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| Title | : | The Great Brain (The Great Brain #1) |
| Author | : | John D. Fitzgerald |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 192 pages |
| Published | : | February 9th 2004 by Puffin Books (first published 1967) |
| Categories | : | Childrens. Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. Young Adult. Humor. Classics. Middle Grade |
John D. Fitzgerald
Paperback | Pages: 192 pages Rating: 4.17 | 16140 Users | 937 Reviews
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The best con man in the Midwest is only ten years old. Tom, a.k.a., the Great Brain, is a silver-tongued genius with a knack for turning a profit. When the Jenkins boys get lost in Skeleton Cave, the Great Brain saves the day. Whether it's saving the kids at school, or helping out Peg-leg Andy, or Basil, the new kid at school, the Great Brain always manages to come out on top—and line his pockets in the process.Define Books As The Great Brain (The Great Brain #1)
| Original Title: | The Great Brain |
| ISBN: | 0142400580 (ISBN13: 9780142400586) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | The Great Brain #1 |
| Characters: | Tom Fitzgerald, John Fitzgerald, Sweyn Fitzgerald |
| Setting: | Utah(United States) |
| Literary Awards: | Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award Nominee (1969) |
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Ratings: 4.17 From 16140 Users | 937 ReviewsWeigh Up Appertaining To Books The Great Brain (The Great Brain #1)
As a kid, I read this series and found them hilarious. Upon revisiting them, I find that there are still funny parts, but they also deal with serious topics in ways that I didn't remember. There are stories about death, suicide, and a child losing a leg to gangrene. The language about Native Americans is somewhat challenging at times. The stories remain engaging and I would suspect would still appeal to many children.What The Five-Year-Old Thought: "I can't explain why I liked it except that JD is telling the story. Tom is the one with the Great Brain and he rescued a few guys."What Mommyo thought: My husband is in the process of reading this to our 5YO. Both are really enjoying it (true confessions -- my husband read this as a child, so his enjoyment may be partly nostalgia). When they got to the bit about making homemade ice cream, The 5YO said: Daddyo, I want to jump into the book right that second.You
An old children's classic told by ten year old JD about the simple and humorous boyhood adventures encountered while growing up in 1896 with his older beloved brother Tom, The Great Brain. Tom is the older brother everyone should have, even though he mostly uses his " great brain" to figure out a way to make every situation most profitable for himself, he usually lets his little brother tag along for the adventure and in the end... surprises everyone by also having a great heart. I think all my
A solid, wonderful children's book with the spirit of Tom Sawyer. I highly enjoyed this one.
Note: The following is a review of the entire Great Brain seriesThe Great Brain is perhaps one of the finest American children's books ever writtenas 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
rtc but can I just say the JD-TD combo is the WORST brother pair you will ever read of. JD is the most thick-headed kid I've ever met and TD is the most annoying. But the stories are interesting and it did happen to the author - at least, some of it did. But it's still annoying that TD gets away with everything while JD gets away with nothing.
In grade school back in the early 1970s, when most little boys are reading classics like Treasure Island or Jules Verne, my friend Aaron discovered THE GREAT BRAIN. How or why he ever picked it up is lost to legend, but he did and spent at least a year devouring the series while attempting to emulate T.D.I can honestly say that that summer playing with Aaron was super annoying. In part because he was always coming up with new schemes to defraud his friends, steal from his little brother, and
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