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Daniel Manus Pinkwater: Alan Mendelsohn, the Boy from Mars (Paperback, 1983, Bantam Books (Mm))

Leonard's life at his new junior high is just barely tolerable until he becomes friends …

Review of 'Alan Mendelsohn, the Boy from Mars' on 'Goodreads'

Slow-going, but fun if you like intelligent, creative, nonconformist and self-reliant protagonists. Defined character-building in lieu of real suspense, and enough wackiness to make this my first choice among my concurrent reads. The magic is strong in this one.