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Title: The Big Kerplop!: The Original Adventure of the Mad Scientists' Club by Bertrand R. Brinley, Charles Geer, Charles Greer ISBN: 1-930900-22-8 Publisher: Purple House Press Pub. Date: May, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.67 (3 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: A dream come true
Comment: The magic of Brinley's Mad Scientists' Club is its combination of adolescent fantasy with the real world. Where else can a bunch of brainy small town kids become heroes not by stepping through a portal to some fantasy world but by knowing more about our world's natural laws than the adults who surround them? This novel works best as a prequel to the collections of tales found in Brinley's first two books, which are childhood favorites of mine. However, the story stands on its own, and its scope eclipses those earlier short stories. The Air Force has lost an atomic bomb in the town's Strawberry Lake, and only the Mad Scientists' ingenuity can save the day! At first this gang of adolescents can't get the grownups to listen, but they soon prove their worth. Likewise, I recommend that you give them a chance. They won't let you down.
Rating: 5
Summary: Classic Adventure - for kids or adults
Comment: I'm so glad this is finally available.
I fondly remembered the Mad Scientist's Club stories which a teacher read to our fifth grade class in the early seventies. I soon bought the books for myself and read them several times over the years.
When my daughter was seven (just a couple of years ago) I read them to her and she (more accurately we) enjoyed them thoroughly. While browsing eBay one day I discovered there existed a "prequel" novel - The Big Kerplop - which was published in a very limited edition (1000 copies if I remember right).
I eventually obtained one at the "bargain" price of $$$ - by far the lowest price I found in 6 months of searching. I gave it to my daughter for Christmas (it's well cared for and stored safely) and read it to her over the next week.
Amazingly enough it surpasses the quality of the short stories and I felt it was worth every penny.
Now that it's available at one tenth what I paid for it I recommend it unreservedly. It's self contained and doesn't require familiarity with the other stories but I still recommend you read The Mad Scientist's Club and The New Adventures of The Mad Scientist's Club first so you can really savor The Big Kerplop. All high quality youth literature.
Rating: 5
Summary: A real bomb!
Comment: This book is about a group of boys who formed the Mad Scientists' Club. It all started when Charlie, Jeff and Harmon went fishing in Strawberry Lake. I like this book because it's really funny and the boys in it do some secret agent work.
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Title: The New Adventures of the Mad Scientists' Club by Bertrand R. Brinley, Charles Geer ISBN: 1930900112 Publisher: Purple House Press Pub. Date: September, 2002 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: The Mad Scientists' Club by Bertrand R. Brinley, Charles Geer ISBN: 1930900104 Publisher: Purple House Press Pub. Date: 03 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Henry Reed, Inc. by Keith Robertson, Robert McCloskey ISBN: 0140341447 Publisher: Puffin Pub. Date: May, 1989 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Homer Price (Puffin) by Robert McCloskey ISBN: 0140309276 Publisher: Puffin Pub. Date: October, 1976 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: The Great Brain by John D. Fitzgerald, Mercer Mayer ISBN: 0803725906 Publisher: Dial Books for Young Readers Pub. Date: January, 2000 List Price(USD): $9.99 |
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