Crazy Groups

Well, we've all heard of collective nouns. But none are as crazy as these.

 A shrewdness of apes. A flange of baboons. A congress of baboons. A sleuth of bears. A cry of hounds. A mute of hounds. A charm of hummingbirds. A scold of jays. A smack of jellyfish. A deceit of lapwings. An ascension of larks. An exaltation of larks. A congregation of birds. A dissimulation of birds. A volery of birds. A siege of bitterns. A singular of boar. A chain of bobolinks. A clowder of cats. A sault of lions. A sowse of lions. A lounge of lizards. A plague of locusts. A sord of mallards. A richness of martens. A mischief of mice. A labor of moles. A cartload of monkeys. A barren of mules. A dout of cats. A nuisance of cats. A kindle of cats. A destruction of cats. A yoke of cattle. A quiver of cobras. A rag of colts. A romp of otters. A parliament of owls. A covey of partridges. A muster of peacocks. An ostentation of peacocks. A parcel of penguins. A story-telling of crows. A murder of crows. A leach of deer. A pod of dolphins. A trip of dotterel. A dole of doves. A bouquet of pheasants. A sounder of pigs. A wing of plovers. A coterie of prairie dogs. A piteousness of doves. A weyr of dragons. a flush of ducks.

Cosmic

The thing that attracted me to this book was not the little writing at the front saying "its not rocket science." Nor was it the big letters saying "Carnegie medal winner!"(I had no idea what the "Carnegie Medal' was.) It was what was written at the back.
There was an astronaut, on the moon, staring at earth.
And above it were the lines "He always wanted to see the earth....but not quite like this....'" This sudden humor touched my heart and I immediately borrowed it from the library.
Here are some details on the novel:

Name: COSMIC
Author: FRANK COTTRELL BOYCE
Recommended: YES
To Make Note Of: THIS NOVEL IS ABOUT A FATHER-SON RELATIONSHIP. IT EXPOSES THE WORLD FILLED WITH TEENAGERS WANTING TO BECOME OLDER AND ADULTS WANTING TO BE YOUNGER. THROUGHOUT, THERE ARE HEARTWARMING JOKES THAT KEEP YOU ENGROSSED. AN EXTREMELY BRILLIANT READ THAT SURELY MAKES IT ONTO MY LIST OF FAVORITE BOOKS.


Now we begin the more descriptive part of the book review.
The book opens with Liam Digby lost. But not lost in a shopping mall or lost in a city.
He's lost in space.