Review from my 11 year old: “I liked it and I noticed the Great Brain was interested in making money and coukd usually align it with what people wanted, and he usually got away with it. He is nice..when he wants to be. He did have personal growth at the end. The kindest thing he did was help Peg Leg Andy with a barn. Andy stepped on a rusty nail and lost his left leg which was replaced with a peg. Tom teaches his how to do a lot of things. And there are puppies”. ( )

I intensely disliked Tom. ( )

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The start of a wonderful adventure I still enjoy today! ( )

I really enjoyed this book when I read it as an elementary school child. The only thing I remembered about it was the horror the main character felt at the thought of an indoor toilet. Reread as a middle-aged adult and I found it charming. The "Great Brain" is the hero of the story -- an intrepid boy named Tom, who always has an idea and a plan. I didn't realize there were a series of 'Great Brain' books. ( )