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Young adult novel

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By: Daniel Pinkwater

This book is about a group of kids, the Dadists, that are completely different from everyone else they know and make their debut by slipping piles of cards with simple messages like "Kevin Shapiro Rocks!" into the boys and girls bathrooms and polishing a toilet seat to be exhibited in the gym. The Dadists tell stories about a boy named Kevin Shapiro who never gets things to go his way, and they are thrilled when they find out that there is a boy named Kevin Shapiro at their school. I like this story because everything in it is completely random. This story has a weird plot and is just my style. Extraordinarily hilarious, this is a book that I recommend to all comedy lovers everywhere!

I thought this was one of the best possible reasons to have children -- or to have friends that have children -- just to able to give them a copy of this book. What fun! What boundless fun

If you're looking for a slim novel that won't intimidate a young and sheepish reader, you've found it. It's a zany tale of a group of young Dadaists, their exploits to bring rise to a certain unknown student Kevin Shapiro, and the hilarious repercussion of their intrusion into the young man's life. The novel is intelligently written and is a tremendous amount of fun to read (no matter your age). It would also be great to use in secondary school.

I read Young Adult Novel well after high school and could appreciate it even more so. A must for the disenfranchised, disillusioned, or restless pubescent mind.