"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title. Kathleen Brachmann, Highland Park Public Library, Ill.Ĭopyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc. The plot moves quickly enough, and there are some wonderful flashes of humor, but as a whole the book is marred by Roger's totally unrealistic transformation and by the hokey and unrealistic "release of power" between Harry and the computer. Harry's whiny, self-pitying narrative soon becomes annoying. While Harry bemoans Roger's awful personality, readers see very little interaction between the two boys Roger remains undeveloped, and he appears so briefly and infrequently that his reputation as a disgusting, predelinquent creep is unfounded. Through a thoroughly unbelievable "mind meld" with the computer, Harry brings back a more likable Roger. Yet he is totally unprepared to cope when the computer zaps Harry's obnoxious older brother, Roger. Harry is intrigued by his birthday present, a computer that somehow talks to him, exhibits human emotions and stages unpredictable disappearances. Grade 4-7 A good idea gone terribly astray. Twelve-year-old Harry is alarmed when his computer takes on a life of its own and zaps. The Computer That Ate My Brother Dean Marney 3.10 68 ratings13 reviews Twelve-year-old Harry is alarmed when his computer takes on a life of its own and zaps his obnoxious older brother.
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