When Charlie McButton Lost Power

by Suzanne Collins

Book Overview

Charlie McButton likes computer games so much, he never plays with anything else. When a thunderstorm knocks out the electricity, his tech empire comes tumbling down, and his whole world loses power. Charlie needs batteries?FAST But the only triple- A's he can find are in his little sister's talking doll. Will he resort to desperate measures and cause his sister to have a meltdown of her own? Or will he snap out of his computer craze long enough to...

Customer Reviews

McMommy

I love this book and so do my children, I would love to find more from this author, Your child will love it too. Buy it you'll be glad you did. D Bradley

A Rhythmic, Fun Read!

I read this book with a class of kindergarten-aged children. They repeatedly ask to read and re-read Charlie McButton, and enjoy it every time. The rhythmic quality of the book makes it fun to read and easy for the children to remember what is going to happen next. The children relate amazingly well to Charlie McButton and both his dilemma (the power went out and he can't play video games) and the way that Charlie interacts with his little sister (first with disdain, then with a cute and playful understanding).

When Charlie McButton Lost Power

I read When Charlie McButton Lost Power by Suzanne Collins. I would recommend this book because in the book Charlie lost power and he went crazy. It was very funny. In the book I read "He looked left ,he looked right, his heart filled with dread. The TV, lights, and his clock were all dead." This helped convince me that it was a good book.

When Charlie McButton Lost Power

I read When Charlie McButton Lost Power by Suzanne Collins. I liked the book and would recommend this book because when a storm came in the power went out and Charlie was left in the dark. In the book I read that Charlie McButton loved video games so much that when the storm came and the power went out . He could not play video games anymore. This helped convince me that it was a good book .

Refreshingly original and moving!

Charlie loves computer games so much, he never plays with anything else - so when the power goes out, he's really in the dark. His desperate search for batteries involves his sister's toys and some nasty behavior before he settles down to realize what's truly important in his life. Deftly written by Suzanne Collins and nicely illustrated by Mike Lester, When Charlie McButton Lost Power is refreshingly original and moving!