Grade 3-6 A second Nelson Malone adventure similar to Nelson Malone Meets the Man from Mush-Nut (Lodestar, 1986). His current ``trips to the fantastic'' amount to encountering a real ghost on Halloween who scares away the town bully; finding out that a reportedly mean teacher is actually quite nice; and discovering dinosaur eggs at the museum hatching. Nelson is also actually needed to help his favorite rock group perform their song and again needed to save an airplane from crashing when the pilot and crew suffer from food poisoning. Hawes employs comical elements in her description of the adventures; these elements should appeal to readers' sense of humor and enhance their enjoyment of the absurd. Although the individual episodes are not that memorable, children who enjoyed the first book will also enjoy this one. Blair Christolon, Prince William Library, Manassas, Va.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Product Description
Nelson Malone is a normal sixth grader, but the things that happen to him are out of this world. Ghosts, rock stars, dinosaur eggs and a solo airplane flight highlight these humorous adventures in which a boy’s best daydreams come true.
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