Hardcover JUVENILE FICTION/Social Themes / New Experience Unexpected—and decidedly peculiar—events interrupt Pippo’s familiar routine in this thrilling and reassuring story about finding the inner resources to weather uncertainty and meet unanticipated challenges. Tick-tick, gurgle-glug, clickety-clack. Pippo treasures the regular noises of his cozy lifestyle. Until one morning—splosh-splash, drizzle-drip, clink, clank, creak­—strange new sounds disrupt his comfortably well-ordered life. Soon the unwilling Pippo is on an unpredictable journey that may alter the rhythm of his days forever! Pippo’s enthralling adventure will delight young audiences. Readers contending with their own changes, big and small, will cheer as Pippo finds his own way to thrive in even the most peculiar of circumstances.