Henry Potty and the Pet Rock Valerie Estelle Frankel WingSpan Press ISBN: 159594088X Middle Readers Reviewed by Miranda Lyle

Knowledge of pop culture, fairy tales, nursery rhymes, and popular candy is a definite requirement for the readers of this book.  Subtle humor is woven throughout the book.  Following the story will be easier for readers (or movie viewers) of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (of which this book is a parody).  The author weaves several famous characters from other stories into the fabric of the book: Oompa Loompas from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory become Eempa Leempas, the Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe, the Fairy Godmother, and of course, the main characters from the Harry Potter series of books.  The spells in the book are also parodies, being said in Pig Latin.  Flying vacuums, exploding gum, and flying pigs that deliver the mail are some of the details within the text.  Henry Potty is a character that bumbles and stumbles through his mixed-up storyline and somehow manages to defeat evil Lord Revolting.

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