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REVIEW: Elrod McBugle on the Loose by Jeff Strand

Dear Mr. Strand,

When I read the title of your book “How to Rescue a Dead Princess,” I knew you were a different kind of author. And that I had to read this book. I did and loved it and then went out and bought lots of your other books. You can thank me later but right now I want to talk about this book.

Elrod is great. His friend Scoopy is great. I bet Elrod will grow up to be the kind of guy women call “cute.” Women are more likely to marry cute guys than the class stud so Elrod just needs to be patient and get over his crush on Julie - oh and maybe stop writing bad poetry for a few years. I just hope he doesn’t name any of his children “Sludge” which I think is great for a stuffed bear to be carried around during his health class “learn to be a parent” week but maybe not such a great name for a real daughter.

And I’ll also bet that he’s going to be one of the most …