Tween Tuesday: The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book (Now With Even More!)

I haven't done a Tween Tuesday post in quite some time, but was inspired to do so today after receiving a copy of the soon-to-be-released The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book in the mail from Amulet.  This journal is an update from a previous release, but has (says the press release) "more than 60 new pages" and "includes 32 pages of full-color comics."  The book is filled with prompts including "Unfinished Comics," "Your Desert Island Picks" and "Which Would You Rather Do?" (ex. Wear the same Halloween costume every year OR Wear the same pair of socks for a week - I choose Halloween costume!).  The pages that gave me the biggest laugh were Rodrick's Activity Pages which featured things like an impossible to solve (literally) maze and questions like, "Answer this question yes or no only: Q: Are you embarrassed that you popped in your diaper today?*" Such a gem!

Anyhoot, going through the journal (NOT diary) was so much fun that I had to keep from filling it out myself so that I could save it as a prize for a student. Highly recommended for the Wimpy Kid crew.

Oh! Oh! Oh! And there's a contest!  It's The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Comics Contest.  One lucky (artistically and humorously talented) winner will get a signed copy of the book, $500 for him or herself and $1,000 to the library of the winner's choice. Sweet.

The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book
by Jeff Kinney
Release Date: May 10, 2011 (hardcover)
Copy provided by the publisher, Amulet

*Rodrick reminds me so much of my older brother that it is scary.

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Tween Tuesday: Powerless

Powerless

by Matthew Cody

Knopf Books for Young Readers, $15.99

Recommended for: kids who love comics, or mystery, or fantasy

Review copy provided by: the author

Heroes come in all colors, shapes and sizes. With a multicultural cast of kid superheroes, Cody's debut novel, Powerless, reminds us of that fact.

Noble's Green is a town where all of the kids have super powers. All the kids except Daniel Corrigan. He can't fly or become invisible, but when he learns that the "Supers" mysteriously lose their powers on their thirteenth birthday, his Sherlock Holmes inspired detective skills just might save the day.

Part mystery, part comic-book-fantasy, and part just plain fun. Give Powerless to any tween, but especially one who might need to be reminded how "super" they are every now and again.

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Tween Tuesday: The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg

Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg (Newbery Honor Book)

by Rodman Philbrick

The Blue Sky Press, $16.99

Recommended for: tweens who prefer humor to historical fiction

Review Copy Provided by: my local library

Homer P. Figg was never much good about telling the truth, but after his wretched Uncle Squinton sells his brother into the Union army and imprisons Homer, he escapes and sets out to find the only real family he has left. Along the way, Homer's tendency to stretch the truth gets him into (and out of) trouble as he follows the soldiers and finds himself living in the lap of luxury, aiding the Underground Railroad, working in a traveling sideshow and in the middle of the Battle of Gettysburg. Historical fiction isn't known for filled with as many laughs as gasps, but with Homer is always an adventure.

The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg is a 2010 Newbery Honor Book.

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