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Sugar Creek Gang #17
Lost in a Sugar Creek Blizzard;
Bill Collins' garden is the scene of several encounters with a hognose snake. Will the family's pet toad, Warty, survive? A new member of the gang, Middle Jim, offers amazing insights into the snake mystery. When winter arrives, Middle Jim puts the whole gang into jeopardy. Will the Sugar Creek Gang survive the night in the fierce storm? Recommended for ages 8 to 11.
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First published January 1, 1950
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November 15, 2023
2.5 stars (3/10 hearts). Frankly, I think this is the most boring of all the Sugar Creek Gang books and it also doesn’t fit in very well. And it skitters all over the place, which makes it very confusing. I’m pretty sure Middle-Sized Jim doesn’t come up again, or at least not in the books I’ve read. (There are mentions of boys swimming together unclothed.) The last two or three chapters get interesting enough though, and the "several rows of potaoes" is a hilarious theme!
*I read the Moody Press abridged version, but I have read some of the original copies of this series and I much prefer those, as being more vintage.*
A Favourite Humorous Quote: “...my folks ... had told me I could go over to Poetry's house ... just as soon as I had finished hoeing a few rows of potatoes. Dad hadn't said how many rows, so I asked him, and he said, ‘Let your conscience be your guide. But there are several that ought to be done.’
“My conscience wasn't sure how to be a guide to a boy that didn't like to hoe potatoes. So I thought I ought to know exactly how many ‘several’ was and maybe that would help. So ... I looked up the word in our brand-new dictionary, and it said, ‘Indefinite: more than one or two, but not many.’ ...
“Anyway, just to be sure I'd hoed several, I actually hoed three, which was more than one or two but wasn't many.”
*I read the Moody Press abridged version, but I have read some of the original copies of this series and I much prefer those, as being more vintage.*
A Favourite Humorous Quote: “...my folks ... had told me I could go over to Poetry's house ... just as soon as I had finished hoeing a few rows of potatoes. Dad hadn't said how many rows, so I asked him, and he said, ‘Let your conscience be your guide. But there are several that ought to be done.’
“My conscience wasn't sure how to be a guide to a boy that didn't like to hoe potatoes. So I thought I ought to know exactly how many ‘several’ was and maybe that would help. So ... I looked up the word in our brand-new dictionary, and it said, ‘Indefinite: more than one or two, but not many.’ ...
“Anyway, just to be sure I'd hoed several, I actually hoed three, which was more than one or two but wasn't many.”
December 23, 2018
Points for being warm and funny and entertaining, but really a better title would have been something like "A Little Boy Rambles About Some Stuff Like a Toad and a New Kid and There's Also a Snow Storm."
January 16, 2020
As usual the Sugar Creek boys have their small adventures. This time it involves a snake, and a toad, a new boy, and a snow storm.
February 19, 2012
Great book for boys
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