Rem World

by Rodman Philbrick

Book Overview

Award-winning novelist Rodman Philbrick challenges the boundaries of time and place in this exciting fantasy. "Harry Potter fans will recognize the misfit hero in a strange, new world." -... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 043908363X
• ISBN13: 9780439083638
• Release Date: March 2002
• Publisher: Scholastic Signature
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.3" x 7.6"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

REM World... Imaginative and Funny

I borrowed REM World from the library, to use for a summer reading book report. I started reading it, and I couldn't stop! It was very imaginative, and unlike any book I have read before. The characters are funny, and the writing is very descriptive and makes you feel like you are in REM world with Arthur. I definately would reccomend this book to young readers.

A fun Fantasy

I think this book is a brilliant piece of work with a lot of fun parts. The author writes about what we can relate to ,and what we like to read about in a book. This book is a very interesting fantasy. In this book a boy named Arthur Woodburry finds in a magazine an ad where we can go to sleep fat ,and wake up thin. So he bought the device and he put it on ,and he went to sleep. Then he woke up and he wasn?t thin. He took the device and threw it at the floor and he said what a waste. He walked out of his room ,and he was in a beach. He looks back and there is no door. Then he meets a creature called morph who is his guide. Arthur does not have his helmet on ,so he does not have a way to go back home. So he goes on a journey to find a way home . I give this book two thumbs up.

REM WORLD is a fascinating book about....

REM WORLD is a fascinating book that will spark the imagination of those who read it. After many years of being called nicknames such as Biscuit Butt, Goodyear Blimp, and Jelly Belly, Arthur Woodbury decides that he is to be fat no more. He buys a losing weight device that garuntees that you will go to sleep fat, and wake up thin. But when Arthur wakes up, he finds himself in a fantasy world full of creatures he has never seen before. When Arthur finds out that he has let out the Nothing, which will destroy everything in the universe, he must find a way back home and save the universe. With the help of his guide Morf, Arthur faces many challenges throughout his journey. Will Arthur save the universe from the Nothing? Find out by reading this great book that I recommend for all ages.

Loved it

I loved this book. Arthur enters the magical REM world. This science fiction novel has great characters ranging from Cloud People to Morf. It definitely ranks with Philbrick's Freak the Mighty in my book.