FALL GUY

Eleven-year-old Parker loves creating things out of junk. So when he finds a hideous, talking green puppet named Drog in a trashcan, he’s fascinated. But Drog is sarcastic, rude and full of baloney (he claims to have helped steal the Ruby Yacht of Omar Khayyam and eaten gold-dust ice cream with emirs). Worst of all, Parker can’t get Drog off his hand!

Soon Drog is sharpening his sarky wit on the most fragile parts of Parker’s life - like his parents’ divorce. With his dad threatening to enrol Parker in Bradley Military Academy (The Big B.M.) if he doesn’t shape up, ditch the puppet and be a man, Parker signs up for the martial art of aikido. But it looks as if Parker’s only plan for freeing himself from Drog is doomed to fail. One small step away from The Big B.M., Parker at last finds the courage to tell his dad who he really is and what he really wants.  Drog is disarmed.

Category: Ages 8 - 12