[LM_NET] ELEM: BOOK REVIEW: Too Much Flapdoodle by Amy MacDonald.

[Toni Buzzeo <tonibuzzeo@TONIBUZZEO.COM>]

Colleagues, I mistakenly sent this review of Amy MacDonald's new 
novel yesterday with the wrong title in the subject header.  Forgive!  Toni

Too Much Flapdoodle by Amy MacDonald. FSG, 2008. ISBN: 978-0374376710

For children and adult readers who are fans of Richard Peck's A Long 
Way from Chicago and A Year Down Yonder, get ready to celebrate the 
publication of MacDonald's Too Much Flapdoodle. While set firmly in 
the twenty-first century, the tone, humor, and setting of this novel 
are reminiscent of those award-winning novels. When twelve-year-old 
tech-savvy, self-centered Parker is dropped off with his eccentric 
and old-fashioned Aunt and Uncle on their ramshackle farm, he is 
challenged to discover his own resourcefulness as well as to fight 
development that threatens the farm he comes to love. The author's 
handy glossary will be a welcome addition as readers encounter 
MacDonald's plentiful wordplay.  Third in the series that includes No 
More Nice and No More Nasty, you'll want to read this one aloud, and 
you can expect a delightful read!  Suggested ages: 9-12

NOTE: A website devoted to the books in the series at 
http://www.mattieandphilbert.com/index.html provides everything from 
background to "UnLessons" in cooking, math, wordplay and more.


Toni Buzzeo, MA, MLIS <mailto:tonibuzzeo@tonibuzzeo.com>
Maine Library Media Specialist of the Year Emerita
Buxton, ME 04093
http://www.tonibuzzeo.com
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