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Hooples' Horrible Holiday (An Avon Camelot book) 1 review
Stephen Manes
Avon Books (Mm), 1986
Extremely funny!
This book has been one of my favorites for about eight years now. It has become a yearly tradition to read this book during Thanksgiving. It's very funny and children (and adults) of all ages will really enjoy it!
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CHICKEN TREK (Bantam-Skylark Book)4 reviews
Stephen Manes
Skylark, 1989
Mr. Garden would like to inform you about this book
Hi, this is Mr. Garden. I would like to say that this is the best book ever for young adults. It was very good and it is the best humorous book since Mark Twain's "Huckleberry Finn." I have read this book almost 14 times and I think this book is better than the well-known kids book Harry Potter. Don't buy this book in paperback. It deserves hard cover. --Mr. Garden
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Video Wars (An Avon/Flare book)1 review
Stephen Manes
Avon Books (Mm), 1983
Teens fight a proposed anti-video game ordnance.
This is a fun book and nicely dates the 80s, like a book version of "The Breakfast Club." (However, since there's no soundtrack, and no one's using valley-speak or anything, it's not hopelessly forever pinned to 1983.) A boy's mother, who doesn't like the amount of time he spends in a local arcade, works with her boyfriend, a city councilman, to ban arcade games from a New Jersey town. He and ...
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Gates 22 reviews
Stephen Manes
Doubleday, 1992
A Detailed History in the Making of a Monoply...
I won't get wordy here but I read this book twice and enjoyed it both times. It goes into the life of Bill Gates; his thought process, his work ethics, his childhood and how Microsoft established it's dominance. It's a good read even though it's over 500 pages. I highly recommend this book along with the book "Hard Drive: Bill Gates and the Making of the Microsoft Empire". This is the way it ...
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It's New! It's Improved! It's Terrible!1 review
Stephen Manes
Skylark, 1989
hysterical! Worth tracking down!!
Oh, why o' why is all the good stuff out of print?! Stephen Manes, author of the extremely popular "Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days!" has written a fantastically funny and poignant tale in "It's New..." Our hero, Arnold Schlemp, is a typical kid. Like many typical kids, he's obsessed with how he looks, and he's convinced that a pair of Helicopter Shoes (promoted by the famous basketball ...
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The Bananas Move to the Ceiling: An Easy-Read Story Book (An Easy-read Story Book)1 review
Esther Manes, Stephen Manes
Franklin Watts, 1983
This Is A Funny Book!
In this book you'll read about a silly family. Annie, Andy, and Candy Banana made a hilarious mess out of their apartment. They did not like the mess they made. Everybody refused to clean up. So of course they had to find another solution to the problem. In the strangest ways, the Banana family tried to defy gravity by living on the ceiling. This book will keep young readers giggling ...
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Obnoxious Jerks4 reviews
Stephen Manes
Delacorte Books for Young Readers, 1988
Too bad high school wasn't never this much fun.
If there was any book that should never have gone out of print it was this one. Just thinking about it makes me laugh. Definitely one of the best books ever written. It is perfect for teenagers and those of us older who like to pretend we aren't and just need a good laugh. It captures the high school perfectly and lets us have fun with it.
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An Almost Perfect Game4 reviews
Stephen Manes
Apple, 1997
A kid discovers he can control the game with his scorecard.
A boy, his brother, and their grandparents go to a baseball game. When the older brother gets to the game, a vendor says, "Scorecard! Scorecard! Guaranteed lucky!" He buys one and discovers he can control the other team's batters with it. The whole action of the book is in the span of ten innings. I liked it and I'd recommend it to other people.
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Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days24 reviews
Stephen Manes
Clarion Books, 1982
This is a great book!
HOW TO BE A PERFECT PERSON IN THREE DAYS
If you like to read funny books I know you should read How to be a Perfect Person in 3 Days by Stephen Manes. This book will fill you with joy. Guess if broccoli will make you perfect. What about not eating for three days? Will that make you perfect?
I would recommend this book to everyone because it is a short and funny book. If you are looking for ...
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Life Is No Fair: 21 review
Stephen Manes
Dutton Juvenile, 1985
absolutely wonderful
It never ceases to amaze me how little attention this book recieved from the public eye. This children's book is rich with wit, humor, and a lesson that everyone, young and old, needs to learn: that life is no fair! The artwork is great and adds to hilarity of the scenes, and is sometimes the explanation of the joke all on its own. The message of the book is given in such a funny and outrageous ...
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The Great Gerbil Roundup 5 reviews
Stephen Manes
HarperTrophy, 1991
This is a very good book for kids to read.
I read The Great Gerbil Roundup. The people of Gerbil ,Pennsylvania wanted to be known .The main charactors Elton Wazoo and McBeth McBeth come up with an unusual idea . "The First National Drive- Thru Museum of American Sightseeing and clean Rest Rooms" brings attention to Gerbil, but also a lot of confusion. The people of Gerbil learn that being known comes with a price! This is a funny ...
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Chocolate Covered Ants9 reviews
Stephen Manes
Demco Media, 1993
SuperBook
I am 11 years old and I read a book called Chocolate Covered Ants. It is really funny. The best part is when one of the boys explodes ants in the microwave. He goes to school and he asks his friends to try the chocolate covered ants. When they do that they got in trouble and they had to eat some more. I also thought it was funny when the ants get loose in the bed, and he comes screaming down the ...
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Hooples on the Highway2 reviews
Stephen Manes
Avon Books (Mm), 1985
Hooples on the Highway: A great book!
This book takes place while the Hooples are going on vacation. After their car "blows-up", and they get stranded, and miss the Phillies game, they feel bad. But it's not too late to make everything right! P.S. I know this book is out-of-print, and I got it from my school. Just try to get your hands on this cool book ASAP!
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Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days
Stephen/ Huffman, Tom (ILT) Manes
Houghton Mifflin, 1982
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Make $4 MILL. by Thu10 reviews
Stephen Manes
Skylark, 1992
Make four million dollars by next Thursday
Ichiro Sasaki April, 16,2002 Humanities Make four million dollars by next Thursday I choused this story because I looked at this title and I thought this book might be fun and also when I reading this book I feel I want to know what will happen next so it is very interesting book. Jason Nozzle wanted to be a multimillionaire. One day he saw a book called "Make four million dollars by next ...
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Comedy High 3 reviews
Stephen Manes
Scholastic Trade, 1992
Gambling High
Ages 14-17. Father and son, Ivan a high school kid. Dad a proffesional violist not violinist.Mr.Zellner found a new job; Guess what comes after that?.Ivan sits at home eating pizza and watching baseball on the T.V.It's summer almost at the time were school is about to start. but unfortunately Ivan is not going to start his sophmore year with all his friends. They move to Carmony,Nevada thats ...
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