Books with title Regular Guy

A Texas Bluebonnet Award Finalist, 2000“A clever take on the search for one’s identity”– School Library Journal“Funny, fast, and a good response to the question, ‘Got anything that’ll make me laugh?’ “– Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books“A virtual chain reaction of buffoonery.”– Publishers WeeklyGuy Strang is convinced that the man and woman with whom he has lived all his life cannot possibly be who they claim to be: his parents. They’re too weird! Would anyone else’s mother tie-dye every pair of underwear in the house? Would anyone else’s father perform the famous oyster trick – sucking an oyster up his nose with a horrible noise and spitting it out of his mouth – in a restaurant? No. Except maybe the parents of the weirdest, most unappealing kid in Guy’s whole class, Bob-o. But Bob-o’s parents are as normal as parents come – just like Guy.Could Guy and Bob-o have been . . . switched at birth?

A Texas Bluebonnet Award Finalist, 2000“A clever take on the search for one’s identity”– School Library Journal“Funny, fast, and a good response to the question, ‘Got anything that’ll make me laugh?’ “– Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books“A virtual chain reaction of buffoonery.”– Publishers WeeklyGuy Strang is convinced that the man and woman with whom he has lived all his life cannot possibly be who they claim to be: his parents. They’re too weird! Would anyone else’s mother tie-dye every pair of underwear in the house? Would anyone else’s father perform the famous oyster trick – sucking an oyster up his nose with a horrible noise and spitting it out of his mouth – in a restaurant? No. Except maybe the parents of the weirdest, most unappealing kid in Guy’s whole class, Bob-o. But Bob-o’s parents are as normal as parents come – just like Guy.Could Guy and Bob-o have been . . . switched at birth?

Guy is convinced that the man and woman with whom he has lived all his life cannot possibly be what they claim to be--his parents. They're too weird! Would anyone else's mother tie-dye every pair of underwear in the house? Would anyone else's father perform the famous oyster trick by sucking an oyster up his nose with a horrible noise and spitting it out of his mouth--in a restaurant? No--except maybe the parents of the weirdest, craziest, most unappealing kid in Guy's whole class, Bob-o. But Bob-o's parents are as normal as parents come--just like Guy. This gives Guy food for thought, especially when he finds out that he and Bob-o have the same birthday, and were born in the same hospital! Guy and his best friend Buzz are determined to find out the truth about what really took place the day Guy and Bob-o were born. Readers will delight in Weeks's humorous yet sensitive handling of this classic adolescent phase--the search for identity. 00-01 Texas Bluebonnet Award Masterlist

2 cassettes, 1.75hrs From the Back: How could "Wuckums" and Lorraine Strang possibly be Guy's parents when he is so normal and they are so strange? Guy's investigation reveals that Bob-o Smith, the nerdiest boy in school was born on the same day in the same hospital he was. When he finds that the Smiths are not only refreshingly normal, but look just like Guy; there is only one explanation. Obviously, the boys were switched at birth. Guy hatches an ingenious plan to make the adults understand what has happened. He and Bob-o will switch homes for the weekend, telling the parents it's a humanities assignment. But things go terribly wrong. Not only are the Smiths much stranger than Guy imagined, he may be stuck with them forever! Singer, songwriter, and best selling author Sarah Weeks offers a wacky modern take on a classic theme; the search for identity. Narrator Johnny Heller's talented voice lets you fully enjoy the novel's colorful characters and bizarre turn of events.