This is a wonderful book! It brings a lot of imagination to a lot of kids. From this book I learned the population of Nebraska quite well! Because I think the author is obsessed with the population of Nebraska, which is 2 million and seven. I liked the story because the Facttracker had a bunch of arguments with the evil Lies in the Liebrary, and Eratze was really evil. I liked how the just small enough boy became the Facttracker at the end. And the old Facttracker went off to Mexico to teach the Mexican hat dance. I recommend this book to all kid readers. It's wonder

Quirky, quirky ...just how I like 'em.

If you are reading this blog entry, you are a genius! For this is the best book blog ever! Don't believe me? Just ask Ersatz, the downfall of Traakerfaxx. In Traakerfaxx you can find a huge tower and in that huge tower you can find the Facttracker, the man in charge of tracking all the facts of the world. Unfortunately, one of the facts that the Facttracker tracks is that he has a long-banished twin, Ersatz, who would like nothing better than to explode the Facttracker Factory and fill the world with lies. Which is just what he does in The Facttracker by Jason Carter Eaton. Whimsical and clever like the works of Roald Dahl and Norton Juster, The Factracker may be the best book ever written (or maybe just a really fun book.)

Lots of fun language play can't really make up for an over-the-top yet shallow plot and weak characterization. The just small enough little boy has only ever wanted his facts - those that tell him about himself and his family. Unfortunately, they rolled away, taking his parents with them, and now his only hope of recovering them, the resident Facttracker, has been imprisoned by his evil twin Ersatz who has successfully begun peddling lies to the gullible residents of Trakkerfax. Yes, it's all very nonsensical, and would be more fun if I cared much for any of the characters, but they all are there and gone in a bit of a blur. The messages about truth and lies providing balance are intriguing, but superficial. Not highly recommended, but amusing enough as a distraction.

Reminded me of The Phantom Tollbooth. Clever, lots of wordplay by an omniscient narrator whose asides aren't too annoying and intrusive. Good read for boys who like silly stuff.