The Bamboozlers

By Michael de Guzman

Book Overview

Albert Rosegarden is a boy ready and waiting for an adventure to take him away from Mountain View, Idaho (where there are no mountains in view)--and he gets what he wants when Wendell shows up, the grandfather Albert didn't know he had. Wendell is an old ex-con of mixed ancestry who carries a violin case he calls the Stradivarius. Albert's mother and Wendell have been estranged for years, and she orders him to leave immediately. But Albert talks her into letting his grandfather spend the night. Which is the beginning of the adventure Albert yearned for--an adventure that takes him and Wendell and a three-legged dog to Seattle, where they are going to pull off the perfect con--the conning of a con man. The author's irrepressible and inventive third novel is about love and the passing of wisdom; as Wendell puts it when he and Albert first see Seattle, "This is going to be the most fun you've ever had."

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374305129
• ISBN13: 9780374305123
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux
• Length: 167 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.8" x 5.5"
• Age Range: 10 to 15 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 8

Customer Reviews

wonderful

This is a wonderful book for all ages. Although it centers around a pre-teen boy it has a much to offer kids and adults alike. the grandfather is a great character and there are many good life lessons hidden in the entertaining story. I really enjoyed the read!

the bamoozlers

Albert Rosegarden is suspended for call his teaher head the plant Erath.He also saw a old man call his name he said how did you know my name becaues I am your grandfather. then Wendell said can I take him to have fun yes but bring him back at 4.oo or I will call the cops.In Califrom I meti Big Roai AND HIS DOG hollwood.and then we buy suit.