Into the mysterious land...of Delaware

Do you like adventure with a heavy does of absurdity and craziness thrown in?  Then Jasper Dash and the Flame-Pits of Delaware by M. T. Anderson is just for you.  The tone of the book is very Indiana Jones-ish (yes, as in the movies), and it's almost impossible to summarize the plot.  Very short version: Jasper and his friends are after the bad guys in the mountainous (you read that correctly) land of Delaware.  Along the way, they encounter staring contests, dinosaurs, cannibals riding kangaroos, vaultapults (like giant spoons, they fling you through the air), Jasper's friend Drgnan Pghlik, a monastery, the evil Team Mom, a ginormous mountain squid, and of course, the blue glow of the flame-pits of Delaware.  Pretty wacky, right?  If you like it, be sure to check out other books in the Pals in Peril series, such as Whales on Stilts! or Zombie Mommy.