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The Great Brain (Great Brain, #1)

John D. Fitzgerald,

Mercer Mayer (Illustrator)

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Jan 23, 2008 Doug rated it it was amazing

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Note: The following is a review of the entire Great Brain series

The Great Brain is perhaps one of the finest American children's books ever written—as are its companions in the Great Brain series. Reading this series in recent years has in some ways been akin to rereading Tom Sawyer as an adult, since what appeared as high-adventure to me as a fifth grader I now read through a Twainian lens of chuckles and nostalgia.

John D. Fitzgerald was raised in Price, Utah, and based the Great Brain series ...more

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Apr 15, 2009 Kate rated it liked it

Shelves: age-middlegrade, 1993-and-before, mystery

I remember really enjoying this series as a kid. It was similar to Encyclopedia Brown, wherein you could try to solve the mystery yourself, but the main character ("The Great Brain") had way more personality... and ego. Much more amusing! ...more

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