And now, the at-least-a-little-so-maybe-I’m-flattering-myself-by-pretending-that-it-might-be coveted award, the Silver Medal! This will be given to the ficlet with the amazing creativity, complete originality, and laugh-out-loud hilarity that only…

Richard Peck’s The 2nd Ark could deliver!

Samson, a young plaid pajama-clad boy, is kidnapped by blue-handed aliens. He finds himself on a miraculous spaceship, filled with every kind of earth animal. Well of course, it’s the 2nd Ark! What does this mean? Possibly the destruction of the earth!

Congratulations Richard Peck!