About this item
One day Freddie Ramos comes home from school and finds a strange box just for him. What's inside? ZAPATO POWER-shoes that change Freddie's life by giving him super speed! "Designed for early readers, this chapter book includes frequent black-and-white cartoon illustrations featuring kids with outsized round heads....The few Spanish words establish the boy's ethnicity but will be understood in context....An unusually appealing early chapter book." Kirkus Reviews
About the Author
Jacqueline Jules is a former school librarian and author of forty books for young readers, including the Zapato Power series, the Sofia Martinez series, Pluto is Peeved, Unite or Die: How Thirteen States Became a Nation, Duck for Turkey Day, Sarah Laughs, Never Say a Mean Word Again and Feathers for Peacock. She is also a poet and the author of three poetry chapbooks, Field Trip to the Museum, Stronger than Cleopatra, and Itzhak Perlman's Broken String. Her work has appeared in numerous publications including Cicada, Highlights for Children, Cricket, Spider, YARN, Germ Magazine, The Poetry Friday Anthologies, and One Minute Till Bedtime. She is a strong advocate for literacy and education. Please visit her at http://www.jacquelinejules.com
