Product Description

Television and candy bar addict Jonah, arriving at Fairlee School, thinks his problems will be over if he can just win the prize offered by the American Banana Institute for watching its commercials.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2647352 in Books
• Published on: 1984-05-01
• Released on: 1984-05-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback

Customer Reviews

Funny But Unrealistic
The book Banana Blitz was quite funny in places (especially the relationship between Jonah and Goober), but the plot set up was unrealistic. It's not believable that parents could send their son off to boarding school without knowing what actually went on there regarding junk food, television, etc. Without giving away the ending, I'll just say that it was also not very believable. However, this book is a children's story, so that can be forgiven. Overall, this book was well written and very funny.

Funniest children's book other than Roald Dahl
One of my teachers read this to our class in 5th grade and we thought it was the funniest thing ever.

Re-reading it as a grad student, it's just as hilarious and is a great reminder of how clean humor can still work. Of course the plot is completely unrealistic, but it doesn't matter as this is a COMEDIC novel.