Horrible Harry and the Top-Secret Hideout

Author Suzy Kline
Illustrated by Amy Wummer
A story about appreciating and preserving the environment in your own backyard.

Doug thought he knew everything about his best friend, Harry . . . until he discovers that Harry has a secret hideout in the woods just outside of South School.Unfortunately, Harry can’t keep his hideout a secret much longer, because the land is going to be sold and turned into a big apartment building—unless he and the rest of the kids in Room 3B can save it. Harry has the idea to turn the lot into a nature center, and his friends want to help after he shows them the beautiful wildflowers, yellow spotted salamanders, and slimy tadpoles. But can Harry persuade the school board to agree, too? Or will his horrible fear come true: losing his hideout forever?  

Suzy Kline's first Horrible Harry book was published in 1988. Since then she has written more than thirty books about Harry and his friends in Room 3B.

Suzy grew up in California and now lives in Willington, Connecticut with her husband, Rufus. They have a number of children and grandchildren. Suzy taught in 5th and 6th grades at Shannon Elementary School in Richmond, California for 3 years, and 2nd and 3rd grades at Southwest Elementary School in Torrington, Connecticut for 24 years before retiring to write full time.

Suzy and Rufus enjoy attending UConn football and basketball games, and Suzy uses the UConn library as a reference for her writing facts.

View titles by Suzy Kline
AMY WUMMER is an award-winning children's book illustrator of over fifty titles. She received the Highlights for Children Cover of the Year award in 1998 and 2007, the 2006 Paterson Prize for Books for Young People, Highlights for Children Illustrator of the Month award in October 2003 and November 2007, and was a 2002 Gold Medallion Book Award finalist. View titles by Amy Wummer
Praise for the Horrible Harry series:

"Good bait for reluctant readers."—Booklist (Horrible Harry in Room 2B)
 
"Room 2B is every child's dream...This is one school story which rates an A+."—School Library Journal (Horrible Harry and the Green Slime)
 
"Fun and funny, with a credible mystery, and Kline is right on the mark when it comes to both her audience and her characters."—Booklist (Horrible Harry and the Locked Closet)
 
"Another perfect chapter book for transitional readers."—School Library Journal (Horrible Harry and the Drop of Doom)
 
"Delightful...The characters are real and the story is fresh."—School Library Journal (Horrible Harry and the Kickball Wedding)
 
"Kline writes in an upbeat and humorous style that will appeal to beginning as well as reluctant readers."—School Library Journal (Horrible Harry Takes the Cake)
 
"Harry's many fans will clamor for this enjoyable story."—Booklist (Horrible Harry Moves up to Third Grade)
 
"There's laughs plenty in the short, snappy text-just the thing to turn on new readers to books."—Booklist (Horrible Harry and the Green Slime)
 
"Amusing characterizations, snappy dialogue, and a happy ending give this breezy little story the appeal of a good television sitcom."—Kirkus Reviews (Song Lee and the Hamster Hunt)
 
"Kline has an exceptional talent for capturing the language, humor, and group dynamics of a primary grade classroom... An attractive read for children just beginning to tackle novel length fiction."—School Library Journal (Song Lee in Room 2B)
 
"Kline's breezy text features short chapter, believable characters and situations, and just enough drama for the beginning chapter book set."—Booklist (Horrible Harry and the Drop of Doom)
 
"Kline has the uncanny ability to penetrate young, elementary-age concerns...Once again she has written a book that young readers will take to heart."—Publishers Weekly
 
"Not many series reach the 20-year mark, but this one is still going strong."—Booklist (Horrible Harry Bugs the Three Bears)

About

A story about appreciating and preserving the environment in your own backyard.

Doug thought he knew everything about his best friend, Harry . . . until he discovers that Harry has a secret hideout in the woods just outside of South School.Unfortunately, Harry can’t keep his hideout a secret much longer, because the land is going to be sold and turned into a big apartment building—unless he and the rest of the kids in Room 3B can save it. Harry has the idea to turn the lot into a nature center, and his friends want to help after he shows them the beautiful wildflowers, yellow spotted salamanders, and slimy tadpoles. But can Harry persuade the school board to agree, too? Or will his horrible fear come true: losing his hideout forever?  

Author

Suzy Kline's first Horrible Harry book was published in 1988. Since then she has written more than thirty books about Harry and his friends in Room 3B.

Suzy grew up in California and now lives in Willington, Connecticut with her husband, Rufus. They have a number of children and grandchildren. Suzy taught in 5th and 6th grades at Shannon Elementary School in Richmond, California for 3 years, and 2nd and 3rd grades at Southwest Elementary School in Torrington, Connecticut for 24 years before retiring to write full time.

Suzy and Rufus enjoy attending UConn football and basketball games, and Suzy uses the UConn library as a reference for her writing facts.

View titles by Suzy Kline
AMY WUMMER is an award-winning children's book illustrator of over fifty titles. She received the Highlights for Children Cover of the Year award in 1998 and 2007, the 2006 Paterson Prize for Books for Young People, Highlights for Children Illustrator of the Month award in October 2003 and November 2007, and was a 2002 Gold Medallion Book Award finalist. View titles by Amy Wummer

Praise

Praise for the Horrible Harry series:

"Good bait for reluctant readers."—Booklist (Horrible Harry in Room 2B)
 
"Room 2B is every child's dream...This is one school story which rates an A+."—School Library Journal (Horrible Harry and the Green Slime)
 
"Fun and funny, with a credible mystery, and Kline is right on the mark when it comes to both her audience and her characters."—Booklist (Horrible Harry and the Locked Closet)
 
"Another perfect chapter book for transitional readers."—School Library Journal (Horrible Harry and the Drop of Doom)
 
"Delightful...The characters are real and the story is fresh."—School Library Journal (Horrible Harry and the Kickball Wedding)
 
"Kline writes in an upbeat and humorous style that will appeal to beginning as well as reluctant readers."—School Library Journal (Horrible Harry Takes the Cake)
 
"Harry's many fans will clamor for this enjoyable story."—Booklist (Horrible Harry Moves up to Third Grade)
 
"There's laughs plenty in the short, snappy text-just the thing to turn on new readers to books."—Booklist (Horrible Harry and the Green Slime)
 
"Amusing characterizations, snappy dialogue, and a happy ending give this breezy little story the appeal of a good television sitcom."—Kirkus Reviews (Song Lee and the Hamster Hunt)
 
"Kline has an exceptional talent for capturing the language, humor, and group dynamics of a primary grade classroom... An attractive read for children just beginning to tackle novel length fiction."—School Library Journal (Song Lee in Room 2B)
 
"Kline's breezy text features short chapter, believable characters and situations, and just enough drama for the beginning chapter book set."—Booklist (Horrible Harry and the Drop of Doom)
 
"Kline has the uncanny ability to penetrate young, elementary-age concerns...Once again she has written a book that young readers will take to heart."—Publishers Weekly
 
"Not many series reach the 20-year mark, but this one is still going strong."—Booklist (Horrible Harry Bugs the Three Bears)

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