My husband and I saw Science Fair by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson at the library and decided to check it out since we liked the Peter and the Starcatchers series they wrote. Science Fair is the story of Toby, an 8th grader, who keeps finding himself in trouble. First, to get money to buy himself a new computer, he sells his dad's original Star Wars blaster to a guy on ebay. This guy turns out to be a crazy guy who dresses as Darth Vader and comes to Toby's town to try to get more of Toby's dad's stuff. Then, Toby also discovers some of his classmates are cheating on the science fair AND involving top-secret military technology. Toby knows something is up and realizes that it's not just himself he should be worried about--it's the entire country's safety.
This book was okay. It was very odd and had several stories going on at the same time, all connecting to Toby. Parts of the book were funny, and some of the characters had entertaining idiosyncrasies. But, overall, the book seemed to drag on a little bit and just be a little too weird for me to truly enjoy. But, I'm also not always a science fiction fan, so maybe that's why. And the weirdness to me would probably strike other people as humor. So who knows.
* (1/3 = It was okay)
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