Attack of the Mutant Underwear - Softcover

Birdseye, Tom

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0142407348 ISBN 13: 9780142407349

Publisher: Viking Books for Young Readers, 2006

Synopsis

New kid. New school. A whole new opportunity.

Meet Cody Lee Carson. Birthday: April 1. Past history: doofus, bozo-brain. Now that Cody’s in a new school in a new town, he has a chance to reinvent himself. Through his “New Me” journal, readers follow him through his fifth-grade year—including everything from student council elections, science fairs, crushes, and one disastrous “talent” show. Will he make it through in one piece—without showing his Tweety-Bird underwear again?

“This lively and believable record . . . has great appeal. It’s a sort of male companion for Phyllis Reynolds Naylor’s early ‘Alice’ books.”—School Library Journal

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About the Author

Tom Birdseye is a well-known American children’s author. He’s known for writing books such as  Attack of the Mutant Underwear, Just Call Me Stupid, and Tarantula Shoes. In addition to his best-known works, Birdseye has also written stories with the lofty themes of faith and race.

From School Library Journal

Grade 4-6-Cody Lee Carson is resolved to become a "changed man." Starting fifth grade at a new school in a new town means that nobody knows about his Old Cody "doofus, bozo-brained" mess-up tendencies, including the infamous Tweety Bird-underwear-in-the-spotlight episode. The New Me Journal of the boy's bumpy transformation from hapless fourth grader to confident fifth-grade graduate comes complete with stories of sibling strife, classmate clashes, student council elections, and his first big crush. This lively and believable record of Cody's attempt to put his best foot forward and figure out where he fits in has great appeal for middle graders who are themselves experiencing the awful awkwardnesses of preadolescence, reinventions of self, science fairs, and fallings-out with friends. With its ever-so-catchy title and its many practical jokes (appropriate for a protagonist with an April 1st birthday), it's a sort of male companion for Phyllis Reynolds Naylor's early "Alice" (Atheneum) and "Boys"/"Girls" battle books (Delacorte). A well-paced, positive, and pleasant read.
Kathy Krasniewicz, Perrot Library, Old Greenwich, CT
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About this edition

• Publisher: Viking Books for Young Readers
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0142407348
• ISBN 13: 9780142407349
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208