Zorgamazoo by Robert Paul Weston

This book is on a fifth grade level, but it is SO cute!!!!  I absolutely enjoyed reading this quirky little novel.  If you can believe it Robert Paul Weston wrote this novel entirely in rhyming verse!  He's crazy!  It follows a little girl, Katrina Kitrell, left by her parents to live with her crooked, wicked relative who wants to take out pieces of her brain because she's too adventurous and imaginitive.  This starts her journey of running away and finding Morty, a Zorgle from Zorgamazoo.  Morty was sent on quest because the Zorgles have gone missing  from Zorgamazoo and he must find what happened to them.  Thus begins their journey together.  It it ridiculously crazy in a good childish way.  Kids and grown ups alike will enjoy reading this book.  It would be an excellent summer read for a kiddo.  Its engaging, quirky, crazy and fun!