**The inimitable Daniel Pinkwater (The Hoboken Chicken Emergency) brings his zany wit and wisdom to a gentle middle-grade adventure following a kid s off-the-beaten-path journey, featuring an unfocused spiritual guide, a not-quite-dwarf, a graffiti artist, a ghost whale, and mystical shenanigans galore.

Crazy in Poughkeepsie is a ludicrous romp reminiscent of the Muppets! This is a book that will make you laugh, grin, and maybe look for more whimsy in your own world.

Beth Cato, author of The Clockwork Dagger

[Pinkwater has] a magic that s not like anyone else s.

Neil Gaiman, author of American Gods**

Mick is a good kid, but maybe he can use just a little guidance. But it s unclear who will be guiding whom, because Mick s brother came home from Tibet with the self-proclaimed Guru Lumpo Smythe-Finkel and his dog Lhasa and then promptly settled both of them in Mick s bedroom.

The thing about this kind of guru