I won this one here at Goodreads. I think it was an okay story line. My daughter also read it and she enjoyed more than I did. I thought it could have went deeper into the main characters story. All in all I read it and may pick up the next one.
Alfred Kropp at the beginning: misfit, bulky, unappreciated, and living with his uncle. Alfred Kropp at the middle: still misfit and bulky and living with his uncle. Starting to become appreciated. A little smarter in the ways of the world. Starting to kick butt.Alfred Kropp at the end of the book: ...
Here's the thing with this book: If you cannot suspend your disbelief, then do not attempt to read this book. If you can, and you want to have lots of fun, enjoy a book full of adventure, with a deeper message, and you enjoy action/adventure, then dive in!This was a fun book. It had a bit of a slow...
I have students who plow through Percy Jackson, Alex Rider, and The Ranger's Apprentice and come for air looking for the next great hero quest series. Now I can add Alfred Kropp to the arsenal of unlikely adolescents turned savior of the world.
Well, we have some Arthurian myths. Spies and double-crosses. As for the whole "kid who tries to do the right thing, but keeps messing things up, but still gets credit for saving everyone and who has great powers and has an important heritage and lineage," Sanderson does it better with his Alcatraz ...
My son recommended this, and I really enjoyed it. It was fun all the way through.
Nerd boy saves the world. Lots of violence, a bit of language. Heads roll and fly and bounce around. Know this before you recommend it to others. It seems not to have upset the large group of 4th grade male fans, but it did annoy me now and then. I really don’t like to have characters in children’s ...
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