Fall Required Reading #23

Poop Fountain by Tom Angleberger

I came to read and own this book because I had to read a book by this author for class. When I was looking at Amazon at all the books he had written, I was drawn to this because of the title. I didn't even read the synopsis, I just bought it. I mean, how can you not want to read a book with poop in the title?

This is about three kids who refer to themselves as The Qwikpick Adventure Society. They are in junior high, and this book is about the adventure they took on Christmas Day. As it turns out, there is a sewage treatment plant in their town, and they saw in the newspaper that the plant has a poop fountain that is about to be torn down. The kids are interested in the fountain, so they take the long journey across the cow pastures and the forest to the plant. When they get there, they see the fountain, and almost get sprayed by it.

I am sure that kids in the age range love this book, but I felt it was kinda meh. Younger me would have enjoyed it, but I feel that this one is not one older teens would get much out of. In fact, I probably would not have counted this as a young adult book. This may be my fault for choosing this book rather than one of the other books by this author.