- Hardcover: 238 pages
- Publisher: Purple House Press; 1 edition (May 2003)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1930900228
- ISBN-13: 978-1930900226
- Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 14.5 x 2.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 386 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #445,830 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Return fo Mammonth Falls...,
By Michael Valdivielso (Alexandria, VA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Big Kerplop!: The Original Adventure of the Mad Scientist's Club (Hardcover)
Welcome to Mammonth Falls, where you can get a great hambuger for thirty-five cents and go fishing at Strawberry Lake. If you don't mind the Air Force scaring the fish away by dropping stuff into the lake. Like an atomic bomb!Henry Mulligan and the Mad Scientist Club want to help the Air Force recover the object, but the government does not want their help. In fact, they don't want to even talk about it at first. But the Air Force has to do something fast, because the longer the bomb is in the lake the worse things become. Reporters, angry housewives and pressure from higher ups are starting to really make things hot for Colonel March. Will the Air Force turn to the Mad Scientist Club or will the Club have to handle the problem of the bomb on their own? A great adventure and really allows the characters to use their brains AND still stay in character. This adventure shows you how the club was formed!
4.0 out of 5 stars
A dream come true,
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This review is from: The Big Kerplop!: The Original Adventure of the Mad Scientist's Club (Hardcover)
The magic of Brinley's Mad Scientists' Club is its combination of adolescent fantasy with the real world. Where else can a bunch of brainy small town kids become heroes not by stepping through a portal to some fantasy world but by knowing more about our world's natural laws than the adults who surround them? This novel works best as a prequel to the collections of tales found in Brinley's first two books, which are childhood favorites of mine. However, the story stands on its own, and its scope eclipses those earlier short stories. The Air Force has lost an atomic bomb in the town's Strawberry Lake, and only the Mad Scientists' ingenuity can save the day! At first this gang of adolescents can't get the grownups to listen, but they soon prove their worth. Likewise, I recommend that you give them a chance. They won't let you down.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Classic Adventure - for kids or adults,
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This review is from: The Big Kerplop!: The Original Adventure of the Mad Scientist's Club (Hardcover)
I'm so glad this is finally available.I fondly remembered the Mad Scientist's Club stories which a teacher read to our fifth grade class in the early seventies. I soon bought the books for myself and read them several times over the years. When my daughter was seven (just a couple of years ago) I read them to her and she (more accurately we) enjoyed them thoroughly. While browsing eBay one day I discovered there existed a "prequel" novel - The Big Kerplop - which was published in a very limited edition (1000 copies if I remember right). I eventually obtained one at the "bargain" price of $$$ - by far the lowest price I found in 6 months of searching. I gave it to my daughter for Christmas (it's well cared for and stored safely) and read it to her over the next week. Amazingly enough it surpasses the quality of the short stories and I felt it was worth every penny. Now that it's available at one tenth what I paid for it I recommend it unreservedly. It's self contained and doesn't require familiarity with the other stories but I still recommend you read The Mad Scientist's Club and The New Adventures of The Mad Scientist's Club first so you can really savor The Big Kerplop. All high quality youth literature.
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