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5 Novels Alan Mendelsohn the Boy from Mars / Slaves of Spiegel / The Last Guru / Young Adult Novel / The Snarkout Boys and the Avocado of Death
Author: Daniel Pinkwater

A collection of five humorous novels for young people originally published between 1978 and 1982.  5 Books by Daniel Pinkwater, books that are touchingly absurd.  — Contents: —

• Alan Mendelsohn, the Boy from Mars: Leonard Neeble is such an outcast at school that even the nerds make fun of him. Just when he's g...  more »iven up hope on ever being happy, along comes Alan Mendelsohn, a new kid who seems to enjoy annoying teachers and blowing off the cool kids. Leonard and Alan become quick friends, and in no time at all Alan is showing Leonard how to skip school, smoke cigars, lift objects with his mind, contact alien races, and learn to enjoy who he is without the approval of others.
• Slaves of Spiegel: a race of fat people that forces other races into a cooking contest
• The Last Guru: is about, well, the last guru. Go figure.
• Young Adult Novel: the Wild Dada Ducks, a self-proclaimed dadaist group consisting of Charles the Cat, the Honorable Venustiano Carranza (President of Mexico), The Indiana Zephyr, Captain Colossal, and Igor.  They spend their time performing dadaist plays and acts of pointless revolution at their high school, and writing parody young adult novels featuring the fictional character Kevin Shapiro.  But when they discover that there actually is a student in the school named Kevin Shapiro, they immediately take him under their wing despite his protests, ignorant to the possibility that their own creation might rebel against them.  After all, that is dada.
• The Snarkout Boys and the Avocado of Death: a group of young lads who "snark out" at night and have many bizarre adventures.

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ISBN-13: 9780374423292
ISBN-10: 0374423296
Publication Date: 9/30/1997
Pages: 656
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
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4 stars, based on 13 ratings

Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 1
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Thomas F. (hardtack) - , reviewed 5 Novels: Alan Mendelsohn, the Boy from Mars / Slaves of Spiegel / The Last Guru / Young Adult Novel / The Snarkout Boys and the Avocado of Death on 7/21/2021 + 2700 more book reviews

I'm glad I didn't read these stories when I was a youngster. I got into enough trouble as it was, as I was a total non-conformist.

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