Q: What are some other ones?
A: Well I’m not gonna just tell you.…
Q: If you could have your readers take one lesson away from this book, what would it be?
A: Hmm. That’s a tough one. I don’t write books to teach life lessons. They’re like a pleasant, unintended side effect. They happen if I do my job well.
But since you asked, if readers take only one thing from The Million Dollar Race, I hope it’s the Falloons’ family motto—“Skepsis!” Question everything! In these surreal times critical thinking is more important than ever. For real.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Smith, Matthew Ross, author.
Title: The million dollar race / by Matthew Ross Smith.
Description: First Aladdin hardcover edition. | New York : Aladdin, 2021. | Audience: Ages 8-12. | Summary: “When Grant Falloon's dreams of winning the Babblemoney Games are hindered by his parents’ alternative lifestyle, he creates his own internet country to get back into the competition”— Provided by publisher.
Identifiers: LCCN 2020023133 (print) | LCCN 2020023134 (ebook) |
ISBN 9781534420274 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781534420298 (ebook)
Subjects: CYAC: Contests—Fiction. | Family life—Fiction. | Eccentrics and eccentricities—Fiction. | Best friends—Fiction. | Friendship—Fiction.
Classification: LCC PZ7.1.S6447 Mil 2021 (print) | LCC PZ7.1.S6447 (ebook) | DDC [Fic]—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020023133
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020023134
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