Soon The Colossus of Roads begins enacting his plan. Then he finds a connection between his neighbor's girl scout group, a local street artist, and the general manager of the LA Dept of Transportation. The local traffic authorities don't seem to be responding to his emails. Rick watches his parents struggle to pay bills and decides he needs to help. Helping them get to and from their catering gigs efficiently means they can make more money. His parents have a catering business called Smotch (using the first syllable of the Polish word Smacsnego which means "enjoy your meal"). He has super map memory and the ability to figure out ways to unsnarl traffic troubles - in LA! Unfortunately he has sever motion sickness issues when riding in a car and can hardly stand to ride even a mile in a moving car. Helping them get to and from their catering gigs efficiently means they Rick Rusek has a gift, but he can't really put it into practice.
Rick Rusek has a gift, but he can't really put it into practice. Written by Christina Uss, the acclaimed author of The Adventures of a Girl Called Bicycle, which was selected for the Texas Bluebonnet Award Master List and was a Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the year.more
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Will Rick be able to clear the notorious traffic problem on Sepulveda Pass in time for his parents to deliver Polish food to the movie studio and land the catering contract they need to keep their company afloat?
SPLAT (Stop Poor LA Traffic), BLAM (Bike-Loving Amazing Mamas), and the TCD (Traffic Calming Division) have their own methods of curing the city's dilemma and will undermine Rick's efforts however they can. Anything can be hung with duct tape!īut of course, it's not that easy.
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He will restore the signs to their original glory and find a way to install them strategically to rectify the traffic. But Rick, The Colossus of Roads, has ulterior motives. The signs will be hung all over Los Angeles to beautify the city with art. He has big ideas, but not enough resources- until his artistic friend, Mila brings him to a Girl Scout meeting.Įvery week at Miss Diamond's art studio, the scouts paint recycled traffic signs with their own designs. Rick has been studying maps and traffic patterns for years, and devises solutions to improve Los Angeles' notoriously terrible traffic that he calls his Snarl Solutions. "Traffic is a puzzle with one correct solution. And I've got to solve it!" Rick has been studying maps and traffic patterns for years, and devises solutions to improve Los Angeles' notoriously terrible traffic that Eleven-year-old Rick Rusek is determined to improve the traffic conditions in Los Angeles- his parent's failing delivery catering service, Smotch, depends on it. Eleven-year-old Rick Rusek is determined to improve the traffic conditions in Los Angeles- his parent's failing delivery catering service, Smotch, depends on it.
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