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A review by shighley
Charlie Joe Jackson's Guide to Summer Vacation by Tommy Greenwald
4.0
Had a great time with this book. As with the first two, I listened to it on CD; it's the same narrator, and he does a great job. In some ways, I felt this was the best of the three. It has its convoluted parts (the closing ceremony at camp-- doubt that would really happen with parents there), but really not as many of Charlie's schemes as in books 1 & 2. You can fully appreciate this one without reading the first two.
Some of my favorite parts included the basketball game and Charlie Joe giving kissing lessons to George, which included bubble gum. There are so many subtleties in the book that made me chuckle or laugh, and I think kids will get most of them. This book is current enough without being offensive. Even though many of my students wouldn't talk like these campers, it's still not completely off.
The book makes its point about the failure of an all work-no play philosophy without being too heavy-handed. I've already ordered it for our library. I much prefer these to James Patterson's Middle School series; I find those somewhat depressing.
Some of my favorite parts included the basketball game and Charlie Joe giving kissing lessons to George, which included bubble gum. There are so many subtleties in the book that made me chuckle or laugh, and I think kids will get most of them. This book is current enough without being offensive. Even though many of my students wouldn't talk like these campers, it's still not completely off.
The book makes its point about the failure of an all work-no play philosophy without being too heavy-handed. I've already ordered it for our library. I much prefer these to James Patterson's Middle School series; I find those somewhat depressing.