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Sitomer, Alan Lawrence

The Downside of Being Up

215 pp. | Putnam | September, 2011 | Trade ISBN 978-0-399-25498-7 $16.99
(4) 4-6 This middle-grade book about a boy named Bobby who gets “eighteen boners a day” will undoubtedly rub people the wrong way. The penis jokes and euphemisms (some laugh-out-loud funny, others truly tasteless) just keep coming. The only person sympathetic to Bobby’s plight is his potty-mouthed grandfather. A surprisingly sweet romance helps soften the rough edges, but don't say you haven't been warned.
Reviewer: Elissa Gershowitz

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