Rem World

by Philbrick, Rodman

• ISBN13: 9780439083621
• ISBN10: 0439083621
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-05-01
• Publisher: Blue Sky Press

Summary

Eleven-year-old Arthur Woodbury's attempt to lose weight fast and escape his nickname of Biscuit Butt takes him to an endangered dream world where he faces fantastic adventures and learns the true meaning of courage.

Author Biography

Rodman Philbrick is the author of six award-winning novels for young readers. His first novel, Freak the Mighty, won the California Young Reader Medal. It was received with great acclaim and has sold more than a million copies. The sequel, Max the Mighty, received starred reviews, and his novel The Fire Pony was named a 1996 Capital Choice. His more recent books for the Blue Sky Press are REM World; The Last Book in the Universe, which was named an ALA Best Book for Young Adults; and The Young Man and the Sea, which received a starred review from School Library Journal. He and his wife live in Maine and the Florida Keys.

Table of Contents

Fat No More	11	(4)
Under the Big Bad World	15	(6)
Low Tide in REM World	21	(5)
Things in the White Mist	26	(6)
Feast of the Frog People	32	(6)
The Trouble with Nothing	38	(6)
Water, Water, Everywhere	44	(8)
Wind of the Giants	52	(4)
The Giant's Tale	56	(6)
A Swoop of Wings	62	(5)
The Cloud People	67	(7)
No One Knows Everything	74	(8)
What Leela Saw	82	(5)
The Legend of the End of the World	87	(5)
The Boy with the Blanket	92	(7)
Leap of Faith	99	(5)
The Luckiest Person Ever to Live	104	(5)
Into the Wild Green Yonder	109	(7)
The Terrible Dark Talons	116	(6)
The Scrabbling of Claws	122	(6)
The Trouble with Borons	128	(5)
The River Under the World	133	(7)
Why the River Glowed	140	(7)
To the End of the World and Beyond	147	(6)
Intruders in the Garden	153	(8)
The Awakening	161	(5)
The Island of the Demon	166	(6)
The Thing Inside the Box	172	(7)
A Wonder and a Terror to Behold	179	(9)
The End of the Beginning	188