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(More customer reviews)The big, orange doors of THE HOTEL BRADBURY lead to adventure for twelve-year-old Joe when he goes to work for his aunt and uncle for the summer. All of the occupants of the hotel are a bit unusual. His cousin Bumpy lives up to his nickname and has two attendants who constantly repair the damage he causes. His adopted cousin has six extra arms, and his aunt has a remarkable skill for being aware of everything everyone needs at once. Further, everyone mistakes him for a famous professor, not only calling him Professor but also expecting him to solve all sorts of problems.
Simple tasks like going fishing become quite exciting at THE HOTEL BRADBURY. Appliances are sentient, preferring to choose cool names instead of the mundane ones they previously held, like the computer who wants to be called Fridge. But when Joe's grandparents intervene, extraordinary takes on new proportions. That's when Joe realizes that there's more to the hotel and his family than he even suspected.
THE HOTEL BRADBURY is a fun adventure, moving in Quixote fashion from one description to the other. There's not a really a strong plot line binding the chapters together, which may result in some readers feeling a bit lost. Indeed, the conflict that ultimately concludes the book doesn't even begin to build until well into the second half of the book. Nevertheless, young minds will likely find the ridiculous and the farcical so extreme that they will be entirely distracted by the journey, not even noticing the lack of a clear direction until they arrive at the destination anyway. While the Elvis spoof may miss young audiences, those of us a bit older will find such humor marvelously entertaining. Highly recommended.
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The Hotel Bradbury is a fantasy adventure for kids aged 9 and above.The story follows twelve-year-old Joe Bradbury as he goes to work at his uncle's hotel in the tiny seaside town of Green Harbor.As the tale unfolds, he discovers that the hotel and its guests are out of this world.Really out of this world!In fact, The Hotel Bradbury is a hotel for aliens.Its guests hail from other planets, different dimensions and unknown parts of the universe.Lucky for Joe that his eight armed cousin Ashley, Fridge the computer, a group of wacky beings named Al, Leo and his pet calculator, Nanook, and a host of other unusual creatures are around to help him get used to his new surroundings. Now most of these alien beings are friendly, except for his grouchy grandparents and their army of silly soldiers, who have come with their fart rays to zoink the hotel and its guests back to their own planet, where they plan on making Joe be their own private nose washer!Weird things happen as Joe and his friends try to defend the hotel from these grouchy guests.
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