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When his town is devastated by a flood, Hobie's fifth grade class is forced to meet every day in the shopping mall. ... Read more

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Itchy Richard
I think that this book was okay. I mean it was good but i think it was a bit short. The author could of wrote a lot more. When I finished the book I was surprised that it was the end. Although it was really humorous. I would recommened this book for younger children because it's an easy book to understand and it's really short. ... Read more

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A twelve-year-old boy hopes his beer can collection will win him the title of sixth-grade Superkid. ... Read more

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Harvey the Beer Can King still reigns!!!
I ordered this book for nostalgia, as I remembered reading it when I was about ten or eleven, and read it in just over an hour.It's still hilarious!

For better or for worse, beer can collecting has turned into somewhat of a lesser known hobby for kids, but the characters and situations in this book are timeless.If you're looking for a funny story with hilarious characters, look no further.

I for one, would love to see this book back in print...

Not Your Usual Canned Characters or Story
Harvey is sure that his collection of beer cans will win him the coveted Sixth-Grade Superkid title, but he thinks he's up against former-friend Quint (a talented magician), and skateboarding mentor Eric.What he really needs to overcome are not his classmates but his inflated sense of importance and his willingness to take advantage of younger kids in order to improve his collection.

This could easily have been a cliche story of a boy who overcomes external conflict before glorying in victory, but Jamie Gilson throws a curve-ball here, and what we get instead is a silly, funny, introspective, thoroughly charming study of pride, greed, good advice, and forgiveness.It's not Shakespeare, but it's a fun, quick read middle-grade elementary schoolers will enjoy, and it's a good launching point from which their parents and teachers might begin conversations about ambition and priorities.Gilson creates an instantly likable main character with likable friends and likable siblings and places them deftly in a story where the only real villain is the main character himself.

A Great Book
This is a great book... as I remember anyway.It's been about 20 years since I read it, but I am about to buy it to read to my son.It's basically about a boy that goes around collecting beer cans and the different ways that finds super rare and collectible cans.

On a seperate note, why does Amazon have this and The Great Brain books listed as 9-12 reading level?I read these when I was in elementary school.So, either I was exceedingly brilliant (which I doubt), our kids are getting exceedingly stupid (partially true), or Amazon has many of these mis-categorized (most likely).Just my 2 cents. ... Read more