When Louie and Ralphie Ratso set out to transform a cluttered lot into
an arcade, they end up conquering a few surprising fears along the way
in this follow-up to the Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Book The Infamous
Ratsos.
Louie and Ralphie Ratso have a genius idea: if they clear out the lot
down the street, they can use all the junk lying around to build
makeshift games for a Big City FunTime Arcade! With their friends to
help, they'll be able to recycle all the old abandoned stuff into
whack-a-mouse, a high-striker, a fortune-telling booth, and more.
Everyone says the house next to the lot is haunted, but if Louie just
pretends it's not there, maybe he can ignore the goose bumps he gets
every time he looks at it. Ralphie's head's not exactly in the game,
either, because of some rumors that have been swirling around school.
But they're Ratsos, and like their dad, Big Lou, Ratsos aren't afraid of
anything -- right? Kara LaReau and Matt Myers team up for a second
surprisingly touching chapter book proving that sometimes the things you
fear the most aren't at all what you thought -- and might be exactly
what you need to feel better.