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The Downside Of Being Up (2011)

by Alan Sitomer(Favorite Author)

3.18 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0399254986 (ISBN13: 9780399254987)

languge

English

genre

Humor

publisher

Putnam Juvenile

review 1: Imagine the kid from Diary of a Wimpy Kid being plagued by the reality of puberty---uncontrollable boners. That is what this book is. It is funny in a very juvenile way. Buried under all the slang terms for penises there really is a decent coming of age story. There are things that bothered me about the story--mainly Bobby being sent to Errectional Correctional Therapy that seemed completely ridiculous but made more sense and slightly more believable by the end of the story. Not sure who I would recommend it to....but I'm sure it is one that will be passed from boy to boy.
review 2: This is a book about erections. And although the number of penis references alone will probably make school librarians shy away from it, but this is a book targeted to the yo... moreung adolescent male if there ever was one! Bobby's attempts at "correctional erectional therapy" will have them howling, but this is also a story of relationships, first love, raging hormones, and life in middle school. Written by a teacher - gotta love that! less

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