A review by slpblue
The Amazing Adventures of John Smith, Jr. Aka Houdini by Peter Johnson

4.0

This is the perfect book to recommend to my eighth grade students! They’re very reluctant readers, and this is a light, fun book that feels grown up (the narrator censors the cussing because “you don’t cuss in kid’s books” but he also says that you can replace them with the real words in your head; one of the characters drinks alcohol; characters discuss the effects of war on veterans; etc.) and like you read something important. I’m going to push this hard on my boys next year who don’t read much.