What do You think about The Kid Who Became President (2000)?
The Kid Who Became President is the hilarious sequel to The Kid Who Ran For President, telling the story of the kid who ran (kind of as a joke) and won! Judson Moon is just an ordinary kid but is put into the extraordinary situation at getting a shot to run the country. When he starts he realizes that it is certainly a lot more than he bargained for. But finds his groove as he challenges the leader of the country of Cantania to a battle of videogames rather than a battle with guns. Will Judson Moon be able to stop the war? Maybe even with the help of one Mr. Abraham Lincoln. Read this exceptional and out of the ordinary adventure with President Judson Moon to find out. Best for ages 8 and up.
—Melanie Abril
The Kid Who Became President, the sequel of The Kid Who Ran for President, is about thirteen year old Judson Moon who after winning the presidential election decides to resign the same night. That is until the next day when he suddenly has a change of heart and is sworn in as President of the United States after all. During his presidency, Judson learns about the difficulty of leading a nation and obeying the rights written in the Constitution while maintaining popularity with the public people. A conflict arises when he is forced to make an executive decision to go to war against the Raul Trujillo, the dictator of the country Cantania, in order to protect the oil fields of an ally country, which would harm the down-spiraling economy of the United States. Despite the odds in his favor and increasing adversity, how will President Moon handle this arising national emergency, let alone his own presidency? Will he survive being the first child as the president of the United States of America?
—Mr. Balak
The nuclear codes thing kind of seeps the fun of it. The fantasy of having a 12 year old President gets popped pretty early in the proceedings in this inevitable follow-up to The Kid Who Ran For President when our protagonist President Moon lose track of the nuclear codes. One imagines the kid hitting puberty with such power and it becomes clear why we elect only those of at least 35 years. Moon's adventures as POTUS are mildly amusing although often a downer as he faces loneliness and the overwhelming nature of the office. Gutman's implication that the president's job is largely ceremonial and that Moon skates by the first eight months posing for photographs seems a little insulting to the actual commander-in-chief who faces daily decisions with painful consequences for some constituency or another. However, the tales of dealing with the spend-happy First Lady and playing videogames against evil dictators plays well with young boys - its core audience. Parents having to read this to their kids might resent the treatment of Moon's parents in the story particularly a passage where Moon notes to his father that he could have him tossed into prison. In short, an innocuous fantasy that its core audience will enjoy reading.
—Jonny99
