Product Description

Max is furious! His mother has just remarried and is off on a first-class honeymoon, while he's shipped off to visit his father, Woody, a camel-keeper. What a rotten deal!



Max likes the good life, and can't understand why Woody enjoys traveling around the country, living in a trailer and selling camel rides. It's not until Max meets a wild assortment of people on the road -- like taco-stand owners, mother and daughter con artists, and a famous Las Vegas singer--that he starts to realize he doesn't know it all.



After one short summer, Max's journey is just beginning!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #7156453 in Books
• Published on: 1985-06
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Turtleback

Review
"The story has [Konigsburg's] usual combination of originality of conception, felicity of style, and suffusion of wit." -- Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, starred review

"A grand performance, sparkling with humor."- Publishers Weekly

From the Publisher
Max is furious! His mother has just remarried and is off on a first-class honeymoon, while he's shipped off to visit his father, Woody, a camel-keeper. What a rotten deal!

Max likes the good life, and can't understand why Woody enjoys traveling around the country, living in a trailer and selling camel rides. It's not until Max meets a wild assortment of people on the road -- like taco-stand owners, mother and daughter con artists, and a famous Las Vegas singer--that he starts to realize he doesn't know it all.

After one short summer, Max's journey is just beginning!

From the Inside Flap
Max is furious! His mother has just remarried and is off on a first-class honeymoon, while he's shipped off to visit his father, Woody, a camel-keeper. What a rotten deal!



Max likes the good life, and can't understand why Woody enjoys traveling around the country, living in a trailer and selling camel rides. It's not until Max meets a wild assortment of people on the road -- like taco-stand owners, mother and daughter con artists, and a famous Las Vegas singer--that he starts to realize he doesn't know it all.



After one short summer, Max's journey is just beginning!

Customer Reviews

Nicely touches several issues our children are facing!
Max is snaughty young boy who really doesn't know who he is, and this is the quiet essence of the entire book. Max's journey leads him not only to the truth of an 800 number, but the truth about himself. I was surprised at some of the content of this book and seriously considered not suggesting it for my ten year old daughter's book club. After a day of ponderance, I realized that my child and her friends are fully aware of issues like these of the characters in the book and talk about them on a regular basis. I am going to suggest it, without upsetting the other moms hopefully, and look forward to their discussion of this well done title. I hope to see a sequel where Max and his "dad" become closer. I would like to learn about how he finds his maternal grandparents and whether he can bridge the gap between them and his mom. My daughter is adopted, so Max finding his birth dad would be interesting also. Get to the computer Konigsburg!!!

Wow! Neat Book with Excellent Theme!
I loved the book Journey to an 800 Number! It was a very fun read. The author provided an eccentric cast of characters from a camel keeper to a taco seller. The characters made the story fun, and captivated my attention. Also, the theme was great, and makes one ponder and think after finishing the book. I love how the authour tied in the theme with the "800 Number" part. This book is defintitly a page turner and kept me at the edge of my seat throughout this fast-paced book. Also, the author's writing stlye is very interesting, presenting text in a wonderful and new manner. I loved the settings in this book because in several parts I felt I was actually there. I loved this book and I'm sure everyone who reads it will love it!

Enjoyable!!
Though a big fan of Konigsburgs other works (like many of the other reviewers) I thouroughly enjoyed this book (unlike those reviwers)! Maybe it's just my love of characters that made me love this book, but I was increadibly pleased. It's a very strange and out-of-the-blue plot, I'll admit, but Konigsburg, like always, manages to pull it all together into a story of friendship and love between some very different people. I'd recommend this book for just a joy-read rather than using it for any type of book project becuause the deeper meanings are buried way in there. Hope you enjoy!