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fond childhood partial-memories: I clearly remember going on a book binge at about 7 or 8 years old and spending a substantial amount of my personal fortune (all $40 or so) in one fell swoop and being chastised for it. Now that I think about it, shouldn't that be a good thing? Kids wanting to read?

Anyhoo, the first real author I can remember who made me want to read was Paul Jennings. I got through Unreal! without too much difficulty continually re-borrowed it from the school library. It was that good.

Eventually, on a school excursion to a book fair, I picked up Unbearable!, Unbelievable! and Uncanny!, in pretty much that order (time difference of seconds). They were $4 each, terrific investment.

I wonder where those books are now? I still remember some of the stories and covers. Unbearable! had a kid wearing a gilted birdcage and was primarily green. There were characters in the background pointing and laughing. Unbelievable! had a punk-ghost on the cover turning stuff inside out. It was a dark cover, mostly an off-black. Uncanny! I don't exactly recall the cover but I do remember that it was the thickest of the three. That and it may or may not have been green.

Down the line, I ended up reading Undone! Unmentionable, Round the Twist, Quirky Tales, The Gizmo and plenty of Jennings' other works, such as Grandad's Gifts. The Cabbage Patch Fib became a class production (which failed miserably)--I provided the prop poop (heh heh).

No idea why the onset of nostalgia suddenly hit me...good times...

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