Sugarcane House: And Other Stories about Mr. Fat

By Adrienne Bond

DeWayne is the only one in first grade who has a great-grandmother. Ma Minnie spends her days in a rolling chair now because her legs are worn out, but when DeWayne gets old enough to drive, he plans to take her to school for show-and-tell. For now, he waits until she's in the mood for storytelling and lets her know he sure would enjoy hearing about Mr. Fat--like the time he ran off from home and built himself trouble in a sugarcane house. Mr. Fat is a trickster and a mystery--and no one can tell these six stories better than Ma Minnie.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0152014462
• ISBN13: 9780152014469
• Release Date: September 1997
• Publisher: Clarion Books
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.7" x 8.6"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

A "must have" for bedtime reading.

This book is wonderful entertainment for kids. A great book for Sunday night family reading time. Parents and children will be laughing out loud!Holly Howell Decatur GA

Five good reasons to read

Five good reasons to read this small treasure (which is listed for children but will appeal more to adults with a love of southern literature and folklore): 1)The language of the rural south; 2) What happens when Mr. Fat gets paid with a can of blue paint instead of money; 2) The story about the suicidal mule and the streamliner train (carrying the Lt. Governor and a Newspaper Man); 3) A bona-fide "hambone" (Hamboning was the ancestor of rap) performed by the storyteller, Ma Minnie; (4) When Miss Marie's Mama comes to take her home from the tent show; (5) Mr. Fat's opinion of the King of England. You could buy it for a child's Christmas gift, but if you read it, you'll probably want to keep it yourself. A few 'dams' and one "ass-over-whangdoodle." Not always politically correct, but as authentic as the red clay along the banks of the Flint River.