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The Return of the Great Brain (Great Brain #6)

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I first read The Great Brain series in grade school. I recently came across a few of them and used Amazon to track down the rest, since books 4, 5, 6, and 7 are out of print. The Return of the Great Brain, Book 6 in the series, picks up in the wake of Tom's reformation at the end of book 5. We watch as Tom has to take his scams to the next level so the entire town of kids doesn't realize they are still being swindled. Will he pull it off? Read it and find out!

An adult can read each book in this series in perhaps an hour or two, since they are such easy reads and work as chapter-books for youth. The stories are more well-crafted than I originally gave them credit for being. Fitzgerald really pulled it off: The perspective and subtext of the stories changes entirely for an adult reader, who can see shades of meaning that the kids will miss, without missing the fun and adventure that the kids love most. Fitzgerald's verisimilitude and rock-solid structure make this possible, while his sense of life and authenticity makes it a pleasant read from cover to cover.

It's a shame the only books currently in print (as of this writing) are The Great Brain (1), More Adventures of (2), Me and My Little Brain (3), and The Great Brain is Back (8), which was a posthumous epilogue put together from the author's notes after his death. The four books that are out of print are easily the best four in the series: The Great Brain at the Academy (4), The Great Brain Reforms (5), Return of (6), and The Great Brain Does it Again (7). Fortunately, there seem to be a good number of these in circulation. Grab them while you can, and hopefully some publisher settles up with the Fitzgerald estate so the rest can survive for the next generation of kids.

The Return of the Great Brain is a excellent book to read!!! Tom ( the great brain ) is on trial. He has to reform.Tom uses his brain to solve a train robbery,to get a jackass, and many other things. Read The Return of the Great Brain to find out what happens!

I loved this book, and can highly recommend it to anyone who likes a good old fashioned story. The whole series is just magical!

This completed a set for a family member. We have been looking for it for some time and were happy to find it in such good condition -- especially with the laminated cover and all! Thank you for your service in recycling older books!!

The Great Brain books are well written, interesting and just plain fun!!!
I loved them as a kid and love them as an adult!

In the previous book in the series, The Great Brain Reforms, T.D. is forced to reform by his peers, or they will cease speaking to him. In light of this, T.D. elects to go on with his swindling lifestyle, and is forced to be more cautious than ever that what he does will not be called swindling. It leads to some rather unusual adventures, and the Great Brain actually earns some honest money. Not the best in the series, but still a fun book.

Overall grade: A-

This book solves the problem of the Great Brain aka TD's return to the Academy by building an Academy right in town. Now, the story can take place in our favorite town, Adenville, and utilize all of our favorite characters. TD works under the guise of being reformed throughout this book, but still ends up with all of the other kids' the money. He's also able to word his tricks in such a way that he can't be caught or punished. It's funny because while JD, TD's little brother, has been swindled the most he miss the excitement and even encourages TD in his money-loving ways.

This is a light-hearted, funny book. I am way beyond the suggested age level, but i still read all the books in this series every other year. This series is one of two other books that has EVER made me laugh out loud, even when i was younger. So give the gift of laughter to a special kid in your life with this whole series!!

This book was really entertaining, and I have read it more than once. I have not read a better book than this about what kids did in the past etc. It had intresting situation and intresting characters and I recomend it for everyone!