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Title: The Great Brain Reforms by JOHN FITZGERALD ISBN: 0-440-44841-7 Publisher: Yearling Books Pub. Date: 15 December, 1974 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $4.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (5 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: The Behavior that Drives Reform
Comment: Once again the Great Brain aka TD manages to swindle his friends out of money by being smart enough to bet on a sure thing, but words it in such a way that his friends believe that they will win. For example, TD bets his friends that he can magnetize a wood stick. They fall for it since they know that he can't possibly magnetize wood. Well, we later find out that he made a boomerang and pretends to use a magnet to bring it back to him. My favorite part of the stories in this book is how TD livens up the swindles and money-making schemes with his story telling. Who wouldn't want to ride the raft, Explorer, after hearing him narrate during the ride? The author tells the story in such a way that it makes you smile. This book concludes with JD getting fed up with his older brother TD and devising a plan to make him reform. You won't want to miss it.
Rating: 5
Summary: An Unforgettable Classic: A Must Read
Comment: John D. Fitzgerald, in the tradition of Mark Twain, wrote a semi-fictitious account of his childhood as a Mormon in Utah. The milieu and time for "The Great Brain" series is a Victorian, early 1900's era, making the stories more in the lines of Tom Sawyer and Huck Fynn. But that does not belittle this timeless classic written in the 70's. The Great Brain is in fact an interesting character to follow. The stories are told from the point of view of his younger brother, as he follows him through many schemes (all of which are money scams) and escapades, which somehow wind down to moral lessons. The Great Brain is a humorous, brilliant and witty work of historic fiction that is sure to touch every reader in some way. I first read the series as a young child myself, growing up in much the same way The Great Brain does- a strict religious family that promotes hard work and academic education. These stories are hard to find nowadays, Victorian morales having slipped away somehow in our modern day. I am glad to know that Amazon.com still has these great books and I recommend them to everyone, young and old. For me, reading the novels was a form of escape, as well as an insightful glimpse of a time that was far more innocent than our own- the violent gangs of today and MTV, Britney Spears, Joy of Pepsi, Ossie Osbourne generation compare nothing to the rebelliousnes of the Great Brain. All of the books are enjoyable, and it is not until the last book in the series, "The Great Brain Reforms" (the name says it all) that we discover the startling growth and changes the punky, swindling, intelligent adult-trapped in the body of a child Great Brain undergoes. A Must Read.
Rating: 5
Summary: Trust me, he doesnt actually
Comment: John Dennis Fitzgerald intended to chronicle his youth in Utah for adults, not children. His publisher thought otherwise and the result are these gems. I don't even call them children's lit gems because I find them just as enjoyable as an adult. Before I go on, you should know that Fitzgerald wrote one book about his youth that is for adults, called "Papa Married a Mormon". It is one of the most amazing books on the American west that I have ever read. Sadly, it is out of print, and you may, like me, have to pay an exorbitant sum to get a copy. Trust me, save up and do it. Now back to this book. Every single Great Brain book in the series is pure gold, and the entire set can be had cheaply, so I say buy them all at once. I "put my money where my mouth is" as Tom the Great Brain would say, and bought the lot.
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Title: The Great Brain Is Back by John D. Fitzgerald, Diane Degroat, Diane De Groat ISBN: 0803713460 Publisher: Dial Books for Young Readers Pub. Date: March, 1995 List Price(USD): $16.99 |
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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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Title: The Great Brain at the Academy by JOHN FITZGERALD ISBN: 0440431131 Publisher: Yearling Books Pub. Date: 15 January, 1982 List Price(USD): $4.50 |
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Title: The Great Brain Does it Again by JOHN FITZGERALD ISBN: 0440429838 Publisher: Yearling Books Pub. Date: 15 August, 1976 List Price(USD): $4.50 |
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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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