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Title: Life Is Unfair (Malcolm in the Middle, 1) by Tom Mason, Dan Danko, Scholastic Books ISBN: 0-439-22840-9 Publisher: Scholastic Pub. Date: November, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.83 (6 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Introducing you to the Unfair World of Malcom in the Middle
Comment: "Life is Unfair!" is a novelization by Tom Mason and Dan Danko of the first two episodes of the Fox television series "Malcolm in the Middle." The authors do a very nice job of taking that initial pair of teleplays for "The Pilot" (by series creator Linwood Boomer) and "Krelboyne Picnic" (by Michael Glouberman & Andrew Orenstein) and turning them into a seamless whole. Thus we are introduced to Malcolm, who is horrified to learn that he is not simply weird but a certifiable genius. This means being untimely ripped from his relatively normal classroom and being sent to the class for the "gifted" students, which is just a way of hiding the fact that everybody in the Krelboyne class is a nerd a freak or possibly both. Malcolm gets off to a bad start with his new classmates and the prospect of a talent show in front of all the parents does not make our hero any happier. Besides, we have not even mentioned Malcolm's parents and his brothers, who are all apparently conspiring to make things even worse.
There has also been a definite effort to clean-up things a bit for the juvenille reader in this first "Malcolm in the Middle" book. For example, we no longer have the litany of past offenses for which Francis was banished to the Marlin Academy in Alabama and Lois greets Ms. Miller wearing a bit more than she actually did in the pilot. Such things are to be expected I suppose. However, . . . I do . . . not think . . . that Stevie . . . ever spoke . . . in bursts . . . of only . . . one word . . . I think . . . he always . . . does two . . . words at . . . a time . . . Although I . . . may be . . . wrong about . . . that. Ultimately this book is an interesting trade off. On the one hand, Mason and Danko have provided a more realistic version of the television show, but on the other hand it is the manic zaniness of this collective of crazed individuals that makes the show so compelling (just think of the opening of the episode shown after the Super Bowl where Hal and Dewey try to get a spider out of the house only to succeed in pitching it out the front door and right into Lois's open mouth). However, there is really no way to capture such inspired lunacy on the printed page, which means the authors made the right choice. Then again, maybe the show has become more surreal as time goes bye and maybe this is something we must remember.
Rating: 5
Summary: Re- Live the Show!
Comment: Life is Unfair is Based on the "Pilot" and "Krelboyne Picnic" episodes of the Hit TV Show Malcolm in the Middle. You can re-live both episodes just from reading the book, which is why I loved it! Experience the humilation and humor Malcolm goes through, just from reading the book. I love the series! (Maybe becuase I am a big fan of the Show)The reading level isn't too hard, so it is a "kick-back-and-relax-while-you-read" kind of book. It is not confusing so you don't have to think while you read. I'd recommend this book as well as the other books in the series. Defintly check out the "Water Park" book in the series. (#2) You can surely re-live that episode easily too! It had cool and funny moments just like the show! You so will not regret reading this book. Every moment is worth it and there are no dull moments! Check this book out!
Jordan
Rating: 5
Summary: Loved it!
Comment: Based on the "Pilot" and "Krelboyne Picnic" episodes, you can re-live both episodes just from reading the book, which is why i loved it! Experience the humilation and humor Malcolm goes through, just from reading the book! I am 14, and i love the series! (well maybe cuz im a big fan of the show but ya know...). The reading level is very easy, so it is a "kick-back-and-relax-while-you-read" kind of book. It is not confsuing so you don't have to think while you read. I'd recommend this book as well as the other books in the series. Definitley check out the "Water Park" book in the series. (#2) You can surely re-live that episode easily!! :)
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Title: The Bad Luck Charm (Malcolm in the Middle, 3) by Pamela Pollack, Meg Belviso, Pam Pollack ISBN: 0439230780 Publisher: Scholastic Pub. Date: February, 2001 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
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Title: Malcolm for President (Malcolm in the Middle, 5) by Tom Mason, Dan Danko ISBN: 0439230802 Publisher: Scholastic Pub. Date: May, 2001 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
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Title: 101 Ways to Get Away With Anything! (Malcolm in the Middle) by Malcolm, David Levithan, Copyright Paperback Collection (Library of Congress) ISBN: 0439351324 Publisher: Scholastic Pub. Date: January, 2002 List Price(USD): $4.50 |
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Title: The Hostage Crisis (Malcolm in the Middle, 6) by Tom Mason, Dan Danko ISBN: 0439230799 Publisher: Scholastic Pub. Date: July, 2001 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
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Title: Malcolm in the Middle: My Class Project by David Levithan, Scholastic Books ISBN: 0439228433 Publisher: Scholastic Pub. Date: November, 2000 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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