"GREGORY, MAW, AND THE MEAN ONE"

by David Gifaldi ‧ RELEASE DATE: Sept. 21, 1992

Norbert Meaney earns his moniker by throwing horses through windows and terrorizing children--because, he boasts, he has no heart. To save theft lives and town, young Gregory and Maw (a fiery-tempered crow who has raised the lad) propose taking The Mean One back in time to find his missing organ. The humor here is in contrasting Gregory--likable, gentle, enjoying a close relationship with his feathered parent--and the rank, bellowing, hairy giant. But that's not enough to carry a story of this length, and Meaney never seems all that nasty anyway, in the end, heart recovered (he lost it at 13 to a pretty classmate), he charges off to bathe and right all the wrongs he's committed. An aimless and loose-jointed yarn, but mildly funny.

Pub Date: Sept. 21, 1992

ISBN: 0595145043

Page Count: 136

Publisher: Clarion/Houghton Mifflin

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Aug. 15, 1992

Categories: CHILDREN'S