What to read, who should read it and how to find it

Currently, there are 3 categories of books being written up within this blog. Books you can read to your grade school children (great stories that might be just a little over their independent reading level), books for your teenage children to read (or "Young Adult" - which you may find you'd like to read as well!), and books for you yourself to read. I post the write ups of these books as I read them, which is to say the categories of books in the main body of this blog are jumbled together. However, I have created labels so you can easily find and browse through whichever category most interests you. "Charlie" is for the grade schoolers, "Max" is for the tween/teens and "Mom" is for books you yourself might enjoy.

Monday, April 2, 2012

Captain Nobody by Dean Pitchford

Official Summary
When Newt Newman's football-star brother, Chris, is knocked into a coma during the biggest game of the season, Newt's two best friends keep his mind off of the accident by helping him create the ultimate Halloween costume: Captain Nobody. Newt feels strong and confident in his new getup, so he keeps wearing it after Halloween is over. Soon Newt assumes the role of a hero in a string of exploits that include foiling a robbery and saving a planeload of passengers. But will Captain Nobody be able to save the one person he cares about most?

My Two Cents
Charlie started off reading this book to me, which was a nice change of events- and after the ringing endorsement on the cover from Henry Winkler I was anxious to hear the story.

Well, the story was ok. Not great, not terrible. But certainly not memorable. Sadly I found myself encouraging Charlie to read this one to himself. Which he did, and he enjoyed it well enough - it had a decent and endearing message...but it was just a little too much for me to enjoy it for my own self. Great book for your grade schooler - but let them tackle this one on their own.

Sorry, Fonzie.

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