The three Cheeseman children, their father, and their psychic dog are all on the run. From whom? Well the CIA, naturally. But also corporate agent...
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Aug 23, 2010
Lynn
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(3rd grade +) This zany story is a fast-paced read, loaded with funny characters. I love that this family, composed of an inventor father; a teenage boy; a twelve-year old girl; an 8 year-old boy with a sock puppet named Steve; and a bald, psychic fox terrier named Pinky, is so supportive of their dad and of each other, despite their individual quirkiness. Ethan Cheeseman, the father, has nearly completed a time travel machine, which several entities want. The family is pursued by a cast of char
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Jan 29, 2010
Jennifer
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Mr. Cheeseman is an inventor in the process of inventing something miraculous and marvelous in all sorts of ways. However, he has to finish it first. The problem is that it would be disastrous if it was to fall into the wrong hands - and many wrong hands are after it.
Forced to flee their house using their wits and an inertia ray (a cool gadget that actually slows down one's pursuers should you need one), Mr. Cheeseman and his three c More...
Mr. Cheeseman is an inventor in the process of inventing something miraculous and marvelous in all sorts of ways. However, he has to finish it first. The problem is that it would be disastrous if it was to fall into the wrong hands - and many wrong hands are after it.
Forced to flee their house using their wits and an inertia ray (a cool gadget that actually slows down one's pursuers should you need one), Mr. Cheeseman and his three c More...
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Oct 25, 2011
Carol
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Ethan Cheeseman has three (er, four?) children who are "attractive, polite, and relatively odor-free". The family, along with their psychic hairless dog, has been living on the run since Mrs. Cheeseman died a few years before. They are being pursued by some top-secret government agents, international super-spies accompanied by a variety of pets, and some evil corporate henchman. This motley crew of bad guys all have the same motive - get the LVR! The LVR is an amazing machine invented
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May 13, 2011
Regina
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In a very Lemony Snicket-ish manner, Dr. Cuthbert Soup introduces us to the Cheeseman family. I would share their names here but unfortunately, they change quite often! You see the Cheesemans are on the run from a few top secret agencies because of Mr.Cheeseman's invention, the LVR, an unfinished time machine. To keep himself and his three children, hairless psychic dog, and sock puppet friend safe, Cheeseman has taught his family to be ready to relocate at a moment's notice. There is never q
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Jan 06, 2012
Niko
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This is a wonderfully entertaining children's novel. A father and his three children are on the run, staying ahead of corporate villains, secret government agents, and international superspies, all bent on getting their hands on his latest invention. With humor along the lines of Dave Barry, Douglas Adams, and (Brandon Sanderson's) Alcatraz series, it is often hilarious with off-the-wall narrative and side-commentary ("unsolicited advice").
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Jan 11, 2011
Yasmin
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This book is so funny. I liked it so much that I wrote to the author and he answered me back!
Hello Dr. Soup,
I've brought your book to my 14 year old son and he loved it.
I've listen to a couple of intense adult non-fiction books and decided that it is time for me to take a break with a funny book.
I was so lucky to download your first book and I was laughing out load.
Please, please, please write a book for adults.
I will be the first one to read it.
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Hello Dr. Soup,
I've brought your book to my 14 year old son and he loved it.
I've listen to a couple of intense adult non-fiction books and decided that it is time for me to take a break with a funny book.
I was so lucky to download your first book and I was laughing out load.
Please, please, please write a book for adults.
I will be the first one to read it.
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Jan 29, 2010
Ronald
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This is a very entertaining book filled with intriguing, unusual and sometimes delightfully silly characters. A fortuneteller with short term memory loss, a cowboy poet who rhymes too much, a tightrope walker who has vertigo, a hairless dog who can warn the family of danger approaching from miles away and a one eyed sock puppet who has a mind of his own, are just some of the characters who energize these pages. All these and more are a part of the everyday life of the Cheeseman family on the run
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Oct 09, 2009
Angela
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For me, there's a bit of Twain in Dr. Soup's upcoming middle-grade novel. A combination of humor and satire grabs readers and encourages them along a swiftly narrated adventure. The action follows Mr. Cheeseman and his three unique and savvy children. On the lam in order to protect a time machine Mr. Cheeseman has created, they must elude an unbelievable and funny array of characters with ill intentions. Through the course of their journey, they befriend quirky characters and together beco
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Jun 22, 2011
Will
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Oct 12, 2011
Mayli
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I loved it!!!!! This book is hilarious it is written well and loosens up the serious and sad moment and it grasps your attention and sucks you in. I checked it out on one morning and finished by the next day before lunch.
There is a family whose dad invented a time machine and criminals, government workers, and agents all want it. The family has to keep moving and they are getting tired of running and want to finish the time machine, so they can see their dead mother, but they never seem to More...
There is a family whose dad invented a time machine and criminals, government workers, and agents all want it. The family has to keep moving and they are getting tired of running and want to finish the time machine, so they can see their dead mother, but they never seem to More...
