Raina's Reviews > Game Over, Pete Watson

Don't go into this expecting great literature or feasibility. If you go in looking for what it sets out to be: a high-interest, wacky, fun chapter book that lives somewhere between Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Alex Rider and Grasshopper Jungle, appropriate for upper elementary and middle schoolers, you will have a great time.

Pete tells his story - and it's one of video games, secret missions, creepy villains, and secret identities.

I used this as my opener for every booktalk presentation I did in 2016 (my booktalk included the most epic "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!" scream I could muster, and an actual, physically-present NES), and it brought down the house.

I wish this book wasn't so white, in every way (the white President felt particularly weird for a book coming out while Obama is in office), but that is really my only complaint here.

Killer.