This Mark Twain Nominee is a really imaginative book. I didn't think I would like it because it was a "guy" book, but it was quite interesting. Newt is a 10 year old boy who's brother is in a coma from a football injury. With the help of his two politically correct friends (a Black boy and a hispanic girl), he dresses like his alter-ego, Captain Nobody. He performs four acts of heroism, each more improbable than the last, but the story is so engaging that the improbability of it is easy to overlook.
More disturbing is the fact that his parents really have no time for their children as they are so wrapped up in their careers. I hope it is not really that bad in America. His name; Captain Nobody really describes who Newt felt like. Luckily, the book has a really happy ending.
I think kids will like the book.
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