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Pastis, Stephan

Timmy Failure: The Book You're Not Supposed to Have

286 pp. | Candlewick | September, 2016 | Trade ISBN 978-0-7636-9004-5 $14.99
(4) 4-6 Timmy Failure series. Banned from detective work, clueless Timmy faces piano lessons, a teachers' strike, his best friend's disappearance, and his mother's impending wedding in this fifth series entry. Effective pacing and text-and-illustration interplay keep the pages turning, even as plot lines become increasingly nonsensical and the laughs are somewhat less hearty. After four books, seeing (just a little) growth in Timmy would be welcome.
Reviewer: Rebecca Kirshenbaum

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