I am trying to find humorous and quality books for my eleven-year-old son to read. I probably won't be suggesting this book to him.
Donovan is implusive and suffers many consequences from his antics. When he whacks the Atlas statue's butt in front of his middle school, the metal world that Atlas was carrying, thumps to the ground, rolls down the hill into the middle school gym, and ruins the gym floor (and the entrance). By crazy circumstances, Donovan is sent to the district's gifted school instead of getting in trouble. He hides out in this challenging school and soon becomes friends with the robotics team. Will the superintendent, Mr. Schultz, ever find the kid who destroyed the school? Is Donovan really needed at the gifted school? The teachers there are onto him and his charade . . .
The chapters alternate points of view with numerous characters.
Warnings/points to discuss: lying, cheating, destruction to property, brawls that show no respect for property/people By accident the district had forgotten to offer the course Human Growth and Development to the eighth grade gifted students. So there is some talk about "sex ed" and the need for summer school or "hands on experience"-you can imagine what inferences can be made with that phrase!
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