The Snarkout Boys and the Avocado of Death

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Summary: just perfect
Review: I have read this book ten+ times and every time I want to go live in it. Look, I don't even have anything intelligent to say, just READ IT.

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Summary: Wonderfully unique
Review: I remember reading (and rereading) this zany, gripping, urban adventure when I was in third or fourth grade (and its worthy sequel, The Snarkout Boys & the Baconburg Horror). On a whim, some twenty years later and with a law degree to my name, I tracked down a copy at the public library and ... wow! I enjoyed it every bit as much. Daniel Pinkwater deserves major kudos for such a book--someone buy that man a Napoleon or twelve.

The fast-paced story is told from the viewpoint of Walter Galt. Walter is a teenager on the verge of dying from boredom at Ghengis Khan High School, until he meets Winston Bongo, another suffering student and the self-proclaimed inventor of 'snarking out'. The boys' late-night snarkouts eventually bring them into contact with a smorgasbord of oddball characters (such as Ms. Bentley Saunders Harrison Matthews, aka Rat) and places, from Blueberry Park to Lower North Aufzoo Street to Beanbender's Beer Garden and beyond. Ultimately, with the help of the world's greatest living detective, Walter, Winston and Rat must locate the world's largest avocado and save the world (or at least the nations' realtors)--but watch out for stuffed Indian fruit bats!

Pinkwater is a true original and writes this surreal, comic yarn simply, cleanly, and hilariously. Highly recommended for kids, parents, avocado lovers ... and even lawyers who used to be kids. Five stars!

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Summary: Wonderfully unique
Review: I remember reading (and rereading) this zany, gripping, urban adventure when I was in third or fourth grade (and its worthy sequel, The Snarkout Boys & the Baconburg Horror). On a whim, some twenty years later and with a law degree to my name, I tracked down a copy at the public library and ... wow! I enjoyed it every bit as much. Daniel Pinkwater deserves major kudos for such a book--someone buy that man a Napoleon or twelve.

The fast-paced story is told from the viewpoint of Walter Galt. Walter is a teenager on the verge of dying from boredom at Ghengis Khan High School, until he meets Winston Bongo, another suffering student and the self-proclaimed inventor of 'snarking out'. The boys' late-night snarkouts eventually bring them into contact with a smorgasbord of oddball characters (such as Ms. Bentley Saunders Harrison Matthews, aka Rat) and places, from Blueberry Park to Lower North Aufzoo Street to Beanbender's Beer Garden and beyond. Ultimately, with the help of the world's greatest living detective, Walter, Winston and Rat must locate the world's largest avocado and save the world (or at least the nations' realtors)--but watch out for stuffed Indian fruit bats!

Pinkwater is a true original and writes this surreal, comic yarn simply, cleanly, and hilariously. Highly recommended for kids, parents, avocado lovers ... and even lawyers who used to be kids. Five stars!

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Summary: Review of Snarkout Boys and the Avocado of Death
Review: The metropolis of Baconburg has a seamy, jazzy, chicken dancing, hot potato, and beer-sipping underside. It is here that the Snarkout boys aided by the world's most ill-kempt detectives go in search of the avocado Alligatron and a orangutan orchestra conductor--if the whole thing sounds zany, outlandish and satirical, that's because it is. The author, Daniel Pinkwater, has created what is sure to be a classic story. Well-crafted, intelligently written, and a whopping good narrative sends this book to the head of the class. Each individual character is fully realized, even if he or she appears for just a paragraph or two. This reviewer was genuinely surprised and delighted at the sardonic humor that pervades this book. The main characters are three teenage boys, all intelligent misfits whose presence in the narrative lend pathos and subtle humor to a story that is at times dizzyingly surreal. For the reader the city within the city of Baconburg, accessed by the tunnel under North Aufzoo Street holds the illicit attraction of the undiscovered. The author describes the city in such inspired detail that the reader is drawn to its labyrinthine streets and its host of wonderfully eccentric characters.

