Böcker av Kipp McKenzie

Something's Afoot is a hilarious tale that will keep you guessing!It is a sequel to The Fall of Two Moons. Steve McConnell is back with his entertaining antics! He must navigate his first job, his first car, varsity football, earth science, and his lead role in the school's musical, Somethings' Afoot. Steve must deal with his behavioral shortcomings, his relationship with his peers, and his eccentric family. Steve finds himself in a conundrum as two girls set their eyes on him romantically. He must balance those increasingly complex relationships while he tries to decide which girl is the one for him.Andy McConnell has Down syndrome. He must find his place in the McConnell family, survive a family vacation, and navigate his relationship with his adoptive father, Will. Andy finds himself promoted to team manager for the Portside High School football squad as he becomes good luck for the superstitious team. His sudden rise in popularity gets him voted onto the homecoming court. Andy must play his role in helping the team win the football league title and homecoming game while he manages his rising expectations to be named homecoming king.Will McConnell plans an epic family vacation that will go down in infamy. Will also balances his role as the Portside Education Association's lead negotiator and his relationship with his superintendent and boss. When the teachers go on strike, Will must settle negotiations, save the homecoming game, homecoming dance, and his son's musical, and pass a school facilities bond. With the weight of the world on Will's shoulders, he must also save his relationship with Andy, handle his daughter's dating entanglements, and keep a close eye on Steve's growing impulsive behaviors.Something's Afoot and the center stage is set for a wild ending. Steve's worlds collide once again in a zany comedy that will make you laugh out loud.

His image is everything, his hormones are raging, and common sense is nowhere to be found. Combine that with his eccentric and ultraconservative family, and the stage is set for a comedic fall from grace that promises to not disappoint. The Fall of Two Moons is a fictional memoir of Steve McConnell's coming of age that will have readers begging for more uproarious and heartwarming stories. It's 1984 in the small coastal town of Portside, and Steve must juggle his ever-restless and troubled peers with his role in the conservative McConnell house, while concealing the ultimate caper from his gregarious father, the school principal. It is not an easy task living in the shadow of his seemingly perfect sister, appeasing his religiously fanatic mother, or sharing a room with his newly adopted Down syndrome brother and classmate, Andy. Steve keeps his growingly agitated father at bay from his behavioral shortcomings, his mother in the dark regarding his sexual awakening, and his peers entertained with his antics in this wildly funny tale of family, friends, and folly. Nicknamed Two Moons following an unfortunate accident of indecent exposure, Steve must stave off ridicule and bodily harm from the upper classmen and school bullies. When these same bullies are wrongfully accused of the crime Steve and his friends are responsible for, he must navigate through a web of deception that becomes increasingly tangled. Steve tries to accept his new brother, embrace his family's idiosyncrasies, and make peace with himself. He winds up in a race with time to prove his maturity to his first girlfriend, keep his friends, evade the authorities, and make amends with those left in his wake as his worlds collide in epic proportion.