The Charlatans Boy by Jonathan Rogers is the first young adult fiction book I have reviewed. When it arrived in the mail, my amazing 11 year old daughter Damaris saw it and stole it before I could even read the back cover. When she saw Andrew Petersons comment on the back cover that called this book C.S. Lewis and Mark Twain rolled into one, she begged me to be allowed to read it first since she is a huge C.S. Lewis fan. She devoured the book in a couple of days and is already asking about reading the follow-up book in Fall, 2011.
This book is the story of a traveling quack who uses an orphan named Grady in his hoaxes and schemes. The chapter titles are as funny as Rogers writing. It was an easy but entertaining read.
Although this is not a book I would normally have read, I found myself interested in the story. I wanted to know what would happen to Grady and Floyd. The ending was completely heart-warming and such an unexpected ending for me. I would give the book 4 out of 5 stars.
This book is the story of a traveling quack who uses an orphan named Grady in his hoaxes and schemes. The chapter titles are as funny as Rogers writing. It was an easy but entertaining read.
Although this is not a book I would normally have read, I found myself interested in the story. I wanted to know what would happen to Grady and Floyd. The ending was completely heart-warming and such an unexpected ending for me. I would give the book 4 out of 5 stars.
