Young Adult Novel

by Daniel Manus Pinkwater

Hardcover, 1982

Status

Available

Publication

HarperCollins Canada / Other (1982)

Description

The Wild Dada Ducks members cause all sorts of mischief around their junior high school, but although the boys are not bad, they like to pretend that they are true dadaists with unintentional and irrational behavior.

User reviews

LibraryThing member ferrisscottr

Long Live the Wild Dada Ducks of Himmler High!
Brilliant.
I've read it about 10 times but it's always a classic and I enjoyed it as much this time as any time in the past. Kevin Shapiro for President...
Great book for oddballs, outcasts & those that don't fit in. The usual Pinkwater zany, quirky,

funny, irreverent masterpiece.

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LibraryThing member raizel

Story about nonconformists in school. I like his picture books more and I'm too old to be part of the target audience for this, so I'm donating it so that someone more appreciative can read it.

LibraryThing member smichaelwilson

Young Adult Novel is one of my most cherished childhood books. It is the story of a small group of surrealist nonconformists who call themselves the Wild Dada Ducks and spend their time staging impromptu performance art pieces, printing off irrelevant business cards, and writing stories about a boy

named Kevin Shapiro. When a new kid with the same name as their fictional idol transfers to their school, they decide to elevate his status. But what happens when your own creation rejects your praise? That, as they say, is Dada. Bizarre and hilarious while remaining grounded in reality (to an extent), Young Adult Novel is the quintessential Pinkwater novel, and should be readily enjoyed by readers of any age.

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