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Home Alone 2: Lost in New York/Movie Tie in Paperback – January 1, 1992

by Todd Strasser (Author)

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Follows Kevin McCallister as he has the time of his life in Manhatten while his family is in Florida

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Scholastic Paperbacks; First Edition (January 1, 1992)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 152 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0590457179
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0590457170
Grade level ‏ : ‎ 3 - 4
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 4 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.5 x 7.75 inches

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Peter H.

Good book based on a great movie...

Reviewed in the United States on September 18, 2013

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If you like the first two Home Alone films, you'll definitely like this book. It has quite a few differences with the film; Todd Strasser has a knack for this, making it an even more interesting read.

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Alan C.

"It's freedom... and it's fish."

Reviewed in the United States on May 29, 2012

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Todd Strasser must have landed some deal, at least an informal one, back in Macaulay Culkin's glory days as a child actor. Why do I think that? He's written the tie-in novel for every Macaulay Culkin film there's a novel version of. Paperback and 152 pages in length, "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York" hasn't too much length at all. But since it's published by Scholastic Books and clearly intended for a child audience, that's not much of a problem. The events of the novel are, as is always the case with movie tie-in novels, the same as in the movie. The main difference is in some sections of dialogue, and the fact that the book has to make up with written words and details what the movie can simply show. The downside of this is missing the superb acting and voice of Joe Pesci as Harry, one of the two burglars from the first "Home Alone", escaped from jail and back for revenge, and Tim Curry as the Grand Plaza Hotel concierge. The upside of it is having some scenes more detailed, better explained than they were in the movie. Naturally the book follows Kevin McCallister's perspective for the most part, but it does shift around just as the movie does to his parents, and to the somewhat-competent criminals Harry and Marv. One of my favorite pluses to the book is a conversation between Kevin's teenage brother Buzz, and a third brother in the McCallister family, Jeff. Jeff finds Buzz alone in their room in the Florida hotel the rest of the family went to, and seeing him staring out the window believes he is having a hard time dealing with Kevin going missing a second time. Jeff does his best to console Buzz, who responds as necessary. But what Buzz is actually doing is staring across the street at another hotel, where a very good-looking woman has forgotten to completely close her room's blinds.

"Home Alone 2" also includes 8 pages of 19 color pictures from the movie, and Strasser keeps well a scene in which Mrs. McCallister berates a hotel staff member for confronting Kevin and scaring him away.

"What kind of idiots do you have working here?"
"The finest in New York."

Awesome. The line I have up top is another favorite, from the scene in which Harry and Marv make their return to a free world, having hidden in the back of a truck carrying a large cargo of frozen fish. Harry, not paying attention to the more obvious smell of fish at the truck loading docks as they get out, insists that the air smells of freedom. Marv adds the line "...and its fish." under his breath in the movie, but says it directly to Harry in the novel.

By the way- this is a good novel, but if you ever give it to a child, be sure he/she knows that bricks are much more dangerous when thrown than this book- and its movie counterpart- let you believe. The lack of realism in such parts of "Home Alone" and "Home Alone 2" is a criticism Roger Ebert rightly leveled against both films. That doesn't mean that the books and movies can't be enjoyed. Just make sure the points where realism is lacking are noticed by any children present as viewers, or in this case readers.

Todd Strasser is no Pat Conroy, and I don't think any of his works I've read so far will ever be as famous as a Stephen King novel. But he is a gifted writer nonetheless- solidly average at worst, decidedly above average at best. Having read all three of his "Home Alone" novels, I'll be publishing a review of each. The "Home Alone" films were a holiday favorite of my childhood years, and I would have liked very much to have known of Strasser's books back then. "Home Alone 2" is a step into the past for another reason, these days- not only do those boxy Caprices no longer roam the streets of New York like they used to, but the Twin Towers are something that haven't been part of the New York City landscape for a long time. That they are so casually referred to as a feature of the city in Strasser's novel highlights how much has changed since 1992.

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