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Alvin Ho: Allergic To Dead Bodies, Funerals, And Other Fatal Circumstances (2011)

by Lenore Look(Favorite Author)

4.17 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0375868313 (ISBN13: 9780375868313)

languge

English

genre

Humor

publisher

Schwartz & Wade

series

Alvin Ho

review 1: Read this with 9 yr old and couldn't put it down. I am already a fan of Alvin Ho; read the first one as well, and son has read all 4. This is beautifully done. I seriously cried, then laughed, then cried. It has bits of true good humor, and a moment or two of almost wimpy kid or big nate style lightness, but for the most part is so very much richer than those books. Talks frankly about the death of Alvin's grandpa's best friend, and the inner life of Alvin and the dynamics of his family make me want to never leave the pages of these books. She deals with Alvin as a very human little guy with strengths and weaknesses, and it is all about life. My jaw drops at some of the passages; sometimes kid's lit is so sidelined. But there are some amazing writers out there, true master... mores, and I think Ms. Look is one of those.
review 2: This is the fourth book in this series and while I was definitely familiar with the character, I must confess I haven't read any of the series until now. I love this neurotic second grader! In this book Gung Gung's friend dies and Alvin promises to attend the funeral before he realizes that means (horror of horrors) that he will need to see a dead body! Very funny! The only thing about this series that I find a little strange is that it is a perfect reading level for grade 3 or grade 4 kids and Alvin is in second grade. less

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