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The Original Freddie Ackerman
- Author
- Hadley Irwin
- Narrator
- John McDonough
- Publisher
- Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish Date
- 6 March 2009
- Run Time
- 5 hours 27 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Twelve-year-old Trevor Frederick Ackerman can’t stand another summer with his confusing tangle of stepparents, stepbrothers, and stepsisters. So instead, his mother sends him to a remote area of New England to stay with two elderly aunts. As the plane takes off, Freddie feels everything familiar slip away.
Despite his initial fears, he finds that he is comfortable in the eccentric aunts’ rambling house. Soon, he has made a new friend in the nearby village and, in a mysterious book, he discovers something surprising and wonderful.
Hadley Irwin, also author of Kim/Kimi is really the popular writing team of Lee Hadley and Ann Irwin. Together, they create stories that explore the changes young people face as they move into adulthood. The Original Freddie Ackerman, filled with gentle wit, was chosen by School Library Journal as a Best Book.
“A grandly unassuming story, strewn with eccentric personalities, all with their hearts in the right places.”—Kirkus Reviews
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Details
- Author
- Hadley Irwin
- Narrator
- John McDonough
- Duration
- 5 hours 27 minutes
- Release Date
- 6 March 2009
- ISBN
- 9781436188289
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Recorded Books, Inc.
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage fiction: General fiction
Synopsis
Twelve-year-old Trevor Frederick Ackerman can’t stand another summer with his confusing tangle of stepparents, stepbrothers, and stepsisters. So instead, his mother sends him to a remote area of New England to stay with two elderly aunts. As the plane takes off, Freddie feels everything familiar slip away. Despite his initial fears, he finds that he is comfortable in the eccentric aunts’ rambling house. Soon, he has made a new friend in the nearby village and, in a mysterious book, he discovers something surprising and wonderful. Hadley Irwin, also author of Kim/Kimi is really the popular writing team of Lee Hadley and Ann Irwin. Together, they create stories that explore the changes young people face as they move into adulthood. The Original Freddie Ackerman, filled with gentle wit, was chosen by School Library Journal as a Best Book. “A grandly unassuming story, strewn with eccentric personalities, all with their hearts in the right places.”—Kirkus Reviews
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