Virtual Fred

by Vincent Courtney, Eric Brace (Illustrator)

Fred Whiffington love to play Dumb. In the computer game Dumb, he is Sir Frederick the Fearless. Armed with zinging zord and blurp gun, he battles the monstrous Grackle-Toed Snark.Unfortunately, Aunt Grunella thinks Dumb is dumb. She'd rather have Fred plucking chickens on her fryer farm. But Fred is fed up with chicken chores.

90 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 1996

About the author

Vincent Courtney was born with a pen and paper in hand which made for a very uncomfortable delivery for his mother. He is the author of 18 books. He also created a writing course, "Scary Good Writing with Mr. Butt and Bonefish," used by teachers across the United States to teach their kids the parts of speech and how to write effective essays.

Reviews

[Jessica]

I don't know how many times I have read this book. Probably twenty. I've read it since I was nine. It's weird and really different, but something about it makes me come back to it time and again.