About this item
Eleven-year-old Rick Rusek is determined to improve the traffic conditions in Los Angeles-- his parent's failing delivery catering service, Smotch, depends on it.Rick Rusek's stomach has a lot to say. It's got opinions on tasty foods, not-so-tasty foods, and how driving in traffic-jammed Los Angeles makes it roil, boil, gurgle, and howl. It never meant to earn its owner the nickname Carsick Rick or make him change schools for fifth grade. It's doing the best it can.Rick has a lot to say back to his stomach. In fact, his stomach is the only one he can talk to about his favorite subject: the mighty power of road signs. Rick sees how shifting these bold, beautiful signs announcing STOP, LEFT TURN ONLY, SPEED LIMIT 35, and ROAD WORK AHEAD could improve all the traffic problems in Los Angeles.
About the Author
Christina Uss is a book-loving, sleep-loving, food-loving part-sloth part-human who can't believe her good luck to also have become a published author. She's biked across the United States twice, once widthwise and once lengthwise, and currently lives in and bikes around Massachusetts with her twins. She believes wholeheartedly in the Power of Nice.Christina's books focus on fun. She'd like to inspire her readers to feel that our world is unexpectedly, wonderfully weird and adventures are waiting just around the next corner, the same way she kept her eyes peeled for golden tickets and phantom tollbooths when she was a kid.
