Mort Ziff Is Not Dead by Cary Fagan

Mort Ziff Is Not Dead by Cary Fagan

A humorous coming-of-age middle-grade novel set in 1960s Florida. Battling obxious siblings, sunburns, and a corporate millionaire, Norman is determined to help an old comedian save his career.

It's the winter of 1965. Norman Fishbein is enduring not only a cold winter but also the usual torments and annoyances from his two older brothers. When Norman wins a thousand dollars in the Count-the-Doozy-Dots Contest, his parents let him choose how to spend it, strongly suggesting a new car is what the family needs. But Norman decides what his family really needs is their first vacation that doesn't mean camping in a tent -- a trip to Miami Beach.
A snowstorm almost wrecks their plans, but in the end Norman gets his first plane ride (with both brothers air-sick on either side of him). Miami strikes him as a paradise -- warm weather, palm trees, beaches, and ocean. They stay in luxury at the Royal Palm Hotel, owned by the mysterious millionaire Herbert Spitzer.
One day at the pool, Norman spots an old man in a black suit, who his father tells him is a once-famous comedian named Mort Ziff. (Norman's father thought that Mort Ziff had died years ago.) Holding onto the remains of his career, Mort Ziff is performing every night in the hotel dining room. A chance meeting begins an unusual friendship between Norman and the old comedian. But after hearing that Mort Ziff has been fired, to be replaced by The Centipedes, a pop group imitating the Beatles, Norman takes matters into his own hands, resolving to save Mort's job and, in the process, coming to realize an innner strength he didn't know he had.

SKU	Nicht verfügbar
ISBN 13	9780143198482
ISBN 10	0143198483
Titel	Mort Ziff Is Not Dead
Autor	Cary Fagan
Buchzustand	Nicht verfügbar
Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Penguin Books Canada Ltd
Erscheinungsjahr	2018-09-04
Seitenanzahl	176
Preise	Winner of The Joan Betty Stuchner - Oy Vey! - Funniest Children's Book Award 2019, Short-listed for The Joan Betty Stuchner - Oy Vey! - Funniest Children's Book Award 2019
Hinweis auf dem Einband	Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden.