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The Day the Mustache Came Back

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The hilarious and upper-lip-tickling illustrated sequel to The Day the Mustache Took Over—featuring even more twins!
When Martin "Murray Poopins" Healey left the Wolfhardt household, all the responsible habits that David and Nathan had developed under his less-than-watchful eye went out the window. So when Myron, who is the spitting image (including the spit) of Martin, arrives on the Wolfhardt doorstep, he is instantly hired to watch Nathan and David. But Myron seems to know things that only Martin could have known, and before long Nathan and David are sure that something strange is going on with their mustachioed manny. As Myron takes them on wild adventures, the twins have their own agenda—to prove that Myron is Martin. But what if there's really a Martin and Myron, and what if they both want the nanny job? Will Nathan and David get a double dose of nannying?
Perfect for fans of Dan Gutman and Tom Angleberger, boys and girls will love the zany laugh-out-loud humor and fun illustrations found in every chapter.
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    • Kirkus

      May 1, 2016
      After The Day the Mustache Took Over (2015), Nathan and David Wohlfardt find a familiar face in their new nanny, who claims to be their old nanny's twin brother.He says his name is Myron Hyron Dyron and that he is not Martin Healey Discount, whom the boys and readers met in the first book, but Martin's twin brother, and he has come to be their new nanny. Since he displays the identical mustache and nutty quirkiness, plus some knowledge about them that he shouldn't have, Nathan and David are unconvinced. They chart out his wacky quirks, sorting into columns that support Martin and Myron as the same person or separate people (and also types of pigeons). There's some quality silliness and clever wordplay, but too frequently the humor coasts on randomness, which takes on its own form of predictability. The episodic first half of the book fails to deliver narrative tension--it's never established why it matters if they solve the Myron-Martin mystery (something Nathan even points out). At the midpoint, Martin returns, and the nannies compete in a one-month contest to determine which will get to stay. While the story has more forward motion here, Myron and Martin are too similar for readers to care which one wins. The eventual solution comes entirely from Nathan and David's mother. Both Wohlfardts and nannies are evidently white, judging from cover art.Funny--but not funny enough to carry the plot's weaknesses. (Fiction. 7-9)

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  • English

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  • ATOS Level:4.9
  • Lexile® Measure:820
  • Interest Level:4-8(MG)
  • Text Difficulty:3-4

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