Feb 22, 2011
Pam
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This is a book that I got from my mom--Thanks Mom! She happened to be sitting next to THE Dr. Cuthbert Soup on an airplane and he gave her a copy once she told him she had a 7 year old granddaughter. I decided to read it first to see what level it was and when my 7-year old would 'get it'. I had a bit of a hard time reading through the 'jokes'. I am glad I forced myself to read it through because there was a surprise at the end, where the action really got going and got a little better. It
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Oct 01, 2010
Katie
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"A Whole Nother Story" was an awesome book! The Cheeseman children and their father are on the run from government agents and international spies who are after Mr. Cheeseman's greatest invention, the LVR, a time machine. The Cheesemans must protect the LVR at all costs, because in the wrong hands, it could do unspeakable damage to the world as we know it. On the path of this zany story, they will meet some of the oddest characters around.
This book was a cross between Lem More...
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Jun 25, 2010
Lisa
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This is a fun "summer read". Meaning it is just a fun book to read for pure enjoyment.
The story is told with a wry sense of humor reminicent of Lemony Snicket, but with less biting wit and irony.
The story of three children escaping from dangerous people hot on their tail, but they do have their father who is also part of the escape plot. Along the way they meet some interesting characters and have to think fast and improvise ways to elude their would-be captor More...
The story is told with a wry sense of humor reminicent of Lemony Snicket, but with less biting wit and irony.
The story of three children escaping from dangerous people hot on their tail, but they do have their father who is also part of the escape plot. Along the way they meet some interesting characters and have to think fast and improvise ways to elude their would-be captor More...
Mar 22, 2011
Charlyn
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Dr. Cuthbert Soup joins those pseudonymous authors Snicket and Bosch who craft their tales with asides to the reader. Soup uses entire chapters to sail off on unrelated topics. And the story itself is just as quirky. Ethan Cheeseman has invented a time machine much coveted by others for nefarious activities. Unfortunately, these goons get to Mrs. Cheeseman and murder her before the Cheeseman family recognize the peril the invention has brought to their lives. Fortunately, they have a psychic
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Jun 25, 2011
Cindi
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Although unable to discover this even with exhaustive research, the reader believes Lemony Snicket and Dr. Cuthbert Soup may be distant cousins. The same sense of smarmy humor and wise-cracks abound in this book about three siblings and their inventor father who are on the run from baddies and as the books about three siblings who are orphans on the run from baddies. Not nearly as formulaic as the Lemony Snicket books, but with a whole cast of whacky characters.
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Aug 19, 2010
Suebee
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Like Deborah Wiles "Countdown," this is another book that is being talked up for the Newbery 2010 award that I abandoned after the first few chapters. (Abandoned for very different reasons.)
The tale is told in a voice similar to that of the Pseudonymous Bosch "The Name of this Book is Secret" series or even a smidge like "Lemony Snicket."
I immediately found the vocabulary WAAYYY too advanced for my K-4 students. I found myself re-reading More...
The tale is told in a voice similar to that of the Pseudonymous Bosch "The Name of this Book is Secret" series or even a smidge like "Lemony Snicket."
I immediately found the vocabulary WAAYYY too advanced for my K-4 students. I found myself re-reading More...
Jul 01, 2010
Cindy
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This is a great book to read in the summer. The plot is fairly fast moving and there are quirky characters with sometimes funny conversations. A light read that doesn't take all your brain power to read about.
While there isn't a HUGE plot I think it's a fun read for both parents and kids, and even those without kids.
I liked the characters because they were all unique and different and fun to read about. The plot was interesting but it did take a while to develop but the More...
While there isn't a HUGE plot I think it's a fun read for both parents and kids, and even those without kids.
I liked the characters because they were all unique and different and fun to read about. The plot was interesting but it did take a while to develop but the More...
Apr 28, 2010
LauraW
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This book has some very clever word play and asides, some of which seem to go over the heads of the kids, but enough of which hit the mark that it is enjoyable for them. I was reading this aloud to a 5th grade class this week and they seemed to enjoy it. The actual plot reads a bit like The Mysterious Benedict Society - a series of pseudo-threatening mad-cap adventures, culminating in one that does seem moderately realistically dangerous, but ending relatively happily, with promises of sequels
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May 12, 2011
Sharon
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4th/5th&up.
This story has a narrator who can't keep his mouth closed, a sense of style relatable to Lemony Snicket, a psychic dog and a cast of characters as varied as any reality television show. With plenty of action, humor and weirdness, as well as mentions of topics from tattoos, to amputations to delicious squash recipes, this story has everything. I found it frenetic and amusing. The climactic ending- full of gun-toting bad guys, chaos and circus people- leads to a cliffhanger end More...
This story has a narrator who can't keep his mouth closed, a sense of style relatable to Lemony Snicket, a psychic dog and a cast of characters as varied as any reality television show. With plenty of action, humor and weirdness, as well as mentions of topics from tattoos, to amputations to delicious squash recipes, this story has everything. I found it frenetic and amusing. The climactic ending- full of gun-toting bad guys, chaos and circus people- leads to a cliffhanger end More...
Jun 12, 2010
Carissa
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as a lover of absurd writing, i was thrilled to discover this book and can't wait to read the next book this author writes. i found myself giggling out loud at many different points in the book and my poor husband had to listen as I read him selections from the book in bed as he was trying to fall asleep. for a taste of the humor, go to the book's website: www.awholenotherbook.com . I was especially fond of the biographical video on the author, Dr. Cuthbert Soup.
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Feb 22, 2011
B
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Whole Nother Story is like Lemony Snicket as far as having an invented author/narrator and a tongue-in-cheek tone.
Main characters:
Mr. Ethan Cheeseman and his three quirky children
The father has invented a not-completed time travel device(LVR).
The family moves constantly because a super-secret government agency, spies from an Eastern European country, and the representatives of an evil corporation want the device and will do anything to get it.
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Main characters:
Mr. Ethan Cheeseman and his three quirky children
The father has invented a not-completed time travel device(LVR).
The family moves constantly because a super-secret government agency, spies from an Eastern European country, and the representatives of an evil corporation want the device and will do anything to get it.
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May 17, 2011
Emily
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Overall Review: Have you ever wondered what moths are thinking, always running into hot lightbulbs at night? Did you know that the fear of the number 13 has a name? Have you ever really wanted a fantastic (and super silly) recipe for Squash? Find these answers and a whole lot more Unsolicited Advice inside ‘A Whole Nother Story’! Silliness is the order of the day in this absolutely hilarious book! I was laughing before the story even started! The humor is dry and sly—it sometimes took me
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Mar 03, 2011
Cheryl
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Mr. Cheesman has invented a device so powerful that all sorts of evildoers want to get their hands on it. The LVR can do an amazing thing–which I won’t tell you because you need to read the book–and what that means for Mr. Cheeseman and his “three attractive, polite, relatively odor-free children” is running from town to town to stay away from the bad guys and changing their names, hoping to stay in one place long enough for the kids to make friends and maybe explore their interests.
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May 16, 2010
Venus
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This book proves that the mania for the Lemony Snickett/Mysterious Benedict Society genre isn't dead. A Whole Nother Story is clearly keeping the world of unfortunate events alive. It is a very entertaining book full of intrigue, unusual and sometimes silly characters. A fortuneteller with short term memory loss, a tightrope walker who has vertigo, a cowboy poet, a hairless dog who can warn the family of danger approaching no matter the distance, and a one eyed sock puppet who has a mind of his
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Jun 04, 2010
David
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A quirky, fun to read book about the Cheeseman family including the three "relatively odor free" children who are fleeing government agents, villains, and a super spy working with a chimpanzee who want to get their hands on Mr. Cheesesman's nearly complete time machine. A snarky narrator offers unsolicited advice and a sock puppet liens up the story along with very quirky characters. This funny adventure which is in the mode of Lemony Snicket should appeal to middle grade readers and r
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Feb 28, 2010
Tabitha
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This was such a fun book! I will definitely be using this is my classroom. The book is clever and exciting. Despite the huge amount of names the reader has to remember, somehow the author made it easy to know who was who without being repetitive. The use of the numbers for names to describe rank was pretty clever in itself! It was very well written and wasn't one of those books with glaring grammatical errors that you wouldn't want your kids to see! This ought to be a classic!
Dec 06, 2010
Phoebe
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Three children and their father are constantly evading the "coats"--the people who are bent on stealing Mr. Cheeseman's amazing one-of-a-kind invention, the LVR, which Mr. Cheeseman dreams will bring back his beloved wife. Overall an entertaining adventure story with interesting characters, flowing writing, and mild humor. (Only slightly annoying are the between-chapter insertions that have nothing to do with the story.) Might appeal to Lemony Snicket fans.
Mar 16, 2010
Beth
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This is one of the funniest kids' books I have read in a long time. It's written in the same style as the Lemony Snicket books, but is not an annoying copycat. It is full of quirky characters, such as boy who calls himself Jough Psmythe (Joe Smith), and a chihuahua who "seemed to be shivering as if it had just eaten a bowl of ice cream while standing in a snowstorm". Some of the jokes will go over kids' heads, but I think they will still really enjoy the book.
Jul 18, 2011
Collette
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This is a very strange book. Amid the crazy characters, secret agents, close shaves, and speedy getaways, and time machines, this is a story of a family in an unavoidable tough situation who is just trying to hold it together. I won't spoil the ending, but my absolute favorite part is the very last piece of "advice," which I think can inspire anyone, child or adult. I'd recommend this book to anyone, boy or girl, who is about 4th grade and older.
Jan 05, 2010
your neighborhood librarian
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I could not manage to enjoy this book. While I generally adore absurdist details and pell-mell plots - I count Andy Stanton, Douglas Adams, Terry Pratchett & Lemony Snicket among my favorite authors - I simply found this one to be lacking in sparkle. I even fell asleep a couple of times reading it.
I will, however, pass it along to middle-grade boy readers who enjoy funny and eschew fantasy. For them, this book will be grist for the mill.
I will, however, pass it along to middle-grade boy readers who enjoy funny and eschew fantasy. For them, this book will be grist for the mill.
