Author Profile - Arthur Slade

Arthur Slade (Can) Arthur G. Slade is a novelist, comic writer and one of Canada's best writers of children's literature. He is the author of the Canadian Chills series of books, Dust (which won the Governor General's award), Tribes, Megiddo’s Shadow and two creepy books Monsterology and Villainology. Arthur also writes short stories, the hilarious Great Scott comic strip and created the Hallowed Knight comic series, which has earned glowing reviews and worldwide popularity. He returns to WordFest with Jolted: Newton Starker's Rules for Survival, a novel about a young man who faces many of the problems 14-year-olds face, but lightning is attracted to him too!		Publications
		Jolted: Newton Starker's Rules for Survival Written by Arthur Slade (Harper Collinsl, 2008)
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Jolted: Newton Starker's Rules for Survival (Harper Collins, 2008) Newton is like most other adolescent boys, except he’s a Starker, and lightning has killed every Starker except for his great grandmother. Newton has come up with a set of rules to help his chances for survival. He’s also signed up to begin school at Jerry Potts Academy of Higher Learning and Survival. In addition to lightning, Newton is going to have to learn how to survive at the Academy with a little help from his friend Jacob and unlikely pal Josephine the pig.