My Life as a Torpedo Test Target

The Incredible Worlds of Wally McDoogle #6

by Bill Myers

Forty feet underwater with a million dollars of gold in reach, Wally McDoogle only has to Sea monsters. . . Hostile pirates. . . A ghost ship. . . And, of course, the world famous McDoogle klutziness. Will he be able to avoid catastrophe and chaos? Probably not. Just as our hero goes for the gold, he finds himself on a wild ride atop a misguided torpedo and realizes the true cost of greed.

Genres: Fiction, Humor, Christian Fiction, Christian, Childrens, Juvenile, Adventure

111 pages, Paperback

First published May 13, 1994

About the author

Bill Myers was born into a Christian home, and although as a child he became bored with Christianity, he decided at the University of Washington quote, to "make God my boss." Ironically, at the University his worst subject was writing. He claims to have prayed, and said that he would be able to do anything for God, except write. Even so, he has become a prominent Christian writer, and has a large amount of successful books and films to his credit.

Reviews

[Jerry (Rebel With a Massive Media Library) · Rating 4 out of 5]

While still good in its own right, this isn't the best this series has to offer. If you're new to the My Life As... books or Bill Myers in general, I suggest you try other entries in the series prior to opening this one.

[Kyle Morgan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hilarious, adventurous, heartfelt, biblical, this book has it all. Where was this book when I was a kid? In the library/bookstore waiting for me to discover it. At least it's not too late. Wally McDoodle is my new favorite literary character! 😀

[Quin Brauer · Rating 5 out of 5]

This boy named Wally goes on a boat ride to find gold. At the same time he leans something about greed. He learns that it is in a world war-II submarine. So all his buddy's go to that spot. By this time Wally was crazy about the gold because it was worth one million dollars$. When Wally finds the sub a crazy octopus was guarding it so with lot's of BOOM'S and BANG'S he made it. The gold bars where in a torpedo hole it was loaded that meant BIG NEWS! Look out here he comes

[C · Rating 1 out of 5]

I just finished reading this to my 7 year old, and I am simply awestruck with how awful the experience was. The premiss was absurd, but not in a fun way. The characters are all one sided terrible people. There are awkward underlying evangelical Christian tones. The ending was anticlimactic and abrupt, resolving a book-long moral dilemma with unconvincing logic that basically said, "my pastor says greed is bad, and a dolphin almost died, so it must be true."

[Julie · Rating 5 out of 5]

My 6yo loves this series. Sometimes I think the subject matter is a little old for him, but he likes them so much he has gone from only me reading them to him to reading them on his own. Crazy, outlandish adventures.

[Clare · Rating 3 out of 5]

I chuckled all the way through this book, as Wally McDoogle gets himself into hilarious situations. This is just a light, fun read.

[C · Rating 3 out of 5]

Funny story line from a 12 year old boy's perspective. Christian values. Recommended by Nathan Meister.