Whales on Stilts: a book review by me

Whales on Stilts: M.T. Anderson's Thrilling Tales by M.T. Anderson

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


Lily thinks of her self as an average twelve year old and why wouldnt she when her two best friends--Katie Mulligan of Horror Hollow and Jasper Dash, Boy Tecnonaut-- are famous for the daring adventurous adventures which they both have series on. But Lily's averageness chnages when she finds out that her dad works for an evil scientist who plans on taking over the world with whales, on stilts! Katie uses her smarts along with the help of her two pals to save the world and her grandma from this whale invasion.

I loved this book. It took me the first five pages to realize that Anderson was making fun of the sci-fi fantasy thriller as well as a lengthy list of other things such as product placement and popular yet stupid movie lines. This book had me laughing out loud.
a couple of my favorite lines:
"My mother was a Razorback whale. My father was a very lonely sailor"

"I was a little worried that you had fallen asleep or were you were calling from the john. Your uncle Sid does that, you know...Sometimes he grunts while talking."



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