The Dunderheads

Fleischman, Paul

ISBN 10: 0606238042 ISBN 13: 9780606238045

Publisher: Turtleback Books, 2012

Synopsis

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Miss Breakbone hates kids. Especially the time-squandering, mindwandering, doodling, dozing dunderheads in her class. But when she confiscates Junkyards crucial find, she finally goes too far. Enter Wheels (and his souped-up bike with forty-eight extra gears), Pencil (who can draw anything from memory), Spider (look up and you'll find him), and their fellow misfits in a spectacular display of teamwork aimed at teaching Miss Breakbone a lesson she wont soon forget.

About this title

About the Author

Paul Fleischman won the Newbery Medal for JOYFUL NOISE: POEMS FOR TWO VOICES and a Newbery Honor for GRAVEN IMAGES. Among his award-winning picture books are SIDEWALK CIRCUS, THE ANIMAL HEDGE, and WESTLANDIA. He lives in Aromas, California.
David Roberts is the author-illustrator of the Bertie books and the illustrator of many books for children, including THE DUMPSTER DIVER by Janet S. Wong. He lives in London.

Review

Just the right note of dastardly charm. Schoolchildren will adore this story of pupil revenge. * Publishers Weekly * Paul Fleischman's elegant, gently subversive story for six-to-nine-year-olds is beautifully served by David Roberts' gothic, intricate illustrations. * Financial Times * You can almost hear the Pink Panther theme thrumming in the background... A fun stick-it-to-teacher romp with no redeeming message but cleverness in spades. * Booklist * Deliciously outlandish, featuring an undercover caper complete with a hidden safe, grappling hooks made of paperclips, a classmate who just happens to be a hypnotist and a broken statuette with (real) emerald eyes. * Kirkus Reviews * A celebration of multiple intelligences, teamwork, and kid power. * School Library Journal (starred review) * Nothing quite so stings a child's natural sense of justice as being underestimated, especially by an adult in a position of authority. And nothing quite so gratifies that outrage as seeing the adult in question get his comeuppance - especially when it's at the hands of the children he has offended. That, in short, is the delicious dynamic at the heart of The Dunderheads, Newbery Medal winner Paul Fleischman's quirky illustrated caper. * The Wall Street Journal * Exuberant illustrations * School Librarian * Roberts's funky illustrations, replete with visual puns and amusing detail, repay close perusal * Inis * a really good story about children cooperating and someone knowing exactly who is good at what * Bookwitch *

Edition details

• Publisher: Turtleback Books
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0606238042
• ISBN 13: 9780606238045
• Binding: Library Binding
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 56