Tuesday, October 25, 2011

The Golly-Whopper Games

The Golly-Whopper Games
by Jody Feldman

If you enjoyed Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and The 39 Clues series, The Golly-Whopper Games is the book for you!  It is filled with fantastic adventures and puzzles you'll want to solve all located in a giant toy company.

Gil Goodson, an honest hardworking boy, wants into the Golly Toy and Game Company's 50th anniversary celebration the Golly-Whopper Games. 

His father, a former employee,  was accused of embezzling money from the Golly Toy and Game Company.  His subsequent trial,where his father was exonerated,  has ruined Gil's life.  Old friends ignore him, and former acquaintances are down right mean to him.  In his mind, the only way to improve his life is to the win the Golly-Whopper Games and use the prize money to help his family move to a new town allowing his family to start over..

Along the way, Gil  needs to get into the Games and defeat 24,999 other contestants, including super jocks, bullies, cheaters and brainiacs, to improve his family's level of happiness.   Will  he be able to do it?  Read The Golly Whopper Games by Jody Feldman to find out.

Rating 5/5 stars

Genre: Puzzle solving adventure

Difficulty: average

Published: 2008

Locations: School library and Amazon


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