Customer Reviews

Harry Newberry and the Raiders of the Red Drink

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This book was so funny. Here's a book that a parent can enjoy "reading to" while your child enjoys "listening to." Just wait til you see how much your child remembers as this book moves along. The blend of humor in this book (e.g. "Pete Zamansky, he maneuvers," runs a pizza in the form of maps store selling very useful day old pizza.) with a good working knowledge of the way mothers and sons relate, mixed with a superhero genre,is really rather unique. Picture Ray Bradbury meets Roald Dahl meets Superwoman. Please put this book back in print.

I read this book with my son, after we'd read all of Gilden's 5th Grade Monster series. We both enjoyed the quirky touches, like the delivery of day-old pizza (because it's better the next day) and the dreaded 'cheese blight' gun. The story works like one of the old Loony Tunes or Merry Melodies cartoons, with fast-paced wacky action in the foreground, and more subtle jokes in the background for the older or more thoughtful reader. Gilden deserves credit, too, for this early exploration of the angsty-superhero theme and the comic difficulties of saving the world while getting along with your family.
Not for everyone, but one of the rare fast-paced comic stories that repays a second reading.

Harry Newberry and the Raiders of the Red Drink was a confusing book. Harry thought his mom was a super hero. I did not like the book because it made no sense at all. It was about super heroes who tried to conquer bad people by drinking "Red Drink." I didn't like the story because it seemed to be written by a kid for a kid. Like the author made up a character named, "Pete Zamansky, he maneuvers." Who worked at a pizza place, he made pizzas with toppings forming a map of some made up planet. Where did they come up with that? So the whole time Harry and his "Super Hero friends," are trying to find out who the evil people are and how they can defeat them. At the end they finally figure out who the people are, but I can't tell you anymore because that would ruin it for you. Then again, I kind of enjoyed the book a little bit because some of the stuff that was so crazy, like people's names that the author made up was kind of funny. So I think the book did have a good side. It was just my opinion that it wasn't the best book in the world, but you never know, you might like it.