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    <body><![CDATA[This is a children's book in the same way that Rocky &amp; Bullwinkle was a children's TV show, which is to say, not really. But if you're in the mood for a book about biology notebooks, late night movies, speeches in the park, disappearing uncles, Chinese butlers named Heinz, Commonists, rubber doughnu...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/20205753">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Starts strong, ends weak. However, it was my 8-year-old son's favorite book of 2009. Note: there is a tiny mention of sex in the story, which you can choose not to read aloud without spoiling the plot. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Thank you, Mr. Pinkwater, for giving a little girl with crippling anxiety the name that made her strong.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This was another great book I loved as a kid!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Also in Daniel Pinkwater's 5 novels with Alan Mehndolsson, Boy from Mars.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Weird - it's like reading a children's book, where the adults have occupied the kids bodies + now I have a weird sensation of wanting an avocado eclair. As I said - weird, but in a good way. Very easy to read. Being an artist I found my dream resting place- town of Beanbernder's. ;)<br/>+ it makes ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/14368503">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I didn't read any young adult books when I was a young adult. I really missed out on Daniel Pinkwater. He's bizarre in just the right ways. The boys do things I would've done in High School.  Actually, perhaps it is best I didn't read this, it would've given me ideas. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Read this as a teenager. The story, the places, the characters - albeit silly - just stayed with me. <br/><br/>The realism is such that I really want to snark out &amp; go to these places. Bignose, if you're taking reservations, save me a seat. I'm working on my snarking skills.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[They don't come any quirkier than Pinkwater, and this book in particular is a masterpiece whose protagonists escape teen ennui by entering a wierdly wonderful universe of obscure pop culture parody, urban planning insights, and lots of really goofy humor.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Right up there with The Egypt Game for seductive portraits of childhood independence (but Pinkwater is much sunnier).  If I'd gotten to spend my childhood going to Beanbender's and The Snark, I never would've grown up.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Arguably the most influential book I've ever read (and reread and rereread and...).  It taught me to accept the weird with a shrug but always question the normal.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Absolutely fantastic.  Pinkwater's at the top of his game.  Hilarious, exciting, unique and absurd.  A massive sentient avocado.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[One of my favorite Pinkwater books.  Makes me want to eat a baked potato!]]></body>
    
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