There were some hints about poverty, but they got swept up in the portrayal of the main character’s emotional abusive mother, whose emotional abuse was evident explicitly in the things she said very early on and which continues to crop up throughout the story. There were rather dark undertones in the book that I’m was surprised by. The other characters, such as the Optimist and the Pessimist, were very true to their names and played off each other like a pair of comedians might have done on stage. Their behaviors, such as of taking the blame for everything and head butting against things in penance, brought the resemblance into sharp relief. The Mayor was nice enough, reminding me very much of a certain house elf from a wizarding series. The author made use of more than a few puns and quite well, I thought, from the goat Mayor Culpa to the Nervous Nellies, to phrases like “a little birdie told me” (referencing the little birdie harbinger of James’s story to the other characters). Who doesn’t love adventure? Sure being Average might not be what everyone wants, but it sure seems safe enough, right? Well, that’s what I thought, but there’s are some rather sad and dark reasons that made this book not be the wholly lighthearted novel that I thought it was. The premise of The King of Average sounds like it could be a fun enough story. When James stumbles into a Shangri-la called Epiphany, he uncovers the secret of who he really is.įollow James on his hilarious, adventure-packed journey to find self-worth in this heartfelt middle grade novel The King of Average by debut author Gary Schwartz. Together, they set out on a journey of self-discovery that leads them all the way from the Sea of Doubt to Mount Impossible, the highest peak in the Unattainable Mountains. He’s joined on his quest by a professional Optimist and his grouchy companion, an equally professional Pessimist. James isn’t the world’s greatest kid, but he’s not the worst, either: he’s average! When he decides to become the most average kid who ever lived, James is transported to another world where he meets Mayor Culpa, a well-dressed talking Scapegoat who recruits him to become the new King of Average. Published: 14 December 2016 (Originally published 7 October 2016) (You can indent successive talk page comments using one more colon ( :) for each line.) Thank you.Amazon – Audible – Barnes & Noble – Book Depository – Goodreads – Indiebound Unsigned, by: 223.207.129.160 / talk On talk pages, please sign your comments using four tildes ( ~~~~) or by clicking on the sign button: on the toolbar above the edit panel.

Can you please stop peddling inaccurate information. The evidence is in this video: where you can clearly hear him say that he is not a medium but that his wife Rhonda is. Gary Schwartz has never and does not claim to be a medium. This is just some obscure blog and your link points to a non existent page. No evidence at all on the link provided ( ). He investigates alleged mediums, but I have never read that he identifies as someone who can contact the dead and relay messages to sitters.Ĭan you please stop trolling, the evidence is here he claimed to contact the spirit of someone and was exposed as a fraud, he's also claimed to channel spirits himself, you can easily find this information online.

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