Wonderfully weird, the story of a prepubescent boy exploring the world after being left alone for a time. Perfectly captures the nonsensical aspects of the adult world as daily experienced by children... and also a strange story that becomes even wilder as it goes along. It’s reminiscent of Richard Brautigan in places. My ten-year-old had honestly never heard a story like this before; I think it opened his eyes to the possibilities of art. Does contain some dated references that need to be explained, but that’s part of the fun. ( )

This was a fun little read from NYRB’s kids collection. Think Home Alone but with lizard aliens and a psychopomp called The Chicken Man.

Awesome! ( )

A boy left on his own for a couple of weeks can get into all kinds of trouble - or find interesting things on television late at night that lead him on adventures. ( )

Ridiculously clever. Ridiculously ridiculous. ( )