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Title: Nose from Jupiter by Richard Scrimger ISBN: 0-88776-428-2 Publisher: Tundra Books (NY) Pub. Date: 01 April, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.75 (4 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Nose From Jupiter
Comment: If you like or love funny, fantasy, science fiction and unpredicable books, then I have the book for you. The book is called Nose From Jupiter by Richard Scrimger. It's about a boy named Alan that has an alien(or someting like that)that is from the plant Jupiter living in his nose. Yup, his nose. The alien's name is Norbert. This is a really funny book and is also good.The only bad thing about this book is that it is to long. You will have to keep reading to the next chapter to find out what will happen. On a scale of one to ten, I would give it an eigth.
Rating: 5
Summary: A smart "children"s book that pulls no punches...
Comment: Alan Dingwall is a real kid: he's worried about bullies, wonders if his parents care about him now that they're divorced, and envies his overweight friend's apparently happy family. Alan struggles at math, and dreads the school bell that means the school population has to find a way out of the school without running afoul of the "Cougars" - the school bullies.
Life is tough - and real - for Alan, and Scrimger pulls no punches.
Then an alien, Norbert, takes up residence in Alan's nose, and things go quickly awry in Alan's balanced (if somewhat sad) world. Norbert is quickly mistaken for "Squeaky" - Alan's new nickname as the school's suddenly gifted ventriloquist. As Squeaky starts tossing bon-mots aplenty around the school, Alan finds himself unwittingly insulting the bullies, telling girls how he really feels, and being - just this once - the life of the classroom.
What's heartening about this tale is not really the antics of the alien in Alan's nose - though certainly the humour is a blast and it's enjoyable to the extreme. What got my real vote was the true-to-life child frustration that Scrimger wove into the plot. Alan worries that his father doesn't care about him anymore, and that his mother is just too busy to really pay attention. He's a witty kid, and very smart (in non-math ways), and I doubt anyone would have any trouble empathising with Alan's world.
The balance of humour and real-life in this book is nothing short of artful, and kids will appreciate not being spoken down to in this tale. Snap it up, and be prepared for an eventually triumphant novel that will touch on some real emotionality.
'Nathan
Rating: 5
Summary: "Nose from Jupiter" is my favorite book!
Comment: The "Nose from Jupiter" was really a fantastic book and I loved it! It was really funny and the author had some funny sentences that just made me laugh. I liked the conversations between Norbert and Alan, and this book was funny and also sad. I recommend this book to everybody!
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