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| Jonah is lonely, overweight, and the new boy in school. To escape the taunts of his classmates, he reinvents himself as a talk show host and turns his fantasy into reality by getting real celebrities to talk to him. "Cleverly combines wish fulfillment and reality."—Booklist |
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| From Publishers Weekly
An overweight 11-year-old decides to reinvent himself as a TV talk-show host with a gimmicky whale set. PW commended "Shreve's strong characters, convincing dialogue and soothing dose of fantasy fulfillment." Ages 8-12.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From School Library Journal
Grade 4-6?Jonah Morrison is an oversized 11 year old with a big imagination and a facility for fabricating outrageous lies. He moves from New York City to a suburb of New Haven, CT, with his mother and little brother when she and her boyfriend, Thomas Hale, the only father Jonah has ever known, break up. The boy thinks the emptiness he feels for Thomas is hunger and eats constantly, causing his sixth-grade classmates to nickname him "Jonah, the Whale." Thomas had always believed in Jonah and thought that his imagination was a good thing. Missing Thomas and hoping to bring him back, Jonah decides to take the man's advice about turning adversity into success and attempts to launch a talk show for kids, with the set showing a huge figure of a whale and Jonah inside. This story is highly improbable, as Jonah actually gets a telephone interview with Michael Jordan and becomes a famous TV anchorperson, causing Thomas to return to the family, just as Jonah has planned. What the novel lacks in probability, however, it makes up for in humor, appealing characters, and warmth. This feel-good story of optimism and success leaves readers with a sense of empowerment.?Connie Tyrrell Burns, Mahoney Middle School, South Portland, ME
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. |
Foreign Customer Review / 国外客户评价: |
| I'm glad I purchased this book. Jonah is an appealing character, someone you sympathize with and root for--his propensity to "make lemonade out of lemons" is refreshing. I wish more kids today would see the potential within themselves like Jonah did. The only thing I did not like about the book was the plot twist to the mother-boyfriend relationship at the end of the book--not very realistic, but then maybe there's too much realism in children's books these days. Otherwise, it's a wonderful book. |
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