sleeping is against the law Chester Dumbelloâs mom interprets peopleâs dreams. One day a white, one-eyed parrot flies into the Dream Café. Chesterâs mom says that the day something rhymes with orange, they can keep the parrot. Since nothing does, she comes up with the name Lornge, and the parrot becomes the newest member of the Dumbello family. But thereâs something odd about Lornge: He never sleeps. (Or as he puts it, âI tell no lies, nor shut my eyes.â) Itâs summer, and schoolâs outâChesterâs favorite time of year because the other kids canât bother him about his unusual mother. But he feels trapped in a tug of war between his aunt Dolly, who wants Chester to visit, and his mom, who doesnât want him to go. Then one night, Lornge takes him to the planet Alert, where sleeping is against the law. Chester is adopted by a family named Quickâboasting a mother and a fatherâand meets all kinds of strange and interesting people. He goes to school, but before long, he is convicted of being a âshuteyeâ and gets thrown in jail. Suddenly, his home in Lucy, Mississippi, is looking a whole lot better. This is a wildly inventive novel about a boy who yearns to run awayâonly to discover that thereâs no place like home. This ebook features an illustrated personal history of M. E. Kerr including rare images from the authorâs collection. |
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