Blunderingly Brilliant

by Adam Wallace, Hart James (Illustrator)

Jackson Payne has blundered his way onto the front page of the newspaper. He’s a hero! A star! HE’S BRILLIANT! The problem is, Jackson’s believing the hype. He’s getting a big head. A huge head! Like, he thinks he’s the biggest legend in the entire world! And that’s when things start going very, very wrong.

Genres: Humor

96 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 1, 2015

About the author

Adam Wallace is a New York Times, USA Today and Amazon Bestselling author of the How to Catch series!
Adam's passion is to bring excitement and energy and humour and joy to children (of all ages!) through his books and videos.
He spends his non-writing time thinking about writing and going to as many live music shows as he can. He's also teaching himself piano, and plays golf too.

Reviews

[Aiza Idris (biblio_mom) · Rating 4 out of 5]

Though as not as brilliantly funny as the Clumsy Christmas and Accidentally Awesome books, the message convey is definitely going to reach childrens.

After all those shenanigans, being accidentally awesome and all, in this third book, being Hero and famous has gotten into Jackson’s head. Swimming in pride, he had belittled his best friend and thats the start of his downfalls. But at the end, Nan’s piercing words and gut wrenching nightmares “awaken” him.

“You’re a good boy, Jackson, but you can’t get ahead of yourself. Pride comes before a fall, you know”. - Nan

[Melissa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another brilliant book in the Jackson Payne series, and a book that kids should read. Jackson blundered his way to fame in book 1, and this book opens with another blundering brilliant event that lands him on the front page of the newspaper. Jackson lets fame get to his head... and he learns some important lessons on his way back to another blunder.

[Anthony · Rating 3 out of 5]

Jackson Payne is by nature a blunderer. He's always tripping and falling. His last fall and blunder landed him in hero status, but with all of his hero worship from his classmates leads him into a fall that he may not recover from, unless he wises up before it's too late.

[Dale · Rating 2 out of 5]

A bit too ridiculous, although for 8-10yo boys they'd probably enjoy it. Not as good as similar titles.

[Linda · Rating 3 out of 5]

Middle Primary