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Title: Timmy Failure: Now Look What You've Done
Series: Timmy Failure #2
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Genre: Middle Grade - Contemporary Fiction, Illustrations
Release Date: February 25, 2014
Source: checked out from library – review policy here.
Synopsis via Goodreads:
He doesn’t like to pull rank. To reveal that he’s this guy: Timmy Failure, founder, president, and CEO of the greatest detective agency in town, perhaps the nation. But he is.
And he’s about to crack the biggest case of his generation: a school competition to find a stolen globe. It’s his ticket to bringing home a $500 prize, which is guaranteed to set him up for life. But someone is clearly trying to game the system. Hoodwink. Con. Defraud. So it’s up to Timmy Failure, with the dubious help of Total, his lazy polar-bear partner, and his unlikely new ally, eccentric Great-Aunt Colander, to find a way to avenge these shenanigans. Defeat this injustice. If he can only get his entry form in on time.
And he’s about to crack the biggest case of his generation: a school competition to find a stolen globe. It’s his ticket to bringing home a $500 prize, which is guaranteed to set him up for life. But someone is clearly trying to game the system. Hoodwink. Con. Defraud. So it’s up to Timmy Failure, with the dubious help of Total, his lazy polar-bear partner, and his unlikely new ally, eccentric Great-Aunt Colander, to find a way to avenge these shenanigans. Defeat this injustice. If he can only get his entry form in on time.
Timmy Failure is such a lovable character and for all his flaws. Wrapped up in his own detective business Timmy is convinced he's the greatest and smartest person in the world. This leads to a broken leg, on two occasions, and many shenanigans!
The cartoon illustrations help break-up the text and act as a fun transition piece for readers transitioning from elementary school reading levels to the middle grade reading level. Timmy is both honest, oblivious, and paranoid in his detective work and personal relationships. Luckily, Great Aunt Colander is the voice of reason, helping to reign in a distraught Timmy while simultaneously encouraging his need to show the world he is the greatest.
I laughed each chapter and found the antics to be joyously silly, however I wish the moral of the story was a little more clear for younger readers to grasp. I feel like it was lost in between one set of outbursts and the next.
3-Stars: Great second book in the series. Looking forward to future releases.
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