NO COINS, PLEASE (Gordon Korman) - January 20/11

This cute, inoffensive children's book is actually quite poorly written by Korman, though he was apparently a teenager when he wrote it. The highlight is probably Artie's different schemes (ie the cow-milking thing, the attack jelly, etc), as the other characters remain utterly underdeveloped from start to finish. (I never did figure out who was who.) *1/2 out of ****