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Summary: the snark out boys
Review: The Snark Out Boys and The Avocado of Death

The book The Snarkout Boys and the Avocado of Death by Daniel Pinkwater is a book about kids who sneak out and go have fun during the night. It is a good book and I liked because it has action and the snarking out that the boys do is interesting. This book mainly is about these two boys who sneak out in the night to go to the theater to watch a movie at the Snark Theater. One day Walter, the main character of this story, has to go Snarking solo because his friend Winston Bongo gets sick. Walter tries to do a different Snarking, so he goes and makes a speech at the Blueberry Park. There he meets the girl who Walter called Rat. Walter thinks she has the world record of Snarking. He tells his friend and when he gets better Walter takes Winston Bongo to meet her. Rat shows them her Uncle Flipping who Snarks Out for seventeen years already. He is really crazy. One day he disappeared and the three kids go every night to look for him. Rat explained that when her uncle went to Iceland and by mistake he took something valuable and that now a criminal was after him. One night when the kids were looking for Flipping they found the best detective in the world Osgood and his companion D. Ormond. That meant the criminal was around. Would they find the criminal and discover what is valuable? You have to read it to figure it out. I kind of liked this book because it contains action and mystery. Like when they are trying to find Flipping and much more. I think people who are Daniel Pinkwater fan should read it because it fits all the stories that he writes but if you don't like to read books DON'T read this book is very predictable and boring and write when you start you are going to stop. I also liked this book because what the boys do is a very good idea to do when you can't sleep. It is kind of hard for me to do this because it is impossible to pass by the guards and also at night in Campinas, São Paulo, it is extremely dangerous and it is not an imaginary city like in the book. So, remember if you go to a nearby library don't forget to checkout The Snark Out Boys and the Avocado of Death. By Daniel Pinkwater because its full of action and what the boys do is very interesting to read.

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Summary: Lost memories and great literature: IT'S ALL HERE!
Review: This book is a fascinating expose into the minds and habits of two odd young boys. It was one of my favorites when I was seven. I haven't read it in fifteen years, but I still consider it to be one of the finest books I've ever read. I would heartily recommend it to all people, as well as many other Pinkwater books. It's a damn shame that much of his work is out of print and has been for some time. Children who read this sort of thing are much more interesting than the rest

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Summary: I like this book!
Review: This book is thoroughly ridiculous, completely engrossing, and definitely essential.

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Summary: The Snarkout Boys and the Avocado of Death
Review: What does "snarkout" mean and what is an "avocado of death"? Walter Galt and his "weird" friend, Winston Bongo, love to sneak out of their peaceful homes at midnight to "snark". They creep downtown in dark hats to the Snark Theater to enjoy double feature, old movies. Winston invented Snarking, or so he claims. When the boys meet Bentley Saunders Harrison Matthews, a girl who looks and calls herself Rat, they discover that not only did Winston not invent Snarking, but that Rat's uncle, Flipping Hades Terwilliger, has been snarking for every for seventeen years! Walter and, especially, Winston are in awe. When Winston and Walter become friends with Rat, Uncle Flipping leads all of them into a mysterious chase across town to a special underground street to a secret warehouse where Walter and Winston come face-to-face with a criminal mastermind and get a chance to work with a world-famous detective! This is an excellent science fiction book. In every chapter, a wild character or strange event was waiting to happen. Rat and her crazy family lead Winston and Walter into experiences that they've never dreamed of an, sadly, Winston realizes that he's not an original snarker. I really liked the book. It seemed really odd at the beginning when Walter, the narrator, started talking about "snarking" but once it was explained, everything began to make sense. I especially liked it when Walter, Winston, and Rat were working on the mystery (You have to read the book to find out!) with the world-famous detective and they discover a giant... I would encourage everyone to read The Snarkout Boys and the Avocado of Death!

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Summary: fond memories
Review: woooooo. suddenly I'm brought back to third grade when I first read this book. It was absolutely magical then and I remember how it stretched my imagination like taffy, and made me see avacados in a whole new light. I recommend this book to anyone who wants to be taken on a wacky adventure.

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Summary: Greatest book ever. Ever.
Review: Wow. I can't even begin to describe this book. I'm 21 now, but when I was in middle school, I stumbled on this book for the first time. Browsing the racks for something interesting, I see this one titled "The Snarkout Boys and the Avacado of Death."
Naturally, I had to read it... what a strange title! Turns out, the title is just the beginning. The things that must have gone on inside D. Pinkwater's head in order to come up with this stuff... It's amazing. I loved every minute of this book as a kid. It helped shape my creative scope.. gave me a new perspective on things and really added to my personality. Strange to say perhaps, considering we're dealing with a very fictional, and frankly quite silly book, but it truly did. I would highly reccomend this book to ANYONE. I doubt anyone but me could have such a lasting impression from it, but anyone would find this book fun to read.