Jo larouche has lived her years in the california desert. There, jo learns that her aunt, the russian and the cockroach are all members of the order of oddfish, a knighthood dedicated to the pursuit of useless and often baseless rumors and conjectures. Ive put together a 44page teachers guide curriculum for oddfish. Match texts to readers for additional practice be sure your students have a rich variety of books they want at the level they need. The desert was empty, as though a great drain had sucked the world underground. Sir alasdair and dame isabel study weird musical instruments and interesting smells. Thirteenyearold jo suddenly finds her humdrum life turned upside down when colonel anatoly kordakov shows up at her aunts party and announces he has come to protect her. Equal parts monty python and roald dahl, the order of oddfish is an entertaining and hilarious ride through a world that readers will not want to leave. The order of oddfish added 8 new photos to the album. The order of oddfish, james kennedy, delacorte books for young readers. The birth of jo hazelwood by andreas in dubois, pennsylvania.
We are presently accepting a limited number of reservations. For the next one, you need the description of the character first. Todays questions deal with the book, the order of oddfish. Jo herself has a history with the knighthood and eldritch city. The order of oddfish is an organization of knights whose main occupation is compiling disreputable and disputed facts for an encyclopedia which will never be written or published. This is oddfish fish and veg with a fun and energetic vibe brought to you by the folks who brought you nook and tavola. The order of oddfish is an organization made up of all these knights that study ludicrous things. She had guts and tried her hardest to do what she thought was right even if that meant not always following the rules. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers.
Our menu changes daily but the one presented below should give you a pretty good idea of what we do on a daily basis. Fill in the gaps of your classroom library with these readytouse 15book packs, presorted for your convenience by fountas and pinnells individual guided reading level. James kennedys debut young adult novel the order of oddfish is an extraordinary and delightfully weird romp thats one part china mieville, one part lemony snicket, with trace amounts of. James kennedy thirteenyearold jo suddenly finds her humdrum life turned upside down when colonel anatoly kordakov shows up at her aunts party and announces he has come to protect her. At lilys annual christmas costume party, a variety of strange events take place that lead jo and lily. For some reason, not everybody has read it yet although im sure you all plan to, so heres booklist s brief synopsis. As an oddfish, it is not my job to be right, said sir oort.
The order of oddfish is at once a coming of age story and a fantastical journey into a middle world where gigantic cockroaches are butlers, knights spend their lives engaged in fruitless endeavors and a legend threatens to destroy an entire community. There, jo learns the scandalous truth about who she is, and she and lily join the order of oddfish, a collection of knights who research useless information. And that is the exact thing that makes it so brilliant. The order of oddfish contestwin an personalized copy of the book and a copy of the order of oddfish soundtrack. Then things start to go crazy and jo finds out her aunt is really a knight in the the order of oddfish, an eclectic collection of knights devoted entirely to the research of useless information.
The order of oddfish isnt your typical fantasy novel. The order of oddfish is a 2008 debut childrens novel by james kennedy. Jo larouche has lived her years in the california desert with her aunt lily, ever since she was dropped on lilys doorstep. Jo larouche has lived her years in the california desert with her aunt lily, ever since she was dropped on lilys doorstep with this note. Every color, every sound had vanished, leaving nothing but flat sand and silence. The basic plot of kennedys first novel is fairly standard fantasy farejo, a yearold girl who gets whisked off to a strange world, discovers that she is a child of destiny and must combat evil forces bent. It appears as though pages have been ripped from roald dahl and lewis carroll, twisted all up, and then bound together with monty pythonesque decorationa truly entertaining book. The order of oddfish epub james kennedy achat ebook. Odd in everything, in fact, including their topic of study, the way they talk to each other and dress, the house they live in, and even the servants are all giant cockroaches who act like pretentious british butlers. It also features fan art by enthusiastic teen readers of oddfish. The order of oddfish by james kennedy, paperback barnes. The order of oddfish by james kennedy librarything. James kennedy thirteenyear old jo suddenly finds her humdrum life turned upside down when colonel. Shes got a prophecy about her and is a chosen child, but its quite different than.
