Slade’s illustrations add greatly to the tale, but the strange juxtaposition of reality and fantasy doesn’t quite gel. Some of the bizarre occurrences are truly imaginative. Eventually his dad and his dad’s girlfriend get involved in what becomes a seriously warped and possibly dangerous experience with ACME.
Bryan’s first job is to plant popped corn in a vast field. Fellow school nerd Rebecca is hired as guard dog, acting and living life as a dog named Spot. Bryan is hired after answering a series of incredibly nonsensical questions.
ACME is an acronym for Astro-Chrono-Magical-Enterprises, and weird things do happen there. Bryan’s realistic feelings about his divorced dad’s girlfriend seem incongruous when mixed in with the wildly fantastic plot. Sensel’s first novel features 11-year-old Bryan Zilcher, who becomes involved with the terribly mysterious president of ACME Inc., Archibald Keen. This truly eccentric take on the power of imagination requires a big suspension of disbelief on the part of the reader.
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