humor, Omaha, NE ( )

Oliver is a genius controlling a huge financial empire, but to hide that fact, he has found it necessary to convince everyone that he is a dim-witted loser. Now in middle school, he has decided to run for class president, and will let nothing stand in his way. ( )

This is not a bad book and in spite of my low rating, I highly recommend it. It's an especially good book for boys (or girls) who want to challenge authority, but are afraid of the consequences. It's funny (laugh out loud funny at some points) while having a fairly balanced mix of juvenile humor and sophisticated intelligence. Though the story is about at 12 year old boy (or there abouts) it's not a J fiction book. This is definitely geared at teens -- especially smarter ones. It's just not something that I like. I firmly believe that this'll be a popular book, and it should be. It is smart, funny and quite clever. Just not my type of book! ( )

Seldom can I say that a book is "laugh out loud funny," but this one is. I found myself looking around for anyone who would listen to some of the more hysterical passages. ( )

I thought this book would be something along the lines of Election - the story of a typical (or perhaps atypical) kid who will stop at nothing to win a jr high school election.

Well, I was sort of right. And when I say he would stop at nothing, that is exactly what I meant. See, the protagonist actually IS an evil genius and one of the richest people in the world, and in order to gain the approval of just one person, just one little person he doesn't even think he likes, he will stop at nothing - throwing cash around is nothing to him. He will even risk an international crisis and global instability to win the jr high school election.

The book was quite clever and read very quickly. It also had entertaining photos that helped tell the story. Ultimately, it fails in earning more than 3 stars from me because some of the humor got old after a while and there were quite a few predicable moments. Still, a fun little book that I would recommend. ( )