Greased Lightning

by Sterling North

First published January 1, 1940

About the author

Thomas Sterling North was an American author of books for children and adults, including 1963's bestselling Rascal. Surviving a near-paralyzing struggle with polio in his teens, he grew to young adulthood in the quiet southern Wisconsin village of Edgerton, which North transformed into the "Brailsford Junction" setting of several of his books.

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Reviews

[Todd Honig · Rating 4 out of 5]

So, when I was a child one of my favorite books was Sterling North's "Rascal." It's a Newbury Award wining book that I read I don't know how many times. So when I saw on the Internet Archive that they had a bunch of Sterling North's books that you could read borrow and read on your computer screen I decided to read one of them. Anyhow, this is an enjoyable story about a farmer's son and the piglet he becomes attached to that I'm pretty sure I've read before, so I guess "Rascal" wasn't the only one of his books I read as a kid. And as an adult it was interesting to me to see how these kinds of illustrated books help children to become better readers by visualizing the words they're reading on the page. And it worked for me, because even though I dropped out of college in my Junior year , at the age of 66, I still to this day read 2 to 3 books a week, and with the exception of nonfiction books, none of them ever have any pictures.

[Chanelle]

By the same author as "Rascal"