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TV SAL AND THE GAME SHOW FROM OUTER SPACE
Oberman, Sheldon
Reviewed by Anna Santarossa
Volume 22 Number 1
TV Sal and the Game Show from Outer Space is a zany story about a girl who watches too much TV. Sal is at the cottage, where she has been watching TV all week long. Her family invites her to go for a walk with them, but she declines because she wants to watch more TV. After her family leaves she notices that there is something wrong with channel 2. The game show host of "Let's Make a Trade" hands her a list and tells her to go and get whatever is on that list so she can make a trade. Sal proceeds to do this and then jumps into the TV. Sal makes her trade and wins the "Universal Channel Changer," which allows her to participate in any TV show in the universe. Sal is trapped in bizarre, alien TV shows until the next day, when "Let's Make a Trade" is on again. She wins a trip back home again and rewinds the time so that she doesn't get into trouble for being away from home. At the end of the story her family is astounded when Sal says she doesn't want to watch any more TV. I enjoyed this story. It was funny and cleverly written with subtle satire. All children can relate to this story, not only because most children watch far too much TV but also because all children would comprehend the anxiety of being in a foreign location and not being able to return home at will. This book would be a welcome addition to any library.
Anna Santarossa is a teacher-librarian in Bolton, Ontario
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