Cold Cereal, Adam Rex
Cold Cereal, Adam Rex
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Cold Cereal

Author: Adam Rex

Narrator: Oliver Wyman

Unabridged: 9 hr 31 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Storytide

Published: 02/07/2012


Synopsis

Cold Cereal Facts
Serving size 1 chapter
Number of servings 40
Primary human characters 3
Scottish Play Doe, aka Scottpossible changeling
Erno Utz genius
Emily Utz supergenius
Magical creatures at least 3
Mick Leprechaun (or Clurichaun)
Harvey Pooka (rabbit-man)
Biggs indeterminate origin (hairy, large)
Evil organizations 1
Goodco Cereal CompanyPurveyor of breakfast
foods aspiring to world domination
Adventure 75%
Diabolical Schemes 40%
Danger 57%
Legend 20%
Magic 68%
Humor 93%
Puzzles 35%
Mystery 49%
Not a significant source of vampires.May contain nuts.Daily values based on individual interest. Reader's estimation of value may be higher or lower, depending on your tolerance for this sort of thing.

About Adam Rex

Adam Rex is the author of many books, including Cold Cereal and Unlucky Charms, the first two books in the Cold Cereal Saga; the New York Times bestselling picture books The Legend of Rock Paper Scissors and Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich; the middle grade novel The True Meaning of Smekday (now a major motion picture from Dreamworks, Home); and the teen novel Fat Vampire. He lives in Arizona with his wife.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Laura on January 22, 2012

This book had me until the very end - the satirical look at breakfast cereals (who wouldn't want to try Burlap Crisp or KoKo Lumps?), the unicat, Harvey the semi-invisible rabbit-man were all fun and a little charming. I got the joke about Sir Reggie Dwight being John Doe. The idea that Emily and Er......more

Goodreads review by Aeicha on February 06, 2012

Read the complete and original review at Word Spelunking Magical creatures (leprechauns, rabbit-men, fay, a might be bigfoot), clever young characters, wicked baddies, and an action packed, wildly fun and funny story…Cold Cereal by Adam Rex has everything you could ever want in an MG fantasy…and a he......more

Goodreads review by Raina on April 23, 2012

Oh, Adam Rex. You are so cool, I can't really stand it. Example: In the prologue of this book, a series of people are passing by a pet carrier in an airport... "A woman with a tight ponytail that hoisted her face into a permanent, painted grin bent in front of the cage. 'Aw, hewwo, widdle Chihuahua,' s......more

Goodreads review by Cathe Fein on February 11, 2012

I wanted to love this book . . . I really did. The premise of an evil cereal manufacturer stealing the magic of leprechauns, rabbits, and vampires to make its cereals so addicting is genius. But I just couldn't get into this book. It seemed like there was just one crazy thing happening after another......more

Goodreads review by Matthew on November 27, 2020

I have to give this book five stars for its utter originality. It is strange and funny and compelling at the same time. Adam Rex really had his work cut out when he devised this bizarre story, and he managed somehow to make every element plausible. I was really engaged. It's a book about an evil bre......more