Book review - Nate Rocks and Nate Rocks the Boat - Karen Pokras Toz

Title:    Nate Rocks and Nate Rocks the Boat

Author:  Karen Pokras Toz

Review:  This book is mainly for 10 year old boys and I think that it is a great book for that age and gender group.  It was cute and funny, full of adventure, big sisters, trouble, all the things little boys at the age of 10 are the best at.

Nate is a normal Ten year old boy who feels, like most ten year old boys that he is not good at much of anything and his sister, 14 year Abby, loves to reinforce those feelings with great gusto.  Because of this, Nate has a tendency to day dream and we are privileged to enter those day dreams with him.  Because of those lively day dreams, in the end, he is able to actually become the hero he wants to become and helps save lives, real lives this time.

These are two great stories and I recommend them to anyone looking for books for this age group and gender, there are not a lot of books written for little boys so this was refreshing to say the least.  I give these two books a 5 - go and enjoy and don’t forget “Nate Rocks!!!” will shock you(in a good way) and yet it will make you smile at the end.


Thanks go to Eileen for this review.

Publisher:  Nate Rocks Published 2011 by CreateSpace

Nate Rocks the Boat: Published April 20th 2012 by Grand Daisy Press (first published 2012)

Copyright: 2011, 2012

Pages:  131, 42

ISBN:    9781463510824, 9780984860814

Quick Review: 5 Stars out of 5 for both.

Where Did I Get the Book:  Sent by the author for a book tour.  Enchanted Book Tours.

Synopsis:   Nate Rocks can do it all: part super-hero, part all-star athlete, part rock-star… part fourth-grader?

Ten-year-old Nathan Rockledge cannot catch a break. After all, life as a fourth-grader can be hazardous what with science projects to deal with and recess football games to avoid. Everyone, including his best friend Tommy, seems to have bad luck when hanging around Nathan. Throw in an older sister who is a royal pain, a dad who is stuck in the past, and a mom who keeps trying to poison him with her awful cooking, and poor Nathan’s life as a fourth grader appears to be completely doomed.

Armed only with his sketchpad, his imagination, and his wits, Nathan Rockledge navigates the perils of the fourth grade in style, to emerge heroic, as Nate Rocks, proving that even a ten-year-old can accomplish great things.

Nate Rocks the Boat:

The Adventure Continues...With fourth grade finally winding down, 10-year-old Nathan Rockledge is looking forward to a fun and relaxing summer at home with his friends. That is, until his mom decides he has to go to overnight camp with his annoying older sister. When his best friend, Tommy, decides to tag along, Nathan thinks maybe his summer won’t actually be so bad. After all, he does get to be away from his mom's awful cooking for an entire six weeks. Amongst Color War competitions, a flaky counselor, and a bully named "No-Neck,” Nathan turns to his trusty sketchpad, transforming himself into Nate Rocks: 10-year-old extraordinaire. His speedboat ready for action, Nate saves the day time and again from the perils of floods, snakes, ghosts, and even the most wanted criminals. Join Nathan, Tommy, Abby, and a whole new cast of characters as Nate Rocks once again proves nothing can hold him back.

 

Author Biography: Karen Pokras Toz is a writer, wife and mom. Karen grew up in Orange, Connecticut and currently lives outside of Philadelphia with her husband and three children. In June 2011, Karen published her first middle grade children’s novel for 7-12 year olds called Nate Rocks the World. The second book in the Nate Rocks series, Nate Rocks the Boat, is to be published in the spring of 2012. Karen is a member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators (SCBWI).

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