Deep Doo-Doo - Softcover

Delaney, Michael C.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0606162216 ISBN 13: 9780606162210

Publisher: Demco Media, 1999

Synopsis

When they discover the power of the transmitter they built, eleven-year-old Bennet and his best friend Pete send out television broadcasts using Pete's dog to challenge the current governor in his bid for reelection

About this title

About the Author

Michael Delaney, author of Deep Doo-Doo and other novels, lives in Greenwich, Connecticut.

From School Library Journal

Grade 4-7-This book will get a lot of mileage from its title alone. It's about two 12-year-olds who build a TV transmitter and override a local station's broadcasts. Bennet is a stutterer and a scientific genius (unbeknownst to his folks). He and his happy-go-lucky but sensitive best friend, Pete, discover that their latest electronics project works better than they ever imagined it would. Bennet's dad, a reporter for the local newspaper, rails against the hypocrisy of the governor, who is always pontificating about "family values" rather than addressing any real concerns. Pete, outraged when Bennet clues him in on the politician's posturing, is inspired to use their newfound invention to sabotage the incumbent's locally televised speech with a home movie showing his black Lab "speaking out" on the issues. Delaney's characterizations are cardboard, the politics trivialized, and the mystery, as such, is weak; but none of these flaws will prevent kids from enjoying the cartoon possibility of breaking into broadcasting through electronic legerdemain. While the premise is technically fragile, the politics are preachy, and the stuttering insufferable, readers may actually show some interest in the historical references, although they'll hardly listen to, much less analyze, the next candidate's speech.
John Sigwald, Unger Memorial Library, Plainview, TX
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Edition details

• Publisher: Demco Media
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0606162216
• ISBN 13: 9780606162210
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English