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Author Øvreås, Håkon, 1974- author.

Title Brown / Høkon Øvreøs ; illustrated by Øyvind Torseter ; translated from the Norwegian by Kari Dickson.

Publisher New York : Enchanted Lion Books, 2019.
©2019.

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ITEM LOC CALL # STATUS
 Iron River juvenile fiction  J ØVR    AVAILABLE
 Lac Courte Oreilles juvenile fiction  J FIC OVR    AVAILABLE
Edition First English-language edition.
Descript 124 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.
age Children lcdgt
Series My alter ego is a superhero ; 1.
Øvrēs, H̄kon, 1974- My alter ego is a superhero ; 1.
Summary New in the neighborhood and hounded by fort-wrecking bullies, Rusty is looking glum. And to top it all off, his grandfather has just died. Rusty is stuck sorting out his emotions while the adults are busy sorting out the New in the neighborhood and hounded by fort-wrecking bullies, Rusty is looking glum. And to top it all off, his grandfather has just died. Rusty is stuck sorting out his emotions while the adults are busy sorting out the “practicalities” with the hospital. But one dark night, after watching a superhero movie on TV, Rusty gets an idea...Dressed in brown pants, a black-and-brown striped shirt, a brown mask and cape, and his mother's brown belt, the superhero BROWN is born! Guided by his grandfather's ghost, two cans of paint, and a little help from his friends, Brown can do anything! Just as long as nobody's parents find out.
Audience 530L Lexile.
Decoding demand: 79 (high) Semantic demand: 95 (very high) Syntactic demand: 80 (high) Structure demand: 83 (very high) Lexile.
Subject Bullying -- Juvenile fiction.
Superheroes -- Juvenile fiction.
Families -- Norway -- Juvenile fiction.
Friendship -- Juvenile fiction.
Norway -- Juvenile fiction.
Alt Author Torseter, Oyvind, illustrator.
Dickson, Kari, translator.
Unif Title Brune. English
ISBN/ISSN 9781592702121 (hardcover)
1592702120 (hardcover)
9781592702510 (paperback)
1592702511 (paperback)