Eighth-grade football hero Wallace Wallace is sentenced to detention attending rehearsals of the school play where, in spite of himself, he becomes wrapped up in the production and begins to suggest changes that improve not only the play but his life as well.
Eighth-grade football hero Wallace Wallace is sentenced to detention attending rehearsals of the school play where, in spite of himself, he becomes wrapped up in the production and begins to suggest changes that improve not only the play but his life as well.
Nobody understands Wallace Wallace. This reluctant school football hero has been suspended from the team for writing an unfavorable book report on Old Shep, My Pal. But Wallace won't tell a lie-he hated every minute of the book! Why does the dog in every classic novel have to croak at the end?
After Wallace refuses to do a rewrite, his English teacher, who happens to be directing the school play of Old Shep, My Pal, forces him to go to the rehearsals as punishment. Although Wallace doesn't change his mind, he does end up changing the play . . . into a rock-and-roll rendition, complete with Rollerblades and a moped!
." . . [E]veryone comes out a winner." -Booklist "Korman's humorous novel will endear it to readers who wonder, Why does the dog always die?" -The ReadingTeacher
PRAISE FOR THE 6TH GRADE NICKNAME GAME
A New York Public Library Best Book for Reading and Sharing A Bank Street Best Book of the Year
." . . [E]veryone comes out a winner."--Booklist
"Korman's humorous novel will endear it to readers who wonder, Why does the dog always die?"--The Reading Teacher
." . . [E]veryone comes out a winner." Booklist"
Gordon Korman has written more than eighty novels for youngadult and middle-grade readers, including Schooled; Son of the Mob; Jake, Reinvented; The 6th Grade Nickname Game; Born to Rock; and The Juvie Three. He lives withhis family on Long Island.
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