Unschooled

Title:

Unschooled

Author:

Summary:

Fifth graders George and Lilly are best friends, but when they end up leading separate teams competing for the Spirit Week prize, it puts a strain on their friendship, especially when the competition generates a host of nasty pranks designed to sabotage their teams--and if Principal Klein finds out what is going on, Spirit Week will be canceled and everybody concerned will spend the rest of the year in detention.-- Provided by Publisher.

Edition:

First edition.

Physical Description:

279 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Subject Term:

Best friends -- Juvenile fiction.

Friendship -- Juvenile fiction.

Competition (Psychology) -- Juvenile fiction.

Practical jokes -- Juvenile fiction.

Schools -- Juvenile fiction.

Publisher:

Scholastic Press,

Publication Date:

2017

ISBN:

9781338116885

Publication Information:

New York : Scholastic Press, [2017]

Call Number:

J WOODROW

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Summary

Allan Woodrow is back with another pitch-perfect middle-grade novel full of hilarious antics, epic arguments, and a fifth grade that just doesn't get along!This year's fifth graders are the worst Principal Klein has ever seen. But he's hoping that Spirit Week can teach them teamwork, with a top secret prize for the winning team as incentive.Best friends George and Lilly have been looking forward to Spirit Week all year. They might be complete opposites, but they can't wait to be on the winning team together. When their classes end up rivals, with Lilly leading Team Red and George leading Team Blue, the friends swear they can compete and remain best friends.But suddenly there are slimed lockers, sabotaged costumes, and class pets held hostage. As the pranks escalate, it threatens everything, including the prize. Because if Principal Klein finds out, Spirit Week will be cancelled and the students will spend the rest of the year in detention.Can George and Lilly find a way to fix their friendship and get the entire fifth grade to play fair, or is the most awesome week of fifth grade about to make this the worst school year ever?

Author Notes

Allan Woodrow is the author of Unschooled , Class Dismissed , and The Pet War , as well as other books for young readers, written under secret names. His writing also appears in the Scholastic anthology Lucky Dog: Twelve Tales of Rescued Dogs . Allan currently lives near Chicago with his family. For more about Allan and his books, visit him online at www.allanwoodrow.com.

Reviews (1)

School Library Journal Review

Gr 3-5-It's Spirit Week at Liberty Falls Elementary, and the fifth grade class has been divided into two teams-Blue and Red. Best friends George and Lilly have been looking forward to this event all year. Together they can conquer any challenge. To make the contest even more enticing, Principal Klein announces a secret prize for the winning team. Disaster strikes as George and Lilly realize that they are not only on different teams but are also rival captains. No one is playing fair, and Principal Klein threatens to cancel Spirit Week as team members are slimed, costumes sabotaged, and class pets held for ransom. George and Lilly struggle to salvage their friendship and save Spirit Week. Told in the alternating voices of the two protagonists, this work provides good fodder for discussion on right vs. wrong, pride, achievement, responsibility