MR CHICKEE’S FUNNY MONEY

A side note: Our small town library has subscribed to a lease service where they are shipped new books every few months and then they ship them back after a set period of time and get more new books. This is ideal for small libraries who don’t have shelf space, the resources to buy many books, and someone to review them first. However, although I’m grateful to be able to get new books, I do have some reservations about this program. It’s a little too much like how the record business has taken over the radio stations. But that’s another post. The point of this side note is that even if a book is clearly mis-categorized, the library can’t do anything about it because the leasing service is in charge. I know this because I once read a “YA” that I was sure was MG, and I after checking around found it was indeed in MG in other libraries, but when I brought it to the librarian’s attention, I was told they couldn’t change it.

Okay, back to MCFM. 
Hilarious. 
Funny. 
Wonderfully written. 
Silly. 
Creative. 
Can I say more? 
Probably. 
I will say this, if you’re a kid, you’ll love its humor. If you’re an adult, you’ll find even more to laugh at. Curtis has packed this book with adult humor (not dirty, I mean references adults will get) and lots of music history, even though it’s set right now. The characters, as always, are well drawn, distinctive, and well… hilarious. And the best part is, although I couldn’t find it anywhere, I believe this is going to be a series. And a popular one at that. It’s Encylopedia Brown meets the contemporary, complicated world and goes silly. Boys, girls, adults, everyone will love this book.