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Original Title:	The Great Brain Reforms (Great Brain #5)
ISBN:	0440448417 (ISBN13: 9780440448419)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	The Great Brain #5
Literary Awards:	Pacific Northwest Library Association Young Reader's Choice Award (1976)

The Great Brain Reforms (The Great Brain #5) Paperback | Pages: 176 pages

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The year is 1898, and the best con man in Adenville, Utah, is the infamous twelve-year-old Tom Fitzgerald, "The Great Brain." A year at the Catholic Academy for Boys certainly hasn't dulled Tom's love for money—he's no sooner off the train than he begins scamming his own brother! By the end of his summer break, Tom has tricked all of his friends out of everything they own. He even outwits three professional crooks who come to swindle the whole town. Tom thinks he should be the most popular kid around: He has all the good toys, and he's saved his townspeople.

Tom really begins to rake in the dough when he sets up business as a raftsman. But when he endangers the lives of two friends, his brother J.D. decides it's time for The Great Brain to reform. And that's how the case of The Kids of Adenville vs. The Great Brain is tried in the Fitzgeralds' barn one summer day.

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Title	:	The Great Brain Reforms (The Great Brain #5)
Author	:	John D. Fitzgerald
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 176 pages
Published	:	December 15th 1974 by Yearling (first published 1973)
Categories	:	Childrens. Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. Young Adult

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We enjoyed another excellent book in the Great Brain series! The kids get a kick out of Toms wit and confidence.

The fifth book of the series is more of the same, the conniving Tom, the great brain of the title, using his brain to make money by conning other kids. While it is more of the same the stories are fun for kids with plenty of action and humor. At the end of this one, as the title says, the Great Brain reforms. But with Christmas approaching, we are left wondering if he really reformed or if it was a ruse to get a good Christmas.

Great book! When the Jesuit Priests at the Salt Lake Academy can't reform Tom's swindling ways, Papa and Mama give it a try. Finally, younger brother John D. realizes he must take this burden upon himself. And what a great job he does, assisted by the 14 year old judge; he is pronounced guilty on all counts despite his cunning self-representation in "court." That "judge" is just too smart, having a trial lawyer for a dad. All the kids Tom has swindled get their stuff back, but in the end John D.

If you haven't read the Great Brain series, you really need to. They are funny, I hope my boys don't turn out like the Great Brain.

This is the book that makes the rest of them complete. Only 4 stars because this is not a standalone read, but if you read one or more of the first three Great Brain books, this is the payoff. (The Great Brain at the Academy is fun, but we're talking Adenville issues here.) A lot of the charm of the Great Brain books is the contrast between the naive narration of J.D. and the shady dealings he recounts featuring his older brother, Tom Dennis, aka The Great Brain. It's funny for adults, but I

This is a series that I read as a kid and loved them. I am reading them with my kids now. They are fun and based in a Mormon town. If you're looking for literary quality, you should check elsewhere; they are well-written, just not the highest of quality. The stories, however, are very fun!

The Great Brain Reforms by John D. Fitzgerald is about a family of boys that like to make money especially Tom. Tom was the oldest and had a very talented brain. One day he decided to make a raft for the river across the street. The raft took tom a wile to built but he built it. Then toms great brain thought it was a good idea if he charged kids to go on the raft. One of the kids tom was taking down the river fell of in the rapids. Tom jumped in to save him and almost died from a bolder. This is