"Waiting for Guffman meets Bonnie and Clyde meets Chris Raschka. It's a delight, in other words." --Nicholas Day, Sibert Medal-winning author of The Mona Lisa Vanishes

"Oh my! I want Peachaloo as my best friend--with or without her superpowers, which are bestowed upon her when a wasp and Peach have an accidental encounter. I want to live in the funny little town of Fourwords where a grand old mansion that was once a monastery for jump roping nuns and priests attempts to fight the building a golf course where Peach's favorite swimming hole is. As deft with his pen as he is with his paintbrush, Chris Raschka draws us into this odd world. Truly a gem of a book. Heartfelt and full of passion. It sparkles." --Kathryn Lasky, New York Times bestselling author of the Guardians of Ga'hoole series

"There is a quirky, sophisticated gentleness to this clever new novel by Chris Raschka. The charming cast is only as large as a small country town, and the plot is as tidy as a blowhard invades utopia and must be beaten back--and yet there is so much more in the middle. Mr. Raschka's well defined main characters, which we love, are cleverly loquacious, country-sophisticated, and warmly wise. You pull for them to defend their town throughout the story and while doing so they will enlighten you on a variety of engaging subjects. The dialog is pitch perfect and the prose unrolls at a timeless pace which smoothly transforms fiction into reality. It is a joy to read a smart, thoughtfully layered novel that is written so well. It's a terrific book--quirky, human, with a statement." --Jack Gantos, Newbery Medal-winning author of Dead End in Norvelt

"This book is a DELIGHT. Funny, fun, and utterly unique." --Adam Rex, New York Times bestselling author of The True Meaning of Smekday