Pre-Owned Nightmare at the Book Fair (Hardcover) by Dan Gutman

from hewayzha

Trip gets into more adventures and trouble than I thought possible. Of all the places for these adventures--the library!! Trip is not a reader, mostly he likes anything else. However, he gets stuck helping the PTA President. That is his first mistake and the fact that he lets a box of books fall ...

from missmath144

An excellent resource for a teacher or parent wanting to teach a student about different genres. Each chapter of the book is written in a different style, from fantasy to reference.

from omphalos02

Although Gutman apparently is a well received author of JUV fiction and non-fiction, I found this book to be silly and unoriginal in execution. Trip Dinkelman is the main character who, after having a crate of books fall on his head, is transported in to an exploration of a variety of written gen...

from smclawler

Most schools have an annual book fair, and most librarians discuss the characteristics of various genre. This book combines the two into a fast paced adventure in which the main character finds himself in the middle of several story lines which exemplify several genre.

from knielsen83

An interesting book about a boy who gets knocked out helping at a book fair and ends up playing a part in a story in every genre.