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Summary
Summary
Frankie's facing his greatest challenge yet: his MATH QUIZ. He'd rather live in a world without math, but his quiz has other plans. It transports him to Arithmecca, a world filled with horrible number monsters! Armed with only his pencil, Frankie must learn to divide and conquer if he's going to ace his quiz and defeat THE MATHEMATICAL MENACE.
Author Notes
Eric Wight is an author, illustrator, and animation director. His first book, My Dead Girlfriend (Tokyopop), was nominated for the 2008 Best Graphic Novel of the Year Award by the Young Adult Library Services Association. In 2004, Wight won the Russ Manning Most Promising Newcomer Award for his illustration work in The Amazing Adventures of the Escapist , the comic book adaptation of Michael Chabon's Pulitzer Prize winning novel The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay . Eric lives in Chalfont, Pennsylvania with his family. Visit him on the web at ericwight.com.
Reviews (3)
School Library Journal Review
Gr 2-5-In his latest adventure, Frankie stumbles through a math quiz on a Friday afternoon, only to be given a second chance after school on Monday. He knows he has the weekend to study, but his family members distract him with fun things to do. Frankie doesn't realize at first that the activities-shopping with coupons, baking muffins, playing with his Yugimon cards-all involve math. In the end, with added confidence, he aces the quiz and realizes that the answers were inside him the whole time. Part graphic novel and part beginning chapter book, this is a great read for reluctant and slow readers, who may identify with Frankie.-Nancy Mackenzie, Ithan Elementary School Library, Bryn Mawr, PA (c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Horn Book Review
This third Frankie Pickle book focuses on Frankie's math difficulties. His family helps him study by presenting real-life math problems. The bulk of the story is told in text, while Frankie's exaggerated daydreams are presented in black-and-white cartoon-panel sequences. Captain Underpants fans looking for a more challenging read will sympathize with Frankie's school problems, and they'll enjoy the book's visual elements. (c) Copyright 2011. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Kirkus Review
Frankie Pickle, star of previous graphic-hybrid novels, is once again in, well, a pickle.This time, it's math that's giving Frankie fits. His teacher gives him a second chance after he spends the period doodling on an important math test instead of actually taking it. His parents employ a real-world approach to help their son master fractions, multiplication and word problems. Though Frankie eventually aces his test, readers are not treated to the same level of fun found in previous episodes (Frankie Pickle and the Pine Run 3000, 2000, etc.). His forays into the imaginary land of Arithmecca lack humor, and the underlying lessons are all too obvious. Perhaps the novel's problem is in its subject: The earlier topics (messy rooms, pinewood-derby racers) brimmed with comic potential, where math issues are rarely hilarious. Occasionally the humor hits its mark. The picture of a bearded Frankie in the same math class with his little sister will bring a chuckle to any child who wonders just how many grades someone could be held back in school. This hybrid storyprose when Frankie is in the real world but depicted in comic-book panels when he daydreamsstill holds appeal for Frankie's fans and new readers looking for something after their umpteenth reading of Captain Underpants.Ultimately, math teachers and parents might like this mildly amusing offering, but it just won't add up to much for many real-life Frankies. (Graphic hybrid. 7-10)]] Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
Excerpts
Excerpts
CHAPTER ONE Frankie stared at the first question on his math quiz, and wrote down the number 23. That didn't seem right. He attacked it with his eraser, leaving behind a black smudge cloud. Maybe if he skipped ahead, the next problem would be easier to solve. It wasn't. This one was even scarier. In fact, if Frankie turned his head sideways, the number 3 kind of looked like fangs. He drew a pair of wings on it. Now it was a vampire bat! He added horns and claws and spiked tails to the other numbers. Frankie's quiz was covered with number monsters! Better get rid of them before his teacher, Miss Gordon, found out. Biting down on the green metal end of his pencil, Frankie squeezed out every smidge of eraser he could. He went to work scrubbing an 8 with a Cyclops eye when his eraser--his ONLY eraser--popped out of the pencil, double-bounced across his desk, and rolled underneath Miss Gordon's chair. These number monsters weren't going away without a fight. © 2011 Eric Wight Excerpted from Frankie Pickle and the Mathematical Menace by Eric Wight All rights reserved by the original copyright owners. Excerpts are provided for display purposes only and may not be reproduced, reprinted or distributed without the written permission of the publisher.
