ESCAPE FROM DORKVILLE

QUARTER FINALIST: 9.75 RATING (OUT OF 10)

Title: Escape from Dorkville

Author: Dean Ammerman

Genre: Fiction/Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror

Audience: Middle-Grade

Word Count: 42,800

Assessment:

Ammerman’s engaging and hilarious narrative of intergalactic plumber Cardamon Webb and his two sidekicks on a journey to save the universe is cleverly unpredictable in a way that will have both parents and kids eagerly reading more. An exceptionally strong voice deftly imbues every page with tension and humor. Despite the insanity of the plot, the book succeeds brilliantly on a Douglas Adams scale.

Score:

Plot/Idea: 10

Originality: 10

Prose: 10

Character/Execution: 9

Overall: 9.75

Report Submitted: September 14, 2016