Comic Book Kid

Adam Osterweil is my teacher for english and even before i was in his class i read this book. i have read all of his books so far and i loved them too. every time one of his books came out i would walk to his classroom and asked him to sign it and every time he says yes. he even signed my "The Comic Book Kid" twice. i think that it is a wonderful book it was fun to read and un-like some books i have read you get captured inside of the book. this book is exciting and funny. this book is from a kids point of view, because, Adam Osterweil being my teacher and all, i have goten to know him and he is really a big kid, a little smarter then kids and likes school a lot more than most kids, but none the less a big kid. i am also going to be a charicter in his next book he hasn't told me a lot about it but from what he has told me i think its going to be great.

...this is still my favorite book because it has a time machine and I wish I could build a time machine or something like it or somebody would come to me from the future. The book was very interesting and I didn't want to put it down. My favorite part was when the old woman flapped her arms and everyone laughed.

I've used this book all year as an independent reading choice in my 6th grade clasroom. It really draws in even the most reluctant reader. The kids like the combination of time travel, comic books, aliens, prehistoric monsters, etc.--just about everything a kid would want in a book. My personal favorite scene is when Brian falls out of the alien spaceship and realizes his corduroy pants had saved him, and they're NOT damaged! Very funny stuff. I think adults will enjoy the book too.

I highly recommend this book. It won the Walt Disney award for Best Adventure Book (a CHILDREN'S CHOICE award). It's about a boy who tries to get a valuable comic book in mint-condition from 1939 and ends up going on a wild journey. The boy's motives are unselfish, having to do with bringing love back into his family (I won't give anything away).In a time when all sorts of violent and inappropriate things are starting to appear in children's books in the misguided belief that they are required to keep today's kids reading, it's good to see a wholesome adventure book with family values. That it was chosen by the children of America as the best adventure book speaks volumes about what will actually keep kids reading: a good, solid, page-turning adventure that doesn't stop even after you've closed the book at the end.The illustrations are also spectacular. They are the old-fashioned kind made up of thousands of individual lines, giving the impression that each is an intricate etching. They fit the comic book theme of the novel nicely. An impressive 5 star book.

I read this book because its up for best adventure book in the disney adventures awards. Its neat because it only took me three hours to read. I usually read 25 pages an hour and this book is 150 pages so it goes fast. Theres no place to put it down and go get a drink because its all adventure. I'm going to vote for it. Read this book if you want to go an action packed journey to get an old comic book.