A review by corncobwebs
The Liberation of Gabriel King by K.L. Going

3.0

I read this one because I liked "Fat Kid Rules the World" so much. But this one - not so much. I'm not really sure why - maybe because I was expecting something a little edgier, a little funnier. I think it was edgy in that it deals with KKK activity - that's pretty heavy for a children's book. But the writing and the characters seemed to miss the spark that they had in Going's first book. Maybe she's just more adept at writing for teens, where it's OK to be irreverent and throw around some bad words. My recommendation: Skip this one, and go for "Fat Kid Rules the World," or try her new one for teens, "King of the Screwups," which I haven't read yet but has gotten good reviews.