Loved it! Can't wait to use it with my class! ( )

Fun story. Not totally unbelievable, and I loved how the geeky girl next door ends up saving the day. ( )

I wasn't enamored by this story. I found the story itself to be predictable and it lacked that wow factor. I also found that the characters lacked depth. I also found that the characters acted with disrespect towards one another for much of the book, which I was also not a fan of. ( )

Author Barbara O'Connor has a knack for effortlessly conveying the ambience of a southern small town, as well the inner conflicts of a child weighing right and wrong. Owen Jester suspects something has fallen off the night run of the freight train and discovers it is a mini-submarine destined for a resort park in Florida. He and his pals plot and scheme to get it down to the pond, but nosy neighbor girl Viola pricks at his conscience by pointing out it doesn't belong to them. Owen also is debating whether to release the bullfrog he hoped to keep as a pet. ( )

After Owen captures an enormous bullfrog, names it Tooley Graham, then has to release it, he and two friends try to use a small submarine that fell from a passing train to search for Tooley in the Carter, Georgia, pond it came from, while avoiding nosy neighbor Viola. ( )