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Dunces Anonymous
Contributor(s): Jaimet, Kate (Author)
ISBN: 1554690978     ISBN-13: 9781554690978
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
OUR PRICE:   $8.96  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: October 2009
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Temporarily out of stock - Will ship within 2 to 5 weeks
Annotation: "There's strength in numbers, even small ones."
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | School & Education
- Juvenile Fiction | Family - Parents
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Self-esteem & Self-reliance
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 2009929364
Lexile Measure: 740
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5" W x 7.4" (0.40 lbs) 168 pages
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 136441
Reading Level: 4.7   Interest Level: Middle Grades   Point Value: 4.0
 
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Publisher Description:
Josh Johnson's mother wants him to run for class president. Josh just wants to run and hide. If only there were a club to help downtrodden eleven-year-olds escape their parents' ambitions But since no such club exists, Josh has to invent one--he calls it Dunces Anonymous, and before he knows it, the membership is up to three.

Magnolia and Wang help Josh lose the school presidential election, but that's just the beginning of the club's activities. Magnolia, pressured by her mom into trying out for the role of Juliet in the school's play, finds herself fending off the advances of an overly amorous Romeo. Wang's father has forced him to join the school chess club, but Wang desperately wants to take fencing lessons instead.

As the three friends try to free Magnolia from the school play, liberate Wang from the chess club and get rid of horrible Stacey Hogarth, who has vowed to become the new president of Dunces Anonymous, they realize that they all have talents--if only their parents could see them.


Contributor Bio(s): Jaimet, Kate: -

Kate Jaimet is an author and journalist who recently began a freelance career after many years as a daily newspaper reporter for the Ottawa Citizen. Kate lives in Ottawa, Ontario. More information is available at www.katejaimet.com.