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Apr 28, 2009 02:17PM
I credit this book with changing my life and really sparking a love of reading. I loved the wordplay, I love Rhyme and Reason. I loved the WatchDog, ah, I just love this whole book. This is definately one of my re-reads, I read it every couple of years.
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This is an amazing book! I read it in 5th grade and it was probably one of my favorites! Definitely one that I want to revist sometime!
I too read this in 5th grade, and try to re-read it every so often. I love this book, it's one of my favorites! I especially love the Watchdog.
This is another one that I could only remember loving as a kid. But I did re-read it a couple of years ago and it held up very well. I still love the creativity and the word play. I may have actually "gotten" more of it this time around. You definitely have to pick this up when your book ban is over, Fiona.
Still one of my favorites of all time. My boys loved it, too.Haven't talked my daughter into reading it but maybe will "force" her to as a summer reading assignment. Oh, I'm soooooooooo mean................
Susan, put the book in a positive context for your daughter, so she will want to read it, maybe if you offer her a reward, such as CAKE! I know I read it because I liked the cover and the title and then fell in love!
This was such a fun book! I wish I had read it when I was younger, because I know that this is a book I would have absolutely loved. I was quite surprised at how clever the story was, with all the word plays and everything. The characters were great! It's a really fun book, and I'm glad that I own this one!
JG (The Introverted Reader) wrote: "This is another one that I could only remember loving as a kid. But I did re-read it a couple of years ago and it held up very well. I still love the creativity and the word play. I may have act..."It's probably widely available in libraries. And it's a quick read. I've read it every decade since I discovered it, and my teenage son has read it a few times too - and neither of us are big re-readers.


