Made You Look

by Diane Roberts

When his parents surprise Jason with a family vacation to California, he is totally excited. Not only will he get to fly, he’ll have a chance to try out for Masquerade Mania! That’s before he learns that they will be camping cross-country in a sardine can (at least that’s what the contraption looks like). Jason’s willing to do just about anything to get a chance to be on Mania. But isn’t wearing pink underwear, enduring the stares of fellow campers, and putting up with his pain-in-the-neck sister above and beyond the call of duty?

Genres: Fiction, Childrens

160 pages, Paperback

First published May 13, 2003

Reviews

[Sarah Sammis · Rating 2 out of 5]

Having their plans thwarted by parents trying to save some money and have some quality time along the way results in pages and pages of winging. Made You Look isn't unique in this plot. It was a fairly standard plot in road trip stories involving kids from the 1980s. I honestly had to double check the publication date for this book because it feels fifteen to twenty years out of date for when it was published. That said, the original Ben-10 cartoon (2005), a contemporary with this novel.

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[Bethany Walsh · Rating 4 out of 5]

Bethany Walsh 802 4/19/16

Title: Made You Look
Author: Diane Roberts
Genre: F or Fantasy
Main Characters: Jason, Freddie, Mom, Dad, Jen, Millicent, and Amberson
Setting: School, Car, Camping, California, and Hawaii

Can you imagine having to camp your way to California to get on one of those TV game shows? Jason thought he was flying to California in hopes to be on a TV game show. His father came home and informed him they would be camping their way to California. They would choose what they could do by pulling items out of a hat. Since Jason's father knew how upset he was he let him bring his friend Freddie. For most of this trip they did mostly what everyone else had wanted. Then his parents informed him they would give him a chance to try for the game show.

If you like humor this book will make you laugh.

[JeNeal · Rating 3 out of 5]

Clever concept. Cute characters. Could have used some good editing. Kept introducing situations that the reader would expect to have something happened, but nothing ever did. For example, the character of the little sister was described as having potential to get into trouble, but nothing ever happened there. Or the potential of the "camper" to wreak some real havoc, but that was just kind of dropped. The best part of the book was all the trivia that worked its way into the story.

[Dotty · Rating 2 out of 5]

Jason wants to get on Masquerade Mania, a trivia game show. He and his parents have a trip from Texas to Los Angeles where the show is taped and along the long car ride they learn about the states. I think I can sell this to kids, but it wasn’t a gripper for me.

[Julie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Hilarious children's book. Nominated for awards by children in 2008 (Maud Hart Lovelace?). About a boy's travels with family to try to get on a favorite TV show. Quick read; enjoyable.

[Abigail Elrod · Rating 4 out of 5]

odd book but good

[Rene' Hobbie · Rating 4 out of 5]

My school kids really liked this one.

[Sarah · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good book with humor. Well written. A good "boy" book.

[Max Willman]

funny, but not as good as harry potter. look at the other book reviews... HA! made you look!

[Austin]

I love this book