{"id":995,"date":"2017-05-22T04:48:17","date_gmt":"2017-05-22T04:48:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/patriciabaileyauthor.com\/?p=995"},"modified":"2021-07-03T05:06:39","modified_gmt":"2021-07-03T05:06:39","slug":"2017-debut-book-love-i-am-fartacus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/patriciabaileyauthor.com\/index.php\/2017\/05\/22\/2017-debut-book-love-i-am-fartacus\/","title":{"rendered":"2017 Debut Book Love:  I Am Fartacus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1564 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/patriciabaileyauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/I-am-Fartacus-201x300.jpg\" alt=\"2017 Debut Book Love | I Am Fartacus | www.patriciabaileyauthor.com\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/patriciabaileyauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/I-am-Fartacus.jpg 201w, https:\/\/patriciabaileyauthor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/I-am-Fartacus-101x150.jpg 101w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/>I AM FARTACUS: The title kind of says it all.<\/p>\n<p>I can&#8217;t remember the last time I read a book with this many bathroom jokes in it. Maybe never. Still, the ARC of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.markmaciejewski.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mark Maciejewski&#8217;s<\/a> middle grade debut, I AM FARTACUS, had me laughing right out loud more than once.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m pretty sure classrooms full of kids are going to be cracking up in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Mark gives us an interesting character in his bald, anti-hero Chub. Bent on revenge against Alanmoore Middle School&#8217;s most popular boy, (yep, Alanmoore &#8211; and that&#8217;s not the only reference to The Watchmen which only adds to the fun) Chub and his cadre of mischief makers plan and prank their way toward justice. But sometimes it&#8217;s hard to tell where the good guy ends and the bad guy begins.<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"float: left; padding-right: 20px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/25528831-i-am-fartacus\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/images.gr-assets.com\/books\/1466999214m\/25528831.jpg\" alt=\"I Am Fartacus\" width=\"132\" height=\"197\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/25528831-i-am-fartacus\">I Am Fartacus<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/4387244.Mark_Maciejewski\">Mark Maciejewski<\/a><br \/>\nMy rating: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/1599789203\">5 of 5 stars<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A funny middle grade debut with a great cast of secondary characters. It&#8217;s tough not to like this short, bald anti-hero and his Cadre of Evil.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/list\/8154981-patricia\">View all my reviews<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A funny middle grade debut with a great cast of secondary characters. It&#8217;s tough not to like this short, bald anti-hero and his Cadre of Evil.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/list\/8154981-patricia\">View all my reviews<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #1590d6;\">For readers<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A fun cast of secondary characters. The Colonel may be my favorite adult ever.<\/li>\n<li><span id=\"reviewTextContainer1797796582\" class=\"readable\"><span id=\"freeTextContainer8329612508860633549\">Pranks, fart jokes, and more pranks.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Fun references to comics and movies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #1590d6;\">For teachers<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A anti-hero worth studying.<\/li>\n<li>Discussion about the fine line between heroes and villains, bullying and getting even.<\/li>\n<li><span id=\"reviewTextContainer1797796582\" class=\"readable\"><span id=\"freeTextContainer8329612508860633549\">A main character who happens to be an immigrant. <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li>A cast with a diverse set of family situations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Another April debut, I AM FARTACUS is released April 18, 2017. 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