Green Thumb

by Rob Thomas

When thirteen-year-old Grady Jacobs meets up with Dr. Carter as a member of his research team in the rain forest, he is sickened to learn that his experiments are doing more harm than good and so turns to the Urah-wau tribe for help in putting a stop to Dr. Carter's destructive activities. Reprint.

Genres: Young Adult, Childrens, Fiction, Adventure, Teen

186 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 1999

About the author

Robert James "Rob" Thomas is an American author, producer, and screenwriter, best known as the author of the 1996 novel Rats Saw God, creator of the critically acclaimed television series Veronica Mars and co-creator of 90210 and Party Down.

Reviews

[Haseeb Salman · Rating 4 out of 5]

Green thumb
Haseeb Salman
In this book there is kid named Andy and he has just moved to Maryland. He has many problems in school because he is deslecic. It's very hard for him to fit in with everyone else but, he isn't just a normal boy he has a secret!

I really love this book because there like many ways you can think of this book because of all of the different point of views.
The characters in this book are amazing they all have a secrets beneath there personalities there 2 people in 1 person.
My favorite part if the book is when all of the characters get to the mountain shelf and they all figure out who they really are beneath there personalities.

[Sunil · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book is completely unlike Rob Thomas's other books. For one, it's about a thirteen-year-old kid, much younger than his previous protagonists. For two, it's vaguely sci-fi. Boy genius goes to the Amazon to work on a rainforest project and discovers...things. The language is even more implausible than it was in Rats Saw God, since this is supposed to be a thirteen-year-old kid (Rob loves first-person, by the way; he uses nothing else), but he's also supposed to be a genius, so. Just run with it. It's a nice little ride, and the prose style feels very different from the previous books. It doesn't really feel like a Rob Thomas book. Although he does almost pull a Satellite Down and get caught up in other business for a whole long stretch where you wonder what happened to the book and the narrative flow and when will we get back to the story at hand. And something about the end really doesn't sit well with me.

[Bryn · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is so cute! It reminded me a lot of Artemis Fowl. The hero of the book is a genius 13 year old and I'm willing to bet that a lot of readers would complain the kid sounds too old and makes pop-culture references far ahead of his age. But he's a genius, so I was okay with it. This book also manages to be "green" in a way that is not preachy, overbearing, or apocalyptic. I thought it presented a real problem in all its complexity very nicely. There were also some sci-fi elements that I thought were maybe a little underdeveloped. Still, great book that I would recommend to others.

[Wendy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Loved this sci-fi adventure!

[Niklas .gallen · Rating 2 out of 5]

I thought that it started out good ,then it was boring ,but it had a strong ending.

[Tatyana Heafey · Rating 2 out of 5]

im not a fan of this book at all. it starts off big and ends small. i dont recommend this to people who are big fans of fantisy and adventure.

[Laura · Rating 4 out of 5]

excellent for middle grade boys

[Riley Conway · Rating 3 out of 5]

O.K. It's a fun story and a quick read, but it's very different from Thomas's other books (and shows, for that matter). It's mostly a disappointment (especially compared to Rats Saw God).

[Anne · Rating 3 out of 5]

Because sometimes you just have to read a slightly dated, far-fetched yet charming middle grade novel by the man who created Veronica Mars to maintain your reading equilibrium.

[Ethan · Rating 1 out of 5]

I hate it

[NIEMX · Rating 5 out of 5]

I wanna know what is the climax of this book
Thanks in advance...

[Anthony Strand · Rating 3 out of 5]

Of all the Rob Thomas projects where the main character is a cynical kid, and their dad is a respected local leader who recently lost his standing, this is my least favorite.

[Dee · Rating 2 out of 5]

A few twists and turns about who-dun-it.