{"product_id":"calvin-coconut-trouble-magnet-isbn-9780375846007","title":"Calvin Coconut: Trouble Magnet","description":"A humorous chapter book about a fourth-grade boy, full of the fun of growing up in Hawaii. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCalvin Coconut lives near the beach in Kailua, Hawaii, with his mom and his little sister. All his friends live there, too.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMom says: \"You're the man of the house, Cal.\" Which means: Be responsible. Calvin tries, but fun—and trouble—follows him wherever he goes, even in the classroom, also known as Mr. Purdy's Fourth-Grade Boot Camp. And how can he be the man of the house after teenage Stella-from-Texas arrives to be the live-in babysitter and steps all over Calvin's turf?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAward-winning author Graham Salisbury welcomes younger readers to a lively new series with great illustrations by Jacqueline Rogers. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGraham Salisbury\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the Calvin Coconut books, as well as many exceptional novels for young readers. Among them are \u003ci\u003eBlue Skin of the Sea\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLord of the Deep\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEyes of the Emperor\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHouse of the Red Fish\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNight of the Howling Dogs\u003c\/i\u003e, and the perennial bestseller \u003ci\u003eUnder the Blood-Red Sun\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGraham Salisbury grew up in Hawaii. Calvin Coconut and his friends attend the same school Graham did—Kailua Elementary School. Graham now lives in Portland, Oregon, with his family. You can visit him at www.grahamsalisbury.com.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJacqueline Rogers\u003c\/b\u003e has illustrated more than ninety books for young readers over the past twenty years. She studied illustration at the Rhode Island School of Design and lives in upstate New York. You can visit her at www.jacquelinerogers.com.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 1\u003cbr\u003eProb'ly an Idiot\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMaybe you know the feeling of how junk it is when summer ends. The good times are over. You start thinking about school, homework. Getting up early again.\u003cbr\u003eAnd there's nothing you can do about it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut I say, forget that. Get out there and squeeze the last drop of fun out of summer.\u003cbr\u003eWhich is why I was down at the beach with my friends Julio Reyes and Maya Medeiros. We were watching a kiteboarder zip over the ocean. I couldn't believe how fast he was going. \"Ho, man, look at that guy go!\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJulio whistled. \"Like a rocket.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe hot sun sparkled on the blue-green bay. The kiteboarder topped a small wave and let his kite pull him high into the sky. He did a flip and came back down. Perfect.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Holy moley,\" I whispered.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAll three of us lived a couple blocks from the beach on the same dead-end street, in a town called Kailua, on the Hawaiian island of Oahu. Across from our small one-story houses, patches of jungle blocked our neighborhood from a fancy golf course. High above the jungle, green mountains sat under hats of white clouds.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJulio elbowed me. \"That guy's a famous kiteboarder.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"No joke? What's his name?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJulio pinched his chin. \"I forget. Something.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMaya laughed. She was cool, and really good at sports. Better than me and Julio. She had a skateboard and a brown belt in tae kwon do. She was born somewhere in China. The Medeiros family adopted her.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe were sitting on a sandy rise under a stand of ironwood trees just above the beach. It was a breezy Thursday morning, and we pretty much had the place to ourselves.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe kiteboarder swung around and raced toward shore. When he got as close as he could before hitting sand, he slowed and sank to his knees. His kite settled down onto the water like a small parachute. He stepped out of his wakeboard and pulled his kite in, then spread it out on the sand.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Hey,\" he said. \"You kids mind watching my gear? I need to run over to the pavilion.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Sure!\" I sprang to my feet.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Thanks. Be right back.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe guy dropped his wakeboard, harness, and control bar and headed up over the rise.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe wakeboard was black with red stripes. It had foot grips and looked new. Nice. I glanced over my shoulder to see if the guy was coming back. Nope. I waggled my eyebrows at Julio and Maya. \"Watch this.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI stepped into the foot straps. \"Bring on the wind!\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"You better get off that, Calvin,\" Maya said.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI picked up the control bar, which was attached by cables to the kite spread out on the beach. \"Yee-hah!\" I gave the cables a flip. The kite caught a puff of wind, rose a foot, and settled back down. Ho, man, this was so cool!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI grinned at Maya and Julio.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJust then a strong gust whooshed down the beach and caught the kite. The kite blossomed and snapped up off the sand.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Calvin!\" Maya pointed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI was still grinning at them when the wind grabbed the kite and whoomped it out like a sail. It shot down the beach, ripping the control bar right out of my hands.\u003cbr\u003e\"Grab it!\" Julio shouted.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI leaped off the wakeboard and stumbled after it, Maya yelling, \"Get it! Get it! It's flying away!\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe control bar bounced along the sand, just out of reach. It skipped out over the water, came back over the sand, and skipped out again. I dove for it and landed on my belly. But I managed to grab the bar and hang on.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe wind was strong! I couldn't slow the escaping kite. It dragged me over the shallow water on my stomach. It fishtailed me up onto the sand, then back into the water again.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Calvin!\" Maya shouted, racing down the beach with Julio.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI bounced and banged over the water, swallowing salty gulps of ocean.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Calvin! Let go!\" Julio called. \"You'll drown!\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut I would never let go.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA quarter mile down the beach the wind finally let up. The kite sank onto the sand. I sank into the water, gripping the control bar with white knuckles.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJulio grabbed the kite. Maya waded into the waves. \"You all right?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI staggered up, coughing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMaya grinned when she saw that I was okay. Just soaked, bruised, scratched, and covered with sand. \"You look like you fell into a cement mixer.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Uh-oh.\" Julio nodded toward the pavilion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe kiteboard guy was racing toward us, shouting, \"Hey! What's going on?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe ran up, breathing hard.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The wind grabbed your kite, mister.\" I handed him the control bar. \"We, uh . . . we saved it.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe guy looked at me, then at Julio with the kite bunched and overflowing in his arms. \"I must have been careless. Hey, thanks for running it down for me.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Yeah, no problem.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe laughed. \"No problem? You look like roadkill.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe gathered up his equipment and started back up the beach.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Hey!\" I called.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe guy stopped and turned back.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Are you a famous kiteboarder?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Pshh. I wish.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI frowned at Julio. \"You idiot.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJulio shrugged.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMaya pointed at my arms and chest. \"Yikes! Blood.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI looked down. Cuts and scratches ran across me like spiderwebs. \"Cool.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMaya stared at me. \"I think you might be the idiot, Calvin.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"And I think you're prob'ly right.\" I grinned.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJulio slapped my back. \"You sure know how to end summer with a bang, bro.\"","brand":"Yearling","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302058643685,"sku":"NP9780375846007","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780375846007.jpg?v=1767723293","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/calvin-coconut-trouble-magnet-isbn-9780375846007","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}