Calvin Coconut: Trouble Magnet
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780375846007 (037584600X)
Publish date: April 27th 2010
Publisher: Yearling
Pages no: 160
Edition language: English
Series: Calvin Coconut (#1)
I didn't have the highest hopes for this book, but I still feel disappointed. I love that the books are set in Kailua and that Calvin is a mixed kid. The writing was redundant at times though (malasada doughnuts, spicy hot kimchee, etc). And there were some weird references that reminded me a haole ...
I prefer Salisbury's novels for older readers. These are good books for elementary-age boys. Not as funny as Gantos's Joey Pigza or Jack Henry books but entertaining. The Hawaiian setting gives the stories a unique flavor.
Calvin is Henry Huggins. Calvin is Tom Sawyer. Calvin is the all-American boy we’ve come to know and love. In trouble most of the time, but somehow it’s not really his fault. So we know this character, but do we? Calvin lives in Hawaii. His dad is a pop singer who hit it big and left the family for ...
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