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    The Greatest Thing Since Sliced Bread
    The Greatest Thing Since Sliced Bread
    The Greatest Thing Since Sliced Bread
    Audiobook8 hours

    The Greatest Thing Since Sliced Bread

    Written by Don Robertson

    Narrated by Tony Barbour

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    About this audiobook

    On a quiet autumn afternoon in 1944, nine-year-old Morris Bird III decides to visit a friend who lives on the other side of town. So he grabs the handle of his red wagon and, with his little sister in tow, begins an incredible pilgrimage across Cleveland...and out of childhood forever. Set against the backdrop of one of the worst industrial disasters in American history, Don Robertson's enduring, beloved masterwork is a remarkable story of destiny, bravery, and responsibility - as fresh and relevant as when it first appeared in print.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateJun 12, 2015
    ISBN9781490694559
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    • 4/5
      Morris Bird III is 9y.o. and he's s typical boy in the '40's (or so I surmise from stories my dad has told me of his childhood.) The beginning of the book is slow, but very important to get the feel of the times and the characters.
      When Morris's teacher gives a speech about self-respect he decides he wants that. He plans a trip to visit a friend that moved away to another part of town. He's going to visit his friend Stanley Chaloupka, whom is an odd bird and doesn't have any friends. From the beginning of the trip, things start to happen; first his sister Sandra demands she be taken with him or she'll scream and he won't get to go. Then a school friend loans him his wagon, but for a small fee. Some friend! On the way to Stanley's house many more incidences happen and one might just turn around, call it a good try and go back home. Morris doesn't though.
      He is determined to do this one thing on his own!
      In the end he saves four lives; his, his sister's, a burning woman, and a legless man. The legless man tells a police officer that 'Morris is the greatesst thing since sliced bread. He saved them. He's going to grow into a real man.'
      Morris wonders if this has anything to do with what his teacher had talked about when she made her speech about Ulysses S. Grant.
      This is a slow moving story, but it's such a powerful story of a 9 y/o's perseverance and a tragic incident in the city where he shows his strength of character, a step towards being an adult. And the situation is a catch-22. If he hadn't skipped his field trip to visit his friend Stanley, he wouldn't have been involved in the explosion, but then who would have saved the lady and the legless man?
      I highly recommend reading this book.
    • 5/5
      The protaganist in this story is fourth grader, Morris Bird III. Morris sets out to atone for his self-perceived crimes and restore his self-respect by completing a boyish task that will prove he is brave and willing to overcome difficulties. In the process, Morris encounters a real-life disaster and inadvertantly shows his courage and strength of character. A wonderful story that details the 1944 natural gas explosion in Ohio.