The Astounding Broccoli Boy

Reviewed by: Mary Lehmer - Freeport Community Library, Freeport, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: August 10, 2015

Review

This story is about some children in London that turn green and no one knows why. The authorities are worried that the children might be contagious so they place the kids in a hospital and lock them in so they can run tests on them. But the green children, especially one of them, Rory, begin to wonder if being green might actually be an awesome thing. After all, there are green super heroes, so maybe the green children are really super heroes. But to find out if that’s true, they’ll have to find a way to escape their hospital rooms so they can test them. The beginning of this book is just ok. It starts out with Rory being bullied, but instead of the bully being blamed for things, Rory gets blamed which got to be a bit annoying. But once Rory is placed in the hospital and begins his super hero adventures, the story was very good. Their desire to be super heroes and to believe that what was happening to them proved they had super powers was funny at times and heart tugging in others. All in all a funny story with plenty of imagination as well.

Overall Book Score: very good