Fake Mustache

An entertaining experience awaits the listener of this audiobook. Narrating with appropriate youthful exuberance and well-placed emphasis, Jonathan Ross makes the happenings in the town of Hair Sprinkle take flight. As his wonderfully executed vocal characterizations create memorable characters, his pacing and cadence allow the story to shine. Pauses are well placed to give the listener the space between chapters to process the action. Who would not want to visit Sven's Fair Price Store or to buy a "man-about-town suit for a short man about town"? Ross delivers this rollicking adventure on a silver platter. J.K.R. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award (c) AudioFile 2013, Portland, Maine

November 1, 2012
Gr 5-8-Mischief, a mustache, and a bid for presidency of the United States makes this an entertaining and a laugh-out-loud story. Best friends, Casper Bengue and Lenny Flem, Jr., are normal seventh graders until Casper buys a mustache. It's not just any old mustache-it's a Heidlberg Handlebar Number Seven, a mustache that could change the world. Suddenly, banks are being robbed, Casper is acting strange, and someone who looks just like Casper, but with a mustache, is on TV and is running for president as Fako Mustacho. Everyone else seems to be hypnotized by Fako Mustacho's (Casper) fake mustache. Only Lenny and Jodie O'Rodeo, teen cowgirl TV star, realize that they have to stop Casper. The Tom Angleberger's story (Amulet Books, 2012) is told in three parts: the first and third part by Lenny and the second part by Jodie. Jonathan Todd Ross voices Lenny while Jessica Almasy is Jodie. Each narrator brings a unique style to the character's explanation of the events. Reluctant readers and fans of Jeff Kinney's "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" series will enjoy this humorous tale with a bit of romance.-"Katie Llera, Sayreville Middle School, Sayreville, NJ"

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