Virtually Perfect

By Dan Gutman

Book Overview

The Cat in the Hat returns for more out-of-control fun in this wintry Beginner Book by Dr. Seuss. It's a snowy day and Dick and Sally are stuck shoveling . . . until the Cat in the Hat arrives to... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786817453
• ISBN13: 9780786817450
• Release Date: August 2003
• Publisher: Hyperion Books
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.2" x 7.6"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

Virtually Perfect by Dan Gutman.

"All I wanted was a friend." Is statement in the book called Virtually Perfect by Dan Gutman. Yip was new in town. He was also lonely, so he created a vactor to be his friend. His dad was a video director. He came in with a huge box called a "vax" short for vactor program. He claimed the vax made an exact replica of the person, so the movie directors wouldn't have to pay stunt people. Yip tested the vactor by making a replica of himself. Yip was 5ft tall,[...], and lived in a small town outside of New York. There was not much activity there. Yip named the vactor Victor. He looked like a nerd because Yip had no fashion. Then his sister helped him because she was really good at art. Now he looked like one of those popular kids at school. This book has tons of technology so if you like technology you should read this book. It also has some jokes in it. I love this book, it is one of the best books I have read by Dan Gutman.

A must read book- dan gutmans masterpiece

In this thrilling tale, 12 year old Yip uses his dad's computer to create a virtual human named Victor. However, Yip has other things in mind beside being Yip's friend... read to find out in this excellent story!

the kewlest book in the world

I like this book because you never know what is going to happen next. For example, at the end of a chapter they or the author leaves you hanging and there is one that I can remember. The one that I remember is when the boy came back from school. After he was on his dad's software that could make up pictures of people that were used I liked this book because you never know what is going in a movie and after he had left the computer a hand stuck out. I also think that this book was very exciting because it is about a kid who gets a new computer program but when he finds out that the person that he makes comes out of the computer all

It was a good book!

The book was about a kid who made a computer generated person, and it came to life and tried to ruin everyone else's life. I thought it was a good book, it needed more action, and adventure in it thought, because it got kind of boring at the end. I would reccomend this book for ages under 14.

Totaly awsome groovy book

"Virtualy Perfect" is the story of a family that moves into a town that has movie companies near it. Yip the teenager is a "nerd". His sister Paige is popular. The grandfather is a retired special effects artist or F/X who worked in the 1930s and 1940s on movies. Yips mom makes the best cookies in town. His dad is a special effects artist also, but he uses computers, the technology of the 1990s.One day Yip comes home to find blood spots on the floor and a arm sticking out side of the living room door. He walks over to find his grandfather on the floor with a knife in his back. He was scared; he went for the phone when his grandfather jumped up and scared him. He was doing one of his special effects acts.The grandfather and his dad always argue over which F/X is better computers or live stunts,the grandfather proved his F/X is better,One day Yip decides that he wants to create an actual computer person. So, he creates a person that looks, talks and walks like a real person. He names it Victor. Victor jumped out of the screen and Yip and Victor became friends.After awhile Victor becomes very different. His face starts changing shapes. And he starts doing crazy stuff. He robed a bank of thirty thousand dollars and puts it in a mailbox and leaves it. Then he starts kissing girls just for the fun of it. Yip became fed up with him and decided to get rid of him.Finally, Victor and Yip came home to find blood on the floor and an arm outside the door. Victor goe over and sees the grandfather on the floor bleeding. Victor reaches for the phone and dials 911. Victor has a short circuit and is froze. Yip pours water on him and he blew him up. Fireballs were all over the place like fireworks on the 4th of July.I like this book because i like scientific movies and novels. And a computer generated person jumping out of a screen is pretty scientific.Further more this is my review on the book Virtualy Perfecy.