John D. Fitzgerald
Paperback | Pages: 150 pages Rating: 4.26 | 2443 Users | 48 Reviews
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| Original Title: | The Return of the Great Brain |
| ISBN: | 0440459419 (ISBN13: 9780440459415) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | The Great Brain #6 |
| Literary Awards: | California Young Readers Medal Nominee for Intermediate (1979) |
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Tom Fitzgerald, alias The Great Brain, is back, struggling to stay reformed now that his friends have threatened to ostracize him if he pulls even one more swindle. But his brother J.D. knows Tom's reformation is too good to be true, and as a reformed Great Brain makes for a dull life, J.D. is not altogether unhappy--or blameless--when his brother's money-loving heart stealthily retums to business as usual.Under the watchful eyes of parents and friends, Tom has to be craftier than ever, and indeed he is. Whether he's cleverly pulling an out-and-out swindle so as not to be caught or solving a train robbery and murder, Tom's Great Brain never fails.Point Appertaining To Books The Return of the Great Brain (The Great Brain #6)
| Title | : | The Return of the Great Brain (The Great Brain #6) |
| Author | : | John D. Fitzgerald |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 150 pages |
| Published | : | August 15th 1975 by Yearling Books (first published 1974) |
| Categories | : | Childrens. Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. Young Adult |
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Ratings: 4.26 From 2443 Users | 48 ReviewsWrite Up Appertaining To Books The Return of the Great Brain (The Great Brain #6)
The Great Brain books are a fun series set in the late 1800s about a boy who uses his brain to trick and swindle other kids as well as solve mysteries the adults can't. Great nostalgia.Such a pity there are only two of these left for me to read. I love them the way I loved Encyclopedia Brown when I was little. Everyone is first-rate! This one has a bit more danger in it. Such a fun read!
This may have been my favorite. I think because the other kids finally have a little leverage after the trial from the last book.
This entry into the series has the same sorts of antics as previous books but doesn't add to the larger character development that reached a climax in The Great Brain Reforms. Since the Great Brain's trial, J.D. is no longer naively worshiping his brother. In fact, he's suspicious and cynical, which is understandable but takes away a lot of the charm of the narrator's voice.
I love this series. This series is (to me) the best children's series ever written. It is smart, engaging, all has basis in reality, teaches children about the world (and the world of 1900), has good lessons, and is, above all, fun. I loved them as a child and I am loving reading them to my children now. Even at book #6 Fitzgerald has not run out of ideas. The premise for this book is that (in the last book) the Great Brain Tom had to promise to reform because his swindles and schemes almost
The series is very formulaic by this point, and is past its best, but still very fun and enjoyable.
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