Glamorous cockroach butlers, pointless quests, obsolete weapons, and bizarre festivals fill their days, but two villains are controlling their fate. As a baby jo appeared out of the blue in lilys washing machine with a warning attached this is jo, please take care of her. Click to read more about the order of oddfish by james kennedy. He is also the founder and curator of the 90second newbery film festival, in which kid filmmakers create movies that tell the entire story of a newberywinning book in 90 seconds or less, which screens annually in new york, chicago, san francisco, portland, and tacoma. The order of oddfish ebook by james kennedy 9780375848995. Oona looch was a mannish, squarejawed woman, about sixty years old, mammoth but not fat, a stout giant of muscle and bone. There, jo learns the scandalous truth about who she is, and she and lily join the order of oddfish, a colorful collection of knights who research useless. I found it while browsing the young adult shelves in my local library and was.
Jo larouche has lived her years in the california desert with her aunt. The order of oddfish, by james kennedy, came out in 2008. The order of oddfish by james kennedy have you read any neil gaiman. Listen to a stream of the songs i chose for an imaginary movie soundtrack for oddfish, and read why i chose them. And once you start reading it you will not want to put it down. The order of oddfish is a fun, funny story full of oddball characters and the best cockroach butler you will ever find in a book. I found it while browsing the young adult shelves in my local library and was drawn to the cover. Everything about the book is really witty and clever.
Jo larouche is thirteen when her life is uprooted and she finds herself vomited out of a. Like the hitchhikers guide books, its got its own twisted and very funny logic that plays on traditional fantasy tropes. It reminds me a little of the illustrations from norton justers phantom tollbooth, and also of the wayside school books. At least belonging to the order of oddfish, as the heroine jo underwood eventually does in the order of oddfish by author james kennedy, is a great honor indeed. Refresh your existing library with justright text to encourage additional independent. The odd fish are exactly what you think they would be, terribly odd. November 30, 2018 heres a comic by andreas of dubois pa, all about the part of the order of oddfish when jo is born and nearly causes the destruction of eldritch city.
The order of oddfish is a young adult fantasy that drips with the absurdist humor of monty python or douglas adams. To be honest, i had never heard of it a few weeks ago, but then i attended the teen book fest in rochester and had the good fortune of. The order of oddfish by james kennedy the jacket flap of this delightfully surreal book claims its equal parts monty python and roald dahl, which, to my mind, is no laughing matter. Powells books the worlds largest independent bookstore. A rollicking adventure for all ages, the order of oddfish has something for every lover of all things ridiculous. Order of odd fish james kenney 1 book clean and fun adventure, mystery, and tons of crazy. This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. Its a treasure trove of creative project ideas, discussion questions, chapter worksheets, and further resources. Hes clever in such an understated way, making such things as poetic redheaded trees, children raised by ghouls, and an angel and a devil coming together to save the world perfectly believable, touching and human.
James jibs kennedy, guitarist and backing vocalist of oceans ate alaska. James mackintosh kennedy 18481922, scottishamerican poet, editor, and engineer. Narrated and with a full cast of voice actors, this is part 1 of chapter 1 of a great, smallpress book called the order of oddfish, by james kennedy. The novel is about jo larouche, an orphan who was found with a note that said, this is jo. The order of oddfish was a cybils nominee which was nice for me, because i enjoyed reading it very much, and might not have come across it otherwise, so thank you whoever nominated it, and thank you, delacorte pressrandom house, for sending us copies. The order of oddfish is james kennedys first novel. James kennedy is the author of the order of oddfish 3. The book was first published on august 12, 2008 through delacorte books for young. From obtuse and elaborate dueling rituals to cockroach butlers obsessed with seeking fame to a villain so sinister he can even make balloon animals terrifying, james kennedy piles on oddities so fast that you cant help but dive in. Order of oddfish, a funny, mannered, hilariously weird. Narrated and with a full cast of voice actors, this is part 1 of chapter 1 of a great, smallpress book called the order of oddfish, by james. Wasting time in creative ways, collecting facts, is an art form in eldritch city and the more dithering done in the attempt to compile questionable facts, the. The first word that comes to mind every time i attempt to describe the order of oddfish is bizarre. Sure, the main occupation of the knights compiling an appendix of disreputable and disputed facts for an encyclopedia which has yet to be even begun is a very, very silly thing.
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