Escape from Dorkville

Escape from Dorkville is the second book in The Warrensberg Trilogy, which includes Waiting for the Voo (Book 1) and The Last Ma-Loo (Book 3).

In Escape from Dorkville, intergalactic plumber Cardamon Webb returns to Warrensberg, Minnesota, to enlist the help of 14-year-old Wilkin Delgado and 15-year-old tug-o-war champion Alice Jane Zelinski to save the universe. Apparently, all the fresh water is drying up and they need to get to the Source to turn it back on. Wilkin and Alice Jane—together with a talking puffin, a glamorous Ergonomic and Fiscal Engineer and a pesky bug—journey to the Inside of the universe, take a balloon fish taxi to the Other side, visit the abandoned metropolis of Pago City, discuss expensive handbags, mindfully follow the path of the plumber's pilgrimage, battle deadly diseases, decipher the text of an ancient prophecy, repel ferocious attacks by Wibgees and Leeblexes, and try to meet the All and Everything. 

Kirkus Reviews gave Escape from Dorkville a starred review for its “wild roller coaster ride,” “zany fun” and “memorable storytelling.” IndieReader wrote, "ESCAPE FROM DORKVILLE is an absurdist delight, full of oddball characters and surreal situations. Ammerman's snarky sense of humor, and a vigorous plot driven by one bizarre event after another, keep the book lively and amusing from beginning to end."