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3.58 AVERAGE
3.58 AVERAGE
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This would have been a more ridiculous premise for a plot if I had read it before the 2016 election. Since the insanity of real life elections has surpassed what occurs in this bok, I was much better able to suspend my disbelief and overall enjoyed the story. Didn't love some elements, found others entertaining or touching.
I liked this book! It was cute and funny. And it has a great kid friendly explanation of electoral colleges on page 142.
I think of this as a modern fable with some really compelling morals about politics, and for that reason it's been one of my favorite books since I was a kid. Obviously it's not realistic but it holds together well enough that that doesn't bother me.
"[b:Read my lips|1022|Read My Lips Sexual Subversion and the End of Gender|Riki Anne Wilchins|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1157763107s/1022.jpg|5229]: no more homework!"
Grownups just mess everything up! They're responsible for the desctruction of the environment, wars in the middle east, and inequality everywhere. What's the solution? Obviously, we need a kid in the Oval Office. Enter Judson Moon and his campaign manager Lane. Lane really believes that a kid can become the next president. Judson thinks it'll be funny to see how many grownups he can get to vote for him. Before they know it, this election will sweep them both off their feet, along with most of the country.
A funny book with great narration and it actually does hit on some interesting points.
Grownups just mess everything up! They're responsible for the desctruction of the environment, wars in the middle east, and inequality everywhere. What's the solution? Obviously, we need a kid in the Oval Office. Enter Judson Moon and his campaign manager Lane. Lane really believes that a kid can become the next president. Judson thinks it'll be funny to see how many grownups he can get to vote for him. Before they know it, this election will sweep them both off their feet, along with most of the country.
A funny book with great narration and it actually does hit on some interesting points.
I loved this book when I read it in elementary school. It was pretty much the basis for my later interest in politics, and I think all kids in the U.S. should have to read it to learn the basics of our political system. What a great, fun teaching tool.
A fun, quick read with an interesting concept (could a kid run for president and actually win?).
I read this book dozens of times when I was a kid and I've been thinking about it a lot lately (it's hard not to think about presidency a lot these days...) so I reread it and let me tell you it was a surreal experience. It's been updated? Sort of? I apparently read this book enough times that I remembered perfectly full sentences and even paragraphs, but then there were some that were shoehorned in there to make it modern and I *hate it,* reading this book that I knew should have been fully 90s and then he mentions Obama or Facebook or whatever. It's bizarrely pointless. Books can be of their time. My years as a child spanned the mid 90s to mid 00s and I read plenty of books that were juuuuust no longer modern, and I loved them, and it made me understand the perspective of people who grew up with them that much more, and I just don't get why this was necessary. It looks like the book was updated in 2012, 16 years after it had been published, so write another book and set it in the near future and have Judson's kid run for president and if you really want to touch how technology changed things.
(Disclaimer: wah wah I'm 24 years old and books must stay the same as they were when I was 10 cause everything is about me is a VALID review, but also I am self aware, so ignore me and read this book/ give it to your kids to read because it's still great and adorable even though I'm mad.)
(Disclaimer: wah wah I'm 24 years old and books must stay the same as they were when I was 10 cause everything is about me is a VALID review, but also I am self aware, so ignore me and read this book/ give it to your kids to read because it's still great and adorable even though I'm mad.)