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Dunderheads Behind Bars (2012)

by Paul Fleischman(Favorite Author)

3.3 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1406336556 (ISBN13: 9781406336559)

languge

English

genre

Humor

publisher

Walker & Company

review 1: (Mommy's review from 5/2/12)We must have missed the first few books. What, exactly, IS a "dunderhead"? And why, praytell, are these kids named things like "Pencil" and "Clip" and "Hanger"? I'm not following? Am I officially old? Me think not because guess what? My 6-year-old-cool-girl-in-love-with-Justin-Bieber-daughter says the same thing. (I'm not one of those wretched parents who tries to influence their kid into thinking a certian way... not usually. Well, not about books. How about that - that's honest.)We're in the dark here. Ashley Throbb-Hart? Ick. Double ick. Triple ick even almost.The only thing I liked about the illustrastions was the black and white & color combo. Julia's more an all-color girl so she wasn't entirely happy either.The story was jumpy as any I've... more ever read. Reading it out loud is awful because you don't know who is speaking. I highly doubt we'll be doing any more "dunderhead" reading.
review 2: The Dunderheads are still up against their teacher, Miss Breakbone and her sheriff brother, while acting as extras in a Hollywood movie. But this time, Spider gets accused of being a jewel thief. The gang has to get together to clear his name. All in the span of about 60 pages. This is a quick caper for children in grades 1-3 and doesn't follow a traditional picture book or chapter book or easy reader format. Rather, the Dunderheads is a category all to itself. Just a great book for early-ish readers that have a quirky streak. less

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