The Return of the Great Brain, John D. Fitzgerald
The Return of the Great Brain, John D. Fitzgerald
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The Return of the Great Brain

Author: John D. Fitzgerald

Narrator: Jason Culp

Unabridged: 4 hr 6 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/07/2021

Synopsis

This sixth book in the series is a great combination of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Terrible Two series, and is perfect for fans of Roald Dahl.

Tom Fitzgerald, better known as the Great Brain, is struggling to stay reformed now that his friends have threatened to shut him out if he pulls even one more swindle. But his younger brother J.D. knows Tom's reformation makes for a dull life, and is not altogether unhappy--or blameless--when his brother's money-loving heart stealthily retums to business as usual.

About The Author

John D. Fitzgerald was born in Utah and lived there until he left at eighteen to begin a series of interesting careers ranging from jazz drummer to foreign correspondent. His stories of The Great Brain were based on his own childhood in Utah with a conniving older brother named Tom. These reminiscenses led to eight memorable Great Brain books. John D. Fitzgerald also wrote several best-selling adult books, including Papa Married a Mormon. He died in Florida, his home of many years, at the age of eighty-one.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Christy on December 13, 2020

All of a sudden, these stories have lost their magic. Or maybe it’s me. Maybe I’ve read too many of them, too close together. But it seems like the author is just going through the motions now, having Tom use his great brain in one instance after another, without much authenticity. And the incidents......more

Goodreads review by Elizabeth on August 11, 2018

Six books in, the Great Brain series is starting to wear a little thin. Even Fitzgerald seems to be struggling, as The Return of the Great Brain is a little lackluster and repetitive. We have the same Tom shenanigans, the same J.D. who constantly is getting guilt-tripped by Tom and is easily tricked......more

Goodreads review by Rena on February 11, 2017

Um, yeah. So apparently Sherlock Holmes and Mark Twain somehow managed to have a bastard child named The Great Brain, or Tom as he's called here. He's young, he's smart, he loves profit more than a Ferenghi and he's thoroughly unlikable. I suppose I should have read the previous books in the series b......more

Goodreads review by Michael on July 16, 2016

I love this series. This series is (to me) the best children's series ever written. It is smart, engaging, all has basis in reality, teaches children about the world (and the world of 1900), has good lessons, and is, above all, fun. I loved them as a child and I am loving reading them to my children......more

Goodreads review by Michelle on September 16, 2023

There was a lot to enjoy in this book: the community spirit on display when the town builds on Academy on very short notice so that more kids can get a seventh and eighth-grade education, and the interesting detective portion where Tom goes about solving a railway murder-robbery (view spoiler)[(except since when d (hide spoiler)]......more

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