The Great Brain Does it Again (Great Brain #7) [Paperback]

John D. Fitzgerald (Author), Mercer Mayer (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 9 and up

"As entertaining as ever...readers will fall happily under The Great Brain's spell."--School Library Journal.

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"As entertaining as ever...readers will fall happily under The Great Brain's spell."--School Library Journal.

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"As entertaining as ever...readers will fall happily under The Great Brain's spell."--School Library Journal.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9 and up
  
• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Yearling (August 15, 1976)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0440429838
• ISBN-13: 978-0440429838
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #244,310 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

John D. Fitzgerald is the author of seven Great Brain books. He died in Florida, his home of many years, at the age of eighty-one.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great for any age, August 24, 2002

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Samuel Krikorian (Charlotte, NC United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Great Brain Does it Again (Great Brain #7) (Paperback)

John Dennis Fitzgerald intended to chronicle his youth in Utah for adults, not children. His publisher thought otherwise and the result are these gems. I don't even call them children's lit gems because I find them just as enjoyable as an adult. Before I go on, you should know that Fitzgerald wrote one book about his youth that is for adults, called "Papa Married a Mormon". It is one of the most amazing books on the American west that I have ever read. Sadly, it is out of print, and you may, like me, have to pay an exorbitant sum to get a copy. Trust me, save up and do it. Now back to this book. Every single Great Brain book in the series is pure gold, and the entire set can be had cheaply, so I say buy them all at once. I "put my money where my mouth is" as Tom the Great Brain would say, and bought the lot.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Great Brain #7, April 3, 2002

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"sean12179" (Washington, DC USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Great Brain Does it Again (Great Brain #7) (Paperback)

The Great Brain #7 was, at the time, a great way to end a series, with Tom not doing any big swindles, but instead going out rather quietly; he had grown up by that point. Of course, I say "at the time", because John Fitzgerald had decided a decade later to start work on what was to be the last of the series. Number 7 wasn't as humorous or adventurous as the other six, but it still makes for a good read.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Great Brain's swindles are great fun to read about., May 18, 1998

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This review is from: The Great Brain Does it Again (Great Brain #7) (Paperback)

I think this a great book. It is about a boy named Tom that everyone called the great brain. He was very smart and liked to outsmart other people, but only if he got money for doing it. He could outsmart every kid in town and most adults. The Great Brain wasn't very likable--he took people's things, especially money, and he made fools of people. But what he did was entertaining. He put his great brain to work on how to swindle someone to get what he wanted. What motivated him to do this was his money loving heart. In this book he is involved in the buried treasure swindle, the horse race, and the chute the chute (a thrill ride). In all of those he gets money. I really think you should read his book because the characters each have an interesting, believable personality, The swindles he pulls off are fun to read about, and it is a really funny book.