The Great Escape (Upchuck and the Rotten Willy) - Hardcover

Wallace, Bill

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0671019368 ISBN 13: 9780671019365

Publisher: Minstrel Books, 1998

Synopsis

Chuck the cat and Willy the Rottweiler, the odd couple of Upchuck and The Rotten Willy, head out from home one fine spring day straight into a series of comic adventures that tests their friendship.

About this title

About the Author

Bill Wallace grew up in Oklahoma. Along with riding their horses, he and his friends enjoyed campouts and fishing trips. Toasting marshmallows, telling ghost stories to scare one another, and catching fish was always fun.

One of the most memorable trips took place on the far side of Lake Lawtonka, at the base of Mt. Scott. He and his best friend, Gary, spent the day shooting shad with bow and arrows, cutting bank poles, and getting ready to go when their dads got home from work.

Although there was no "monster" in Lake Lawtonka, one night there was a "sneak attack" by a rather large catfish tail. Checking the bank poles was not nearly as fun or "free" after that point, but it was the inspiration for this story.

Bill Wallace has won nineteen children's state awards and been awarded the Arrell Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award for Children's Literature from the Oklahoma Center for the Book.

Edition details

• Publisher: Minstrel Books
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0671019368
• ISBN 13: 9780671019365
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Slonim David