Lynne Rae Perkins - As Easy As Falling Off The Face Of The Earth

Ry is on a train headed to summer camp in Montana when he belatedly opens a letter from the director and finds that the camp has closed. When he calls his grandfather from the next station, the train leaves without him. Perkins, a Newbery Medalist, uses wonderful, hilarious descriptions to evoke both the misfortune and luck of Ry’s odyssey. (Ages 10-12)