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    <body><![CDATA[5 young adult books in one!<br/><br/>Alan Mendelsohn- 3.0~ seemed to take longer than it should have. Interesting and funny however.<br/><br/>Slaves of Spiegel- 3.5~ A story about a bizarre fast food competition. A hoot, but not amazing.<br/><br/>Snarkout Boys- 4.0~ already read this. Really g...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81658779">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[It's uncommon for a Daniel Pinkwater fan to run into another fan by chance. We end up finding each other in unlikely situations, and having lived our lives feeling like we're the only ones to have had the good fortune to have these stories in our lives, we feel as though Pinkwater is writing the sto...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44726689">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Alan Mendelsohn, the Boy from Mars is a great book about being young, smart and different.  Think of giving it to any eccentric young adult you might know.  Alan and his friend Leonard are smart, curious and goofy.  Just like I want to be when I grow up.  I re-read this over Christmas and will defin...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42022520">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Had it been just Alan Mendelsohn, The Snarkout Boys (which I read in highschool and loved), and Young Adult Novel, this would have been five stars all the way. I hope I am remembering correctly that Snarkout Boys had a sequel.<br/>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[When I was younger, I probably thought Daniel Pinkwater was subversive because he wrote a story about a boy from Mars and the boy actually ended up being from Mars...now that I am older, I think Daniel Pinkwater is subversive because he writes about the tedium and complacency of the high school syst...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5671966">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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  <read_at>Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Contains one of the all-time best children's books ever written--Alan Mendelsohn. I tried to convince my friend in the film industry to adapt it for a movie. He didn't bite.]]></body>
    
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  <date_added>Tue Dec 01 05:46:06 -0800 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[My kids and I read and re-read this book all the time. Same goes for the &quot;4 Novels&quot; book. Our copies of have become extremely dog-eared.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was so great!! I love all the insane and original plots and his writing style!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[these are just simply NOT to be missed.  by grownups.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[There are many words that could be used to describe Daniel Pinkwater's books. Wacky comes to mind. Outrageous. Lively. Real. Unreal. Comic genius Jules Feiffer, in his foreword to <em>5 Novels</em>, says, &quot;Pinkwater's thoughts don't connect like yours or mine. His 'tab A' does not fit into 'slot A' the way it's supposed to in a well-thought-out thought. More likely, his 'tab A' will fit into 'slot 14' or 'slot X79,' the kind of fit that might drive you or me crazy if we tried it, but when Pinkwater does it, you read it and say to yourself, 'Why, of course, this is how it should be.'&quot; <p>  Performing chickens, a New Jersey Martian, an orangutan orchestra conductor from Ceylon ... the details are what jump out of his novels. The ice cream dish in <em>Slaves of Spiegel</em>, for example, consisting of an eggplant, two slabs of whole-wheat pizza dough, 16 flavors of ice cream, fresh figs, pistachio nuts, a lobster, and assorted fresh garden vegetables and fruit. (It's served piping hot from the microwave, in a freshly laundered regulation army knapsack, to the accompaniment of Franz Liszt music.) This is what Pinkwater is all about. A junior-high schooler's dream of an author.<p>  In <em>5 Novels</em>, you can feast upon five beloved and quirky favorites: <em>Alan Mendelsohn, the Boy from Mars</em>, <em>Slaves of Spiegel</em>, <em>The Snarkout Boys and the Avocado of Death</em>, <em>The Last Guru</em>, and <em>Young Adult Novel</em>. And if you still need more Pinkwater novels (and you definitely do), explore <em>4 Fantastic Novels</em>. (Ages 9 and much, much older.) <em>--Emilie Coulter</em></p></p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Daniel Pinkwater writes in short, clear sentences. He is very funny. His books are full of references to Alfred Jarry, the Beats, and his own childhood. You don't have to get these references to enjoy his books, so it's fun to read them when you're in junior high. When you reread his books as an adu...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5757242">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Instant good mood]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I read the Snarkout Boys first, and though it took me a while to get in the swing, I did enjoy it. Then I started Alan Mendelson. I really enjoyed the first part, but then it just sagged and I couldn't bring myself to finish it. So my rating is actually mixed. I think these would all have greater ap...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22444857">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Slaves of Spiegel and The Last Guru didn't do much for me, but Alan Mendelsohn, the Boy from Mars, is a nice lark.<br/><br/>Young Adult Novel is a comic masterpiece for the ages, or at least for the ages of 12-18. In between attempts to revive Dada, its teenaged protagonists keep writing vignettes...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4907738">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[There are many words that could be used to describe Daniel Pinkwater's books. Wacky comes to mind. Outrageous. Lively. Real. Unreal. Comic genius Jules Feiffer, in his foreword to <em>5 Novels</em>, says, &quot;Pinkwater's thoughts don't connect like yours or mine. His 'tab A' does not fit into 'slot A' the way it's supposed to in a well-thought-out thought. More likely, his 'tab A' will fit into 'slot 14' or 'slot X79,' the kind of fit that might drive you or me crazy if we tried it, but when Pinkwater does it, you read it and say to yourself, 'Why, of course, this is how it should be.'&quot; <p>  Performing chickens, a New Jersey Martian, an orangutan orchestra conductor from Ceylon ... the details are what jump out of his novels. The ice cream dish in <em>Slaves of Spiegel</em>, for example, consisting of an eggplant, two slabs of whole-wheat pizza dough, 16 flavors of ice cream, fresh figs, pistachio nuts, a lobster, and assorted fresh garden vegetables and fruit. (It's served piping hot from the microwave, in a freshly laundered regulation army knapsack, to the accompaniment of Franz Liszt music.) This is what Pinkwater is all about. A junior-high schooler's dream of an author.<p>  In <em>5 Novels</em>, you can feast upon five beloved and quirky favorites: <em>Alan Mendelsohn, the Boy from Mars</em>, <em>Slaves of Spiegel</em>, <em>The Snarkout Boys and the Avocado of Death</em>, <em>The Last Guru</em>, and <em>Young Adult Novel</em>. And if you still need more Pinkwater novels (and you definitely do), explore <em>4 Fantastic Novels</em>. (Ages 9 and much, much older.) <em>--Emilie Coulter</em></p></p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[<em>Slaves of Spiegel</em> and <em>The Last Guru</em> do nothing for me, and <em>Avocado of Death</em> is not the best Snarkout book out there (that would be <em>Baconburg Horror</em>), but <em>5 Novels</em> is more than worth it for <em>Alan Mendelsohn</em> and <em>Young Adult Novel</em>, two books I dearly wish I'd read as an actual teenager. For weirdos and ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1764867">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[this is my favorite book, bar none. my friends understand me more deeply when they've read it, are essentially strangers until that time. that being said, slaves of spiegel should be neatly excised upon purchase.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Slaves of Spiegel and The Last Guru are not Pinkwater's best.  The other three are classic, especially ALAN MENDELSOHN.  Too bad these are only in print as this kind of ugly, unwieldy omnibus.  ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is one of my favorite book compilations of all time.  Daniel Pinkwater is great.  My favorite story would have to be The Snarkout Boys and the Avocado of Death.  ]]></body>
    
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