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Editorial Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
Two junior high boys lose their "uncool" status when they kiss girls and foil some football team thugs in this comedy set in the 1950s. "Joyfully unconventional thinking and quirky writing," said PW. Ages 10-up.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
From School Library Journal
Grade 4-8. A slapstick novel about friendship set in Minnesota. The book includes autobiographical elements from Paulsen's own life (alcoholic parents, a stint in the army, running the Iditarod). Both the first-person narrator and his best (and only) friend, Harold Schernoff, are 14-year-old social outcasts. Harold also is a science whiz, complete with slide rule, who devises theories to solve all sorts of problems, from dating to dealing with bullies and learning to ski. The chapter on his solutions to first-date awkwardness is hilarious. Perhaps the best chapter is the one in which the boys, although underage, buy their very first car and drive it for a glorious eight miles before the engine explodes. Paulsen captures adolescent feelings perfectly; indeed, the novel becomes a survival story with a twist?survival of adolescence. Asides are interjected parenthetically comparing then and now. An afterword lets readers know what happens to the characters so memorably drawn in the story. Simplicity of style, humor, and great characterization make this another winner from a popular author.?Connie Tyrrell Burns, Mahoney Middle School, South Portland,
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Two junior high boys lose their "uncool" status when they kiss girls and foil some football team thugs in this comedy set in the 1950s. "Joyfully unconventional thinking and quirky writing," said PW. Ages 10-up.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
From School Library Journal
Grade 4-8. A slapstick novel about friendship set in Minnesota. The book includes autobiographical elements from Paulsen's own life (alcoholic parents, a stint in the army, running the Iditarod). Both the first-person narrator and his best (and only) friend, Harold Schernoff, are 14-year-old social outcasts. Harold also is a science whiz, complete with slide rule, who devises theories to solve all sorts of problems, from dating to dealing with bullies and learning to ski. The chapter on his solutions to first-date awkwardness is hilarious. Perhaps the best chapter is the one in which the boys, although underage, buy their very first car and drive it for a glorious eight miles before the engine explodes. Paulsen captures adolescent feelings perfectly; indeed, the novel becomes a survival story with a twist?survival of adolescence. Asides are interjected parenthetically comparing then and now. An afterword lets readers know what happens to the characters so memorably drawn in the story. Simplicity of style, humor, and great characterization make this another winner from a popular author.?Connie Tyrrell Burns, Mahoney Middle School, South Portland,
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
See all Editorial Reviews
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- Naked Reading: Uncovering What Tweens Need to Become Lifelong Readers by Teri S. Lesesne on page 32, page 64, and Back Matter
- Brian's Return by Gary Paulsen in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Teen Library Events: A Month-by-Month Guide (Greenwood Professional Guides for Young