Gangsta Granny Paperback – February 22, 2013

Fun read with the kids. It is silly and funny but be aware of the end. We lost my Mom a couples months before we read this book and it was really hard for us getting through the end. Overall it is a wonderful book!

Granny tries to make her life more exciting for her grandson. Little does he know what he'll be getting involved in.I howled at this book. When Ben finds out his grandmother was an international jewel thief, he looks at her with new eyes. Then when he gets involved in the biggest heist of all I lost it. Not only his he totally in with the greatest theft of all but poor Ben has raised his parents expectations of wanting to dance ballroom style which is their favorite thing to watch on TV. Ben and Granny are wild as they plan and execute those plans. They have no idea who they will meet and who will aid them with their heist. Then to be almost undone by a nosy neighbor. The narrator is very prevalent through the story with hints and asides that are as funny as the story. You will need a hanky at the end, so be prepared. You also meet Raj who is also in Demon Dentist. I love this author. I cannot wait to pick up another of his books and I know exactly to whom to give this book.

My fifth grade book club read this at the end of the school year, and they could not put it down! For sure their favorite book from the entire school year!

this review is by my 9 year old as this is his buy. it was a good book though the beginning is a bit boring, it has a good plot and it is also funny. if i had to rate it on 10 i would say 9, as in the middle of the book i found a very unclear part.I also don't get a part where the boys grandma gets many fake diamonds.But it was a good book which keeps your eyes glued to it throughout. An example of this is his parents love ballroom dancing but he hates it [i mean the boy] but he acts as if he likes it so that he can go to his grandmas house [he hates her in the beginning] but then his parents sign him up for a ballroom dancing competition where he wears a suit with heart designs all around it and dances like a monkey with his tail on fire. So rounding it of the boy hated his grandma and she tries to make him spend more time with her by doing a great robbery which they cannot fail. A good way to spend a sunday afternoon.

I read parts of this book. It was not advanced but they both enjoyed reading it. Quite a bit silly and outlandish. But their friends were reading it too.

My son and I absolutely loved this book. It tells the story of a boy who thinks his old Granny is boring with her smelly Cabbage soup and Scrabble play and how their relationship develops throughout the story. The story covers many issues which are sometimes uncomfortable but good learning for children who may otherwise come from great upbringings. One of which is his somewhat dysfunctional parents who are more interested in their obsession with ballroom dancing then their son. Later you see this relationship improve. The other being the relationship between a young child and his grandmother and how age inevitable leads to the topic of dying.The boy dreads Friday nights at Grannys house until one day when trying to get himself a treat from the biscuit tin high on the shelf he discovers it holds diamonds. Granny then makes up stories about her jewel heists. From there you follow the hilarious adventure as the two of them plan an attempt to steal the Crown Jewels. The ending is brilliant and having never cried in a kid’s book before I was pausing many times to gain composure as I read on with my son.

This was a birthday gift for my granddaughter and she loved it

I didn’t know the author, but read the book with my grandsons when they came to visit, and we all thoroughly enjoyed it.