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Summary: Adorable Time-Travel Story for Young Readers
Review: Eleven-year-old Winchell Mink, is entirely fed up with being bullied by everyone in school. Especially the extremely articulate Clayton Moore. This, brings Winchell to find solace in his loving box turtle, Hannibal. However, Hannibal is one of the Great Mystical Turtles of the Tortoissaic Period, meaning that Hannibal is able to communicate telepathically with humans. Which is how Winchell ends up falling off a cliff. You see, it was Hannibal who telepathically told him to go out an experience life. But that's just the beginning of Winchell's problems. When Hannibal runs off to get help, Winchell begins thinking that if he were a turtle, he would have already saved himself by now. With that, Winchell is suddenly in Hannibal's body. Winchell's situation grows more and more bizarre, when he suddenly becomes a brontosaurus playing on a herbivore baseball team, against the carnivores, finds himself living life as five-year-old Bobby Plungerbutt, a boy whose rear end is shaped, and operates like that of a toilet plunger, and more, all before he has to be home for dinner. When I first saw the cover of WINCHELL MINK, I was extremely excited to read the book as a) it featured the body of a box turtle, and I love turtles, and b) it seemed like a fun time-travel adventure. After reading the first sentence, I found that WINCHELL MINK was a fun and easy book to get into, as his personality, and adventures were both exciting and outrageous. Winchell is a cute character, who wants nothing more than for his tormentors to leave him alone, and for his Mother to stop believing everything Clayton tells her. The character of Hannibal is adorable, and reminds you very much of a real turtle. Overall, this was an abolutely adorable time-travel story for young readers, especially those who enjoy the TIME WARP TRIO and MAGIC TREEHOUSE series. Erika Sorocco
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Summary: I Laughed My Butt Off!
Review: Okay, not literally...although my butt does resemble a plunger. However I can sum up Winchell Mink in one sentence. This is undoubtedly the FUNNIEST book I've ever read!
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Summary: Great for *almost* any age
Review: Okay. I must admit that I'm not entirely done with the book, but I had to stop reading for a moment to pet my turtle and wipe the tears from my eyes. Been launghing WAY too much.
Young's characters are so colorful, and the only thing better than the great narrative are the mental gymnastics the main character goes through.
It's a great book for 9 to 14 year olds, 17 year olds, 32-37 year olds, anyone older than 53 (provided they still have a sense of wonder and imagination), and dinosaurs who can read. And no matter what your age, I recommend reading it to someone else. It's funny in my own warped head, but EXTREMELY funny when you have to say this stuff out loud.
That all said, it's a great lesson to any reader about the importance of finding the good in anything bad and overcoming adversity.
Read it to someone you like to giggle with today.
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Summary: Great Story For Reading Aloud
Review: Winchell Mink is embarks on an imaginative journey that will leave readers of all ages cheering. It's almost too funny to keep to yourself and begs to be a classroom or family read aloud. The chapters are engaging, the character's plight universal, and the laughter non-stop. Winchell Mink would make a great addition to any home or school library.
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