About the Book:
Night
Buddies and the Pineapple Cheesecake Scare is the first
in a series featuring John, a young city kid who isn't ready for bed yet, and
Crosley, a bright-red crocodile who shows up in his room to rescue him and take
him on an adventure.
Night
Buddies is an astonishing and inventive adventure with unforgettable cast of
characters that will make you laugh and win over your heart. The book has lots
of thoughtful, multi-layered twists, giggles, and perils -- things kids can
relate to and enjoy.
Publisher:
Dune Buggy Press; One edition (June 1, 2012)
ISBN-10:
0984741712
ISBN-13:
978-0984741717
Get a sneak peek of the book at http://tinyurl.com/7xxl8qw
Sands Hetherington was born in New York City in 1939 and moved to Greensboro, NC, two years later. Except for schools and some months in California, Sands never left. He now lives by a small lake in North Carolina with his Saint Bernards, Dudley and Maggie. Sands didn't finish tenth grade but got into North Carolina State University by the back door. He has two advanced degrees, two children, has been a hod carrier, a laborer at a newspaper, a mutual fund counselor, and a sporadic storyteller.
Night Buddies and the Pineapple Cheesecake Scare is the first in a series featuring John, a young city kid who isn't ready for bed yet, and Crosley, a bright-red crocodile who shows up in his room to rescue him and take him on an adventure. Both of them are fond of pineapple cheesecakes, especially Crosley, and it so happens that the world's supply of pineapple cheesecakes is mysteriously disappearing. Major emergency, so our Night Buddies' "program" for tonight is to find out what the problem is and set things to rights. They sneak past John's parents with Crosley's invisibility doodad and ride the subway to the great (and only) pineapple cheesecake factory across town. On the way Crosley explains why he is red. He is red because he is allergic to water. In a roundabout way, that is. If he gets wet he breaks out doing the Black Bottom dance for hours and hours. Unless he takes his antidote pills. The pills stop the Black Bottoming well enough, but (you got it!) they turn him red. They get to the pineapple cheesecake factory and meet Big Foot Mae the gigantic manager. Crosley discovers what's been happening to the pineapple cheesecakes, and that's when the scare and all the crazy stuff really get started!
The idea for Night Buddies came from Sands Hetherington’s six-year-old son (whose name happens to be John). They always had bedtime stories and one night Sands’ son presented him with a red crocodile named Crosley that he had invented for an after-lights-out companion. Sands started making up John-and-Crosley episodes, and Crosley got to be a regular member of the family. About a year later, it got into Sands’ old head that this stuff might be decent fodder for a book. “I think I started writing stuff down a few months later,” shared Sands.
Night Buddies, Imposters, and One Far-Out Flying Machine is the second book in the series and comes out this fall. It starts the same way: It's been awhile and John is wide-awake at bedtime again. Crosley shows up per their Night Buddies contract and they sneak out of the house. They borrow a really fantastic flying machine and fly off to investigate the vandalism that's been happening all over town. Vandalism by a red crocodile! This book is much longer than the first one.
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