Cornelius was promised the trip of a lifetime—Canada, family, adventures and maybe even bear attacks! What he gets instead is a vacation gone hilariously off the rails.
But trying to fix a friendship that’s suddenly gone weird, getting a yucky taste out of his mouth and staying with a ‘loser relative’? That’s the easy part. Dodging the insults of a cranky great-aunt who insists on calling him Butterball (or Blimp) is another story. Cornelius can’t catch a break.
Some people say that travel brings out the best in people, but they are way off the mark. Travel certainly doesn’t bring out the best in his dad, especially when Cornelius uncovers one of his dad’s darkest secrets.
But none of that compares to the terror that awaits him-because this is the holiday that will haunt Cornelius forever. And if you think car trips are scary, just wait until what you see (and smell) what’s lurking for him and his folks on the family farm.
What’s worse than Canadian sports? Answer: Canada Geese.
Disability Own Voices
Middle Grade, Funny Middle Grade, Gross Out Humour, Family Tensions, Funny Holiday, Vacation Adventure, Canada Geese
About The Author
Roly Nutkins writes funny, fast-moving middle-grade adventures for readers aged 8–12. His Baybridge Body Switchers series follows Cornelius, the world’s most disaster-prone kid, who, after being cursed, keeps swapping bodies with animals and people at the worst possible times.
Expect chaotic animal encounters, embarrassing disasters, wild body swaps, suspicious relatives, and plenty of bad decisions that somehow get even worse. The Cornelius books can be read in any order.
Roly is the pen name for Paul Mahoney, who lives in Brisbane, Australia, where he spends far too much time dreaming up ridiculous situations for Cornelius to survive. A free ebook of Cornelius & the Laughing Lyrebird is available to readers who sign up for his newsletter via his website.
Cornelius has ADHD, like the author. His sometimes sidetracked thinking is part of his character; the body-swapping curse and family chaos are entirely fictional.
