Shelley Pearsall, author of the award-winning Crooked River and Trouble Don't Last, demonstrates her talent and versatility with this contemporary story about a boy who discovers--to his horror--that his dad has become an Elvis impersonator. This is laugh-out-loud funny (with heart), and the boy voice has a friendly and comic-embarrassed tone, akin to Louis Sachar's The Boy Who Lost His Face and Sue Stauffacher's Donuthead. A former teacher, Shelley presents at schools and writers' conferences throughout the year and maintains an extensive and professional website for fans and teachers at www.shelleypearsall.com. In her research for this book, she interviewed dozens of Elvis impersonators--and attended their shows!--in order to strike just the right note with the father character.
WHEN 13-YEAR-OLD JOSH finds out he has to stay with his dad in Chicago for a few months, he’s not too thrilled. But when he arrives at the airport, he’s simply devastated. His father—who used to be a scatterbrained, but pretty normal, shoe salesman—has become a sideburn-wearing, hip-twisting, utterly embarrassing Elvis impersonator. Josh is determined to keep his dad’s identity a secret, but on his very first day at his new school, a note appears on his locker. It’s signed Elvisly Yours, and instead of a name, a sneering purple smiley face. The secret is out, and when his dad is invited to perform at a special 50s concert at his school, Josh is forced to take drastic action. From award-winning author Shelley Pearsall comes a hilarious novel about a father and son discovering something about being who you are—and who you’re not.
