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Title: Oddballs: Stories by William Sleator ISBN: 0-14-037438-8 Publisher: Puffin Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 1995 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.06 (18 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Oddballs
Comment: I read the book Oddballs by William sleator. I think Sleator is a wonderful writer, and I absolutely loved this book. it was interesting to learn what his life was like in the past, and it amazing to see how he came all the way from being a total oddball to becoming a famous author. Sleator used very good description and a lot of details in this book. That was another reason why I liked it so much. It was easy to get a clear, vivid picture in your mind of what things looked like. I also thought it was a great idea for him to write a book about his life in the past. I thought pretty much all of the chapters in the book were very exciting as well as amusing. I kept wanting to read on! There were some bad points of the book as well as all of the good ones. I thought that some points of the book got a little boring. Some didn't have enough description, and I thought that maybe one of the chapters had a little bit too much description. Other than that, I thought the book was great! I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys a laugh once in a while. It was a great book, and I think that most peoople would enjoy reading it!
Rating: 5
Summary: INSIDE THE LIFE OF A LITERARY GOD!!!
Comment: ARRRRGGGHHH! I am so mad at those other reviewers that are bringing Sleator's star average down with their moronic reviews. Hey you guys: "THIS IS AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL OK, IT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE SCIENCE FICTION. THIS IS FROM HIS LIFE."
I can't believe people don't appreciate the first only look we have into the life of the Literary God known as William Sleator.
Utterly Hilarious I laughed so hard when I read the Hypnotysm chapter. And its not bad at all that the chapter skip around and the characters are different ages because for one it just doesn't negativly effect the book and B: these are real people. It was so cool to learn about Tycho Sleator, the Authors brother and a Physicist today.
If you are a true Sleator fan, then you will love this look into the amazing background of this man.
Please enjoy!
Rating: 4
Summary: Fascinating
Comment: This is William Sleator's account of his wacky childhood with his fascinating family of big fat weirdos.
Sleator makes it clear that he (along with his family) was an ODDBALL--that is, not a misfit, just somebody who was always doing something weird--these stories are guaranteed to amuse you, no matter what your age.
I have read this book many times--and I would've given it 5 stars, but it recently dropped down one spot in my mind. In the last chapter, Sleator tells of one part where he fibbed and stretched the truth a bit--so I had always figured, everything else must be true, if he's willing to say that little part was fictional.
And I hate to steal anybody's enjoyment of how amazingly weird the people depicted in this little book are, but I have to tell the truth: The last time I finished reading this, I looked in the very front of the book, at the page with all the publication info--
My feelings were a bit hurt when I saw in small print a few words that changed the way I felt: 'ALL CHARACTERS AND EVENTS DESCRIBED IN THIS BOOK ARE FICTIONAL.' I really hope that's just an obligatory disclaimer.
Even if you have to suspend your disbelief, believe me, you'll enjoy!
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Title: Tangerine by Edward Bloor ISBN: 0439286034 Publisher: Scholastic Signature Pub. Date: 01 June, 2001 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread (NEWBERY MEDAL BOOK) by Kate Dicamillo, Timothy B. Ering ISBN: 0763617229 Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA) Pub. Date: 01 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $17.99 |
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Title: Parasite Pig by William Sleator ISBN: 0525469184 Publisher: Dutton Books Pub. Date: 01 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $15.99 |
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Title: Slam! (Point Signature (Scholastic)) by Walter Dean Myers ISBN: 0590486683 Publisher: Scholastic Pub. Date: 01 November, 1998 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Strange Attractors by William Sleator ISBN: 0525445307 Publisher: Penguin USA Pub. Date: 01 December, 1989 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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