Tricky Times

Written by Liz Hagler and Jack Hagler

Book #2 in the Patrick Wigglesworth's Bizarre Bible Adventure series

Fifth-grader Patrick faces school politics and a biblical journey. Can he stop a takeover and find his path?

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256 pages· ~460L

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Bookroo's summary

Fifth-grader Patrick Wigglesworth is thrust into a whirlwind of school politics and biblical adventures. At his new school, a group of Silicon Valley transplants threatens to upend the Gasket way of life. Determined to stop them, Patrick runs for student council president, but nothing goes as planned. Meanwhile, his Bizarre Bible Adventure takes him through the books of Joshua to Job, with Joshua himself as his guide. As Patrick navigates these tricky times, will his faith and ingenuity be enough to save his school and himself? Discover the unexpected twists in his journey.

From the publisher

Even the most reluctant reader will be drawn into the adventures of Patrick Wigglesworth in this hilarious chapter-book-meets-graphic-novel.Tricky Times picks up where the first Patrick Wigglesworth’s Bizarre Bible Adventure book, Over My Head, left off. Patrick is now in fifth grade and at a brand new school. He and his best friends are confronted by a new crop of cool kids. These kids have moved up from Silicon Valley, CA, and are threatening to do away with the Gasket way of life. Patrick, wading into politics for the first time, decides to run for student council president in order to thwart the school takeover. Things don’t turn out at all the way he planned in his fifth-grade political career.The same is true for his Bizarre Bible Adventure (BBA for short) which takes him through the Bible books from Joshua through Job. The newly appointed leader of the Israelites, Joshua, serves as Patrick’s tour guide and shows him that taking the Promised Land is just as messy as Patrick’s life!Will Patrick’s faith and skill rise to the occasion for success in school politics?Will he be able to thwart the takeover of the Silicon Valley transplants?Read the book to find out!

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