Crazy in Poughkeepsie

By: Daniel Pinkwater

Narrated by: Aaron Lockman

Mick is a good kid, but maybe he can use just a little guidance. But it's unclear who will be guiding whom, because Mick's brother came home from Tibet with the self-proclaimed Guru Lumpo Smythe-Finkel and his dog Lhasa—and then promptly settled both of them in Mick's bedroom.

The thing about this kind of guru is that he doesn't seem to know exactly what he's trying to do. He sure does seem to be hungry, though.

So Mick agrees to something like a quest, roaming the suburbs with the oddest group of misfits: Lumpo and Lhasa; graffiti-fanatic Verne; and Verne's unusual friend Molly. Molly is a Dwergish girl—don't worry if you don't know what that is yet—and she seems to be going off the rails a bit.

Along the way, the gang will get invited to a rollicking ghost party, consult a very strange little king, and actually discover the truth about Heaven. Or a version of the truth anyway, because in a Daniel Pinkwater tale, the truth is never the slightest bit like what you're expecting.

©2022 Daniel Pinkwater (P)2023 Tantor

Ooh, a new Pinkwater!

I thought I had read all the Pinkwater, but found this one! And I see some others I somehow missed too! Hooray! I am a grown up, but I still enjoy these. They make me smile, and sometimes laugh. This one did too. He hasn't lost his touch. it may not be his very best, but if you like Pinkwater, you will probably like this one too.