Twerp by Mark Goldblatt

Reviewed by Rigo

Julian Twerski, the fastest kid in P.S. 28, definitely does not want Danley Dimmel to get hurt. He also definitely is not a bad person. However, he still gets in trouble. A lot. He will, though, do anything to get out of writing about Shakespeare. So, after a weeklong suspension, his English teacher, Mr. Selkirk, has him write about all the bad deeds he has done, instead of writing about Shakespeare, who Julian dislikes. With this, Julian writes in a notebook about everything he has done.

Twerp by Mark Goldblatt is just a great book about wrong decisions, and one of many reasons why I like this book is that it is flat-out hilarious. I always knew something funny was going to happen soon, so I could never put this book down. Occasionally, I would fall off my exercise ball because I cracked up so hard. It was like there was a string of hysterical events that lead up to what happened to Danley Dimmel, the “big boom.”

To make it even more hilarious, Mark Goldblatt made this book seem like a movie with his crisp details. I could imagine everything he wrote and really soak up the plot. It was almost like I was in the moment, whether it was like a thousand pigeons flying around rocks, firecrackers, falling on poles, or hopping walls from town to town, I could see it all. Goldblatt really made this book enjoyable.

Twerp is just a great read, now one of my all-time favorite books, and I would definitely rate this a 10 out of 10. I would recommend Twerp for anyone who wants to read something for lots of laughs, an absorbing story, and overall a fantastic book. Also, there is a sequel in the Twerp series called Finding the Worm, another book that will crack anyone up and make them roll on the floor, crying with laughter. If you need a read to have some fun, read Twerp, by Mark Goldblatt!

Random House, Inc., 274 pages.