Children's ✦ Penny’s Take
The Wrath of Squat
Bruce Coville · 1994
63/100
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Bruce Coville's Space Brat books are cheerful, reliably harmless early-reader science fiction, and Squat as a revenge-seeking villain is a fine premise for the age group. The problem is that the dossier shows almost no independent critical coverage, the plot is episodic rather than structured, and this is book three in a series — making it a weak entry point for new readers. Kids already invested in Blork's world will enjoy it; everyone else should start at the beginning.
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Verdict receipt0–100
safety96
substance52
craft60
originality55
accuracy70
hype72
age-fit78
human-eye58
Penny’s verdict63
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