Funny Boy Versus the Bubble-Brained Barbers from the Big Bang

L.A.F. Books

by Dan Gutman

Funny Boy, a superhero who disarms villains with his powerful sense of humor, must save the Earth from a trio of bubble-headed barbers from another planet.

144 pages, Paperback

First published June 26, 2000

About the author

The author of over 80 books in a little over a decade of writing, Dan Gutman has written on topics from computers to baseball. Beginning his freelance career as a nonfiction author dealing mostly with sports for adults and young readers, Gutman has concentrated on juvenile fiction since 1995. His most popular titles include the time-travel sports book Honus and Me and its sequels, and a clutch of baseball books, including The Green Monster from Left Field. From hopeful and very youthful presidential candidates to stunt men, nothing is off limits in Gutman's fertile imagination. As he noted on his author Web site, since writing his first novel, They Came from Centerfield, in 1994, he has been hooked on fiction. "It was fun to write, kids loved it, and I discovered how incredibly rewarding it is to take a blank page and turn it into a WORLD."

Gutman was born in New York City in 1955, but moved to Newark, New Jersey the following year and spent his youth there.

Reviews

[Devon · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read with my middle school ESL student. He has passed Eiken Pre-2. He loves the books. Language is not too hard but seeing as there are a lot of jokes a lot goes over his head. But when he does understand a joke he really enjoys it.

[Tova]

Recommended by my kid. :)