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Bestselling author Daniel Pinkwater's story of how Neddie, a shaman, a ghost, three pals, and a maneuver known as the French substitution determine the fate of the world.
Melvin the Shaman. Sandor Eucalyptus. Billy the Phantom Bellboy. Daniel Pinkwater's weird and wonderful tale of Neddie Wentworthstein's quest to save civilization features some of the most unique heroes and villains a reader could hope to meet. Despite the heavy responsibility that Neddie must carry (not every kid is charged with rescuing humankind from doom), his story is hilarious, warm, welcoming, and sweet.
A lot of these period references will be lost on kids (Dizzy Gillespie and "Nights in Tunisia," anyone? Scalloped Chicken Paprika with Noodles Polonaise?). But Neddie's pitch-perfect rendition of that '40s voice—a tad formal, a smidgen hardboiled, faintly tongue-in-cheek—should charm even the most jaded 12-year-old.
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| $99.99 | Digital |
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Miguel aNGEL Santamaria Gomez
reviewed The Neddiad: How Neddie Took the Train, Went to Hollywood, and Saved Civilization on November 05, 2019
The Neddiad: How Neddie Took the Train, Went to Hollywood, and Saved Civilization
I picked this off the local library's for sale shelf to read as I wait endlessly for Jack Vance's "Dying Earth" to arrive via inter-library loan. This is a kid's book, about on the level with "Max the Mighty." Because of this I can't give it anything more than a 3* rating, but it is fairly amusing. and will be over soon. The first 100 pages or so are taken up with a ride on the Super Chief train from Chicago to Ft. Madison, Iowa(my maternal Grandfather's home town) to La Junta, Colorado ... Trinidad, Colorado ... Albuquerque ... Flagstaff. Then by car via Rt. 66 from Flag to the Grand Canyon, Barstow, San Bernadino and finally California and the Hermione Hotel. Kid adventures proliferate along the way with more to come in La-La land I'm sure.
Finished up with this none-too-serious book last night. I loved the image of all that Pleistocene megafauna(big animals) at night sitting in the stands at the faux coliseum. Waiting for the big boss ... It was fun, but no big deal.
- An issue - At times the author seems to play fast and loose with "facts," like when he says that the human female remains found at the tar pits was 9,000 years old and the oldest human female ever found. OBVIOUSLY NOT TRUE, as any human paleontologist can tell you.
- 3.25* rounds to 3*.
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