Agent: Jennifer Rofé, Andrea Brown Literary Agency. Yes, Pilutti ( Ten Rules of Being a Superhero) is messing with her audience’s minds, but they won’t mind one bit. Can the friendship-and Squirrel-survive? With toylike drawings, sophisticated characterizations, and sly visual jokes, this very funny story tests and tickles readers’ faith in unlikely friendships before ending up right where it should, thanks to a little narrative misdirection and a Squirrel who knows his friend all too well. 6 Total Resources View Text Complexity Discover Like Books. Then comes the ultimate test: Bear goes into hibernation (Squirrel patiently knits a scarf that gets longer and longer) and wakes up feeling as hungry as, well, a bear. In order to be a real superhero, you have to follow some important rules: Rule. Squirrel’s fellow squirrels are horrified, while Bear’s pals savor fantasies of eating Squirrel in popcorn, in soup, or even in a sundae. Their friends, however, remain unconvinced. Given the title, there’s no chance Bear would ever want to eat Squirrel, right? Just look at the way that Bear shakes acorns out of trees for Squirrel, and how Squirrel lets Bear use his bushy tail for a dust mop.
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