From Publishers Weekly
The eponymous hero (aka David Bruce Schumacher) endures an identity crisis while trying to save his beloved Omaha Nebraska Brown from eviction in this third book in the series begun with The Adventures of Blue Avenger, Blue Avenger and the Theory of Everything by Norma Howe.
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From School Library Journal
Grade 6-10 Blue Avenger (formerly David Schumacher) is back. Here, the teen is ruminating about the nature of free will, and about his girlfriend, Omaha. She is worrying that she and her single mother may have to move, taking her away from San Pablo High, and, even worse, away from him. Blue meets Tractor Nishimura, who has made millions from his movies for teen audiences, but still seethes over losing the chance to make the valedictory speech at the San Pablo High graduation 15 years earlier, just because someone found out that he planned to begin with the phrase "Tigers suck!" Tractor enlists Blue, because of his facility with words and codes, in a scheme to get back at the girl who turned him in and is now a license-plate censor for the state of California. If Blue can help Tractor come up with a license plate that hides the word "suck" well enough to get past the censor, he will be well rewarded. Unfortunately, this book is filled with far too many clever but undeveloped inserts such as full-page ads for KwikyRead, "the revolutionary new 'smart' way to read"; red herrings that ultimately go nowhere; and unnecessary asides on anything and everything. The characters from the earlier books are just as real as before, but the new ones are fairly one-dimensional. Teens who know Blue from the first two books will want to read this one; those unfamiliar with the series will not be impressed. -Susan L. Rogers, Chestnut Hill Academy, PA
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