The Boy with the Lampshade on His Head

by Bruce Wetter

Stanley Krakow is amazing.
He's the world-record holder for Rock Kicking and Holding His Breath. He's a superhero in his spare time, rescuing his camp cabin mates from Volkswagen-size flying insects. Stanley's amazing all right...when no one can see or hear him....
The real Stanley is painfully shy; too shy to even speak out loud in class, much less kick a rock when he thinks someone might be watching. He worries about, well, everything, including how to save his prized glow-in-the-dark fish when his brother puts a river trout into the fish tank, whether stinky socks really do protect you from monster attacks (in which case he needs to start spending all sleeping hours in the laundry basket), and, most importantly, how he can get out of reading-aloud period in school. All in all, Stanley far prefers to live in his head.
That all changes when he meets Theresa, a new friend who has a terrible, real, problem, and needs Stanley to become the hero he's always pretending to be.
Meet the amazing Stanley Krakow...a most unlikely hero.

Genres: Teen, Fiction

304 pages, Hardcover

First published May 4, 2004

Reviews

[Makayla Murray · Rating 4 out of 5]

i like this book because it about a boy who want to set most of all world records. i like that he sets high goals for himself but he does kind-on set his goals to to high.i like how every day he goes in his room and checked on his fish, and he thought it was dead and he was going to get a new fish but it was not dead

[McArthur Library · Rating 5 out of 5]

Shy Stanley, 11 years old, is super smart but can not get a word out in class. That is...until he makes a friend, Theresa!!!!!

[Madison · Rating 4 out of 5]

An amazing book about friendship and courage.

[Julie · Rating 3 out of 5]

BOOKTALK: Stanley Krakow is amazing. He

[Mary · Rating 3 out of 5]

I love his book so far!

[Monique · Rating 5 out of 5]

Suprisingly a good read.:)

Real Review Later

[Laura · Rating 4 out of 5]

Glad to see Stanley finally come into his own! Very realistic situations and characters in this book made it enjoyable to read.

[Emily Ann · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was interesting to read a book from this viewpoint.

I liked it...