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Nickelodeon Figure Figurine Set of 14 with Fairly Odd Parents
$13.99
These Nickelodeon figures are great for any Nickelodeon cartoon fan and also make unique collectibles, party favors or gifts.

Genius!: Nurturing the Spirit of the Wild, Odd, And Oppositional Child
$18.95
This book is very positive about our children who think differently. It's easy to dwell on the limitations my child has, but this book encouraged me stop and think about the positive side of his "quirkiness." It doesn't deny the difficulties faced by "attention-different" children, but points out that there is a flip side to their way of thinking. And in fact the book helps you look at how the "solution" to the child's difficulties may actually lie in the "problem" itself. Best of all, it gives specific directions for helping your child create a well-grounded sense of himself, which I believe will be the key to success for my son. I first checked this book out from the library but realized I will be coming back to it again and again. I bought one for myself and copies for each of two friends with difficult children.

Forever Odd (Odd Thomas Novels)
$14.00
This is the second book about Mr. Odd Thomas entitled Forever Odd (also by Dean Koontz). I enjoyed this book even more than Odd Thomas.

Koontz does a great job of deep and rich character development. Having already done a deep dive on Odd Thoms, he focused on some new characters. He created a really nice new friend for Oddy and a really creepy new character for Odd to "fight against". A somewhat complex story (more so than most of Koontz's simple plots), this one kept you guessing all the way along. I was happy that I couldn't predict the next step of the story.

I do recommend reading/listening to this book.

Brother Odd (Odd Thomas Novels)
$14.00
The increasing problem with Koontz is that every character, or at least the 'good' ones, seem to BE Koontz. I don't feel like they are distinct personalities - Koontz' view of the world is apparent in every one. Odd Thomas seemed pretty immune to this for awhile, but not anymore it seems. He spends time ranting against the media and journalism (a favorite target of Koontz), warning us the failings and arrogance of the scientific community as he sees it and regales us with stories of liberal excesses. If you share Koontz' world view, you're probably more likely to overlook this, but at the very least it may draw you out of the narrative when you realize that you're often just reading another Koontz opinion piece.

Also (a bit of a spoiler here), Koontz has now written multiple novels centered on the idea of scientific evidence for the existence of God, which I'm not buying and which comes across as a bit of a crusade to me.

Nevertheless, Koontz knows how to construct a compelling story and Odd Thomas continues to be witty and charming much of the time.