The Rat with the Human Face: The Qwikpick Papers Paperback – April 5, 2016

My 9 year old daughter can not get enough of the Qwik Pick Adventure Society. These are the first books that she can't wait to read.

Kids loved it

It was a gift for my Grandson and it was a good price received in two days when released. He like the book!

My daughter loves reading. She is into these series and this book was everything she expected it to be.

THE RAT WITH THE HUMAN FACE by Tom Angleberger is the second silly adventure in The QuikPick Papers series.In a followup to the infamous Poop Fountain incident, the Qwikpick Adventure Society trio investigate an abandoned research facility looking for a rumored rat with a human face. The story is told as a semi-official report detailing their exploits along with the consequences.The book’s scrapbook appearance with taped in photos, drawings, typewritten pages, handwritten notes, and other visually interesting elements will be popular with young readers.Fans of Tom Angleberger who enjoy tales of harmless troublemaking will be eager to jump into his latest, fast-paced adventure. However, young readers looking for literary depth won’t get past the title and first few pages. With the popularity of the first title in this series as well as the Origami Yoda books, librarians are sure to find readers for this book. The combination of light realism and humor are perfect for reluctant readers.To learn more about the author and his books, go to http://origamiyoda.com/.Published by Amulet Books on April 21, 2015.

Summary: This is the second of the Qwikpick Papers, three sets of papers supposedly found by Tom Angleberger in an old Qwikpick gas station in Crickenburg, Virginia. It reports on the escapades of Lyle, Dave, and Marilla, the three 11-year-old members of the Qwikpick Adventure Society. In their first adventure, they searched for and found a poop fountain. This adventure begins when the three friends overhear an electrician at the Qwikpick (where Lyle’s parents work) talking about his encounter with a rat with a human face in the basement of an old research lab. The kids decide finding this rat will be their next adventure. Of course, just about everything goes wrong, and in the end Marilla’s father bans her from Qwikpick membership. There are a few glimmers of hope, though…the kids actually see the rat, and could that be a romance beginning between Kyle and Marilla? A sequel is all but guaranteed. The kids’ voices are so genuine, it is hard to believe they didn’t really write this report. Tom Angleberger, author of the Origami Yoda series, is a master of quirky details that seem just odd enough to be true, like the stuffed Andrew Jackson doll in the Quikpick crane game.

My 5th grader was reading this book and pointed out that on page 62 (hardcover version) the kid named Dave in the story tells a story about a guy who fell asleep and was dreaming of 2 naked ladies kissing him and woke up to find out that rats were eating his face. On page 63 is a drawing of the supposed guy dreaming with rats at his face and a dream bubble coming up from his head with a drawing of the dream.. There are no private body parts showing- just the 2 women's bare backs. Regardless, I personally find this story and image to be extremely inappropriate for my child. I work hard to raise my child with strong moral values. I will not be allowing my son to read any more of this author's books.

We read all the Angleberger books we can. My ten year old son continues to love them and identifies with the characters.