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Gr 2–5—Readers will cheer the return of the Dunderheads, that subversive and exuberant mixed bag of kids named for their unique aptitudes—e.g., Einstein, Wheels, Junkyard, etc. The gang is thrilled to start summer vacation and escape the clutches of their ghastly teacher, Miss Breakbone. But hiring on as extras for a movie starring their favorite actress, Ashley Throbb-Hart, they discover, miserably, that their detestable teacher has done the same. ("I thought she toured with the Women's Wrestling League in the summer," m...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Since it's summer now, you'd hope that tyrannical Miss Breakbone's class would be free of her, but no. When the starstruck "Dunderhead" kids sign up to be extras in Ashley Throbb-Hart's latest movie, their erstwhile teacher and her police-chief brother are there too, still bristling with accusations. With a jewel thief at large, they finger Spider. "Where's the evidence?" demands narrator Einstein. "‘The kid's a climber,' says Chief Breakbone. ‘I don't ne...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

You'd think that summer means tyrannical Miss Breakbone's class (<i>The Dunderheads</i>) would be free of her. But when the kids sign up to be extr...Log In or Sign Up to Read More