Bats and Burglars
- Publisher
- Fitzhenry and Whiteside
- Initial publish date
- Sep 2000
- Category
- General, Chapter Books
- Recommended Age
- 7 to 8
- Recommended Grade
- 2 to 3
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781550416442
- Publish Date
- Sep 2000
- List Price
- $5.95
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Description
Sam is not looking forward to the upcoming summer vacation until he meets Simon, the new boy at school Together they form a club, The Bats, and work together to create secret signals, rituals and everything else a proper secret society requires They also set up a system of booby traps to keep the neighbourhood bully Ted and his gang, The Gorillas, from getting into the new clubhouse But Sam and Simon catch more than they bargained for in their trap and become the city's newest heroes
This Level 4 First Flight Chapter Book portrays two young boys that newly-confident readers will be able to identify with as they follow Sam and Simon's summer plans into an exciting adventure
About the author
Sharon Jennings has been published for 27 years. She is the author of over 70 books for young people – board books, picture books, reluctant reads, novels – many of which have been nominated for numerous awards and even won a few! Her middle grade novel Home Free was nominated for the Governor General’s Literary Award, The Silver Birch Award, and the TD Award. Her latest books are Connecting Dots, a completely true work of fiction about a girl’s terrible, horrible life, and The Warning, a completely true collection of stories about the supernatural. Sharon is very involved with her community, serving as a Board Member of The Canadian Children’s Book Centre, and is a three term President of The Canadian Society of Children’s Authors, Illustrators and Performers (CANSCAIP).
