Dave Hackett, 2007
Our school had a visit from Dave Hackett, aka Cartoon Dave for Book Week this year. Although he mostly talked about comics, we also got the chance to buy signed copies of his books, which is really an offer I couldn't refuse.
This book is the sequel to UFO (Unavoidable Family Outing) and follows the same hapless family as they head off to the USA in the pursuit of BRAD's dream. (BRAD has to be capitalised. It's a thing. It's also a thing to work out what BRAD stands for. Like Bad Reviews Always Die.) In typical UFO style, nothing really goes right, and they end up interacting with pigeons (not The Pigeon though), spandex-wearing jugglers, Elvis, world's worst gifts for Sophie and a couple of real life stars.
This is a completely wacky book and you're really not reading it for the deep character analysis or for any kind of sensible plot. Instead you read it to find out what BRAD explanation will come up next and what on Earth Dad will get up to. It ends up being highly amusing, even if it isn't highly logical.
Connect it to the other UFO books (and btw, grab Dave Hackett's cartooning books if you get a chance - they're really great), and the Just . . . series by Andy Griffith.
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