Snark Sational

BEWARE PARENTS! I bought it for my daughter's 9th birthday. She loves helicopters and dinosaurs, so when I read the first few words of the title (I will admit I did not read the complete title) I bought it instantly. I bought it wrapped, so I did not have a chance to check it out when it arrived due to damaging the nice wrapping job. DO NOT BUY THIS BOOK FOR YOUR CHILDREN. IT IS PORN. DO NOT LET THE HERO/ACTION APPEARANCE OR THE TITLE FOOL YOU. My daughter got through the first SEVEN chapters before she asked me how to pronounce the word "helicockter." I assumed she must have mispronounced it so I said she pronounced it like "helicopter" and sent her off to keep reading. I probably would have thought harder about it but Dance Moms was on. I forgot about it instantly. She got through EIGHT more chapters before she brought the book to school for SHOW AND TELL. I had never been more humiliated! Her teacher called me personally and told me about the content within the book, and said that my daughter had read an entire chapter to her whole class while she (teacher) was running to the art room for paints. AN ENTIRE CHAPTER. When the teacher questioned my daughter, she said I had bought it for her. The teacher fortunately was able to see the humorous side of things, but I'm still so humiliated! I will admit that I read the book after confiscating it from my daughter (I gifted her Harry Potter in exchange) and it wasn't half bad. The plot had some unevenness, but that is to be expected for first novels, and the writing was quite good. I suggest you give it a read -- but keep out of reach of children!