Tween Hobo: Off the Rails

I'm giving this 5 stars not because it's a perfect book, but because every book has its reader, and in this case, I am that reader. This book is like... improbably perfectly attuned to my own personal sense of humor.

I'm honestly not sure how many other people would like this book? A lot of the “tween” references are clearly aimed at twenty-somethings who were once tween girls–scrunchies, Lisa Frank, etc–but it's clearly set now-ish, with Justin Bieber and emoji references aplenty. I suspect the target audience woudl be a twenty-something person who is also attuned to today's tween pop culture but also love hobo code. So... again, I am the target audience for this book.

It's ostensibly YA but I don't know how many actual tweens/teens would think it's funny? The plot is a loosely structured cross-country adventure on rails, interspersed with a lot of tweets from the @tweenhobo account.

It was a fun, fast read that I personally thought was 100% hilarious, but I acknowledge that it is likely a book with limited appeal.