The Kid Next Door and Other Headaches: More Stories About Adam Joshua

The Adam Joshua Capers

by Janice Lee Smith, Dick Gackenbach (Illustrator), Laura Godwin

The second volume in an early chapter series follows Adam Joshua on a new set of three adventures with his neighbor and best friend, Nelson, and a puppy named George. Reprint.

112 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1984

About the author

She lives and plays in Colorado with her husband, Jim, and their dogs Rosie and Bailey.

Honors/Awards:
Bread Loaf Writer's Conference scholarship, 1981, and fellowship, 1982
Named among the Outstanding Young Women of America, 1981
Indiana Arts Commission/National Endowment for the Arts master arts fellowship grant, 1984, for The Show-and-Tell War, and for The Kid Next Door and Other Headaches: Stories about Adam Joshua
The Kid Next Door and Other Headaches was selected an International Reading Association Children's Choice, 1985
Addi Award, 1987, for advertising booklet

Reviews

[Cristal · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this in fourth grade. I don't remember anything other than I read it twice. Which was a big deal for me then (I didn't read because my reading comprehension was terrible then).

[Cheryl · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'm probably going to read all the Adam Joshua stories that my libraries still have. They definitely have merit and appeal. But they aren't amazing imo, and I just can't give this one, with all the fighting and sassy behavior etc., more than 3 stars.