Tripping Over the Lunch Lady: and Other School Stories - Hardcover

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Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0803728735 ISBN 13: 9780803728738

Publisher: Dial Books, 2004

Synopsis

A collection of ten stories, from such contributors as Avi, Angela Johnson, Sarah Weeks, and David Rice, recreates the horrors and hilarity of middle school, from missing the bus to opting for square dancing over an evil trampoline in gym class.

About this title

About the Author:

Nancy E. Mercado lives in New York City.

From School Library Journal:

Grade 5-7–This amusing anthology of 10 short stories, by authors such as Avi, Angela Johnson, David Lubar, and Rachel Vail, will resonate with students everywhere. Sarah Weeks's "Experts, Incorporated," explores how a name can lead to horrific nicknames, like that of the protagonist: Curtain, Rod. Readers will cringe at their own inadequacies, sympathize with the embarrassment of the characters, groan at the familiar odor of "fish sticks in the lunchroom," and cheer when the shame of being in "Special Reading" results in self-awareness and new friends. James Proimos's "The Grade School Zone" is a comic-strip story of a boy's Italian grandmother who fractures the English language. Lee Wardlaw's "The Desk" centers on the mystery and magic arising from the seat of an itinerant circus student, and David Rice's "Tied to Zelda" describes a crush on a friend in school. A skillfully written and engaging collection that's sure to be popular.–Rebecca Sheridan, Easttown Library & Information Center, Berwyn, PA
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About this edition

• Publisher: Dial Books
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0803728735
• ISBN 13: 9780803728738
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 192
• Editor: Mercado Nancy