What to do on this rainy Saturday? Poofy the dog and the nameless talking sandwich\u2014both of whom readers will remember from the earlier book\u2014convince Marco that video games are out (the sandwich lacks opposable thumbs), as is pranking sister Julia, who\u2019s now a potential ally. Then the sun emerges, and Marco and the sandwich decide to perform a series of \u201cnausea-amplifying\u201d stunts for an audience consisting of Poofy, Julia, a garden gnome, and a manic squirrel. Marco propels the reluctant sandwich, perched on a skateboard, through the \u201ctunnel of doom\u201d (a rotting log). Unappreciative Julia grumbles about her interrupted reading. Next, Sandwich successfully skateboards off a ramp through a tire swing. The final, \u201cstupendously spectacular\u201d stunt induces even Julia to put down her book, and indeed it is heart-stopping. Initial success quickly turns to semi-disaster thanks to an unexpected application of Newtonian physics, a misplaced hammock, and an unexpected puddle. So many other laws of realism are broken that readers won\u2019t bat an eye when things are miraculously put right. Previously overconfident Marco apologizes, showing an iota of the sandwich\u2019s sense. Changes in perspective, like that from bird\u2019s-eye to slug\u2019s-eye views, add to the sophisticated absurdity of this romp. Marco and Julia are brown-skinned.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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