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A review by lornarei
Never Say Genius by Dan Gutman
2.0
Since I am really not the intended audience for these books, I will merely say this: if kids love books where kids get in and out of completely preposterous situations, they will love it. I can only suspend my disbelief so far...
But I must say this -- these people are the wimpiest travelers ever! From page 79: "It was June 26. They were about seven hundred miles from Washington, and they hoped to get there at least one day early to explore the capital before Aunt Judy's wedding on July Fourth. So they had about seven days to travel seven hundred miles. About a hundred miles a day. That was reasonable." I realize they are making stops at oddball sites, but SEVEN days from Chicago to DC? One hundred miles a day? Good grief, I read this book on a one-day 180-mile each way trip to return some items to my parents home. When I was a kid, we would often make the trip from Indiana to South Dakota (~14 hours) in ONE day! Weenies.
But, major thumbs up for including the Big Egg in Mentone, Indiana. I've been by that probably 100 times! :)
But I must say this -- these people are the wimpiest travelers ever! From page 79: "It was June 26. They were about seven hundred miles from Washington, and they hoped to get there at least one day early to explore the capital before Aunt Judy's wedding on July Fourth. So they had about seven days to travel seven hundred miles. About a hundred miles a day. That was reasonable." I realize they are making stops at oddball sites, but SEVEN days from Chicago to DC? One hundred miles a day? Good grief, I read this book on a one-day 180-mile each way trip to return some items to my parents home. When I was a kid, we would often make the trip from Indiana to South Dakota (~14 hours) in ONE day! Weenies.
But, major thumbs up for including the Big Egg in Mentone, Indiana. I've been by that probably 100 times! :)