Waylon! ─ One Awesome Thing

Waylon has lots of ideas for making life more awesome through science, like teleportation, human gills, and attracting cupcakes by controlling gravity. But it's impossible for him to concentrate on his inventions when he's experiencing his own personal Big Bang.

Arlo Brody is dividing the fourth grade boys into two groups. Waylon would rather be friends with everyone. Well, everyone except the scary new kid, Baxter Boylen.

Waylon's older sister, Neon, is shooting away from the family. He wishes everything would go back to the way it was before she started wearing all black and saying "What's the point?" all the time.

Just when it looks as though Waylon's universe is exploding, something happens to bring it all together again, and it is, without a doubt, One Awesome Thing.

Marla Frazee illustrated all of the books in the Clementine series. She was awarded a Caldecott Honor on two occasions: forAll the World by Liz Garton Scalon, and her own A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever. She is also the author-illustrator ofRoller Coaster, Walk On!, Santa Claus the World's Number One Toy Expert,The Boss Baby, Boot & Shoe, and The Farmer and the Clown. Marla teaches at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California, has three grown sons, and works in a small backyard cabin under an avocado tree. Visit her at www.marlafrazee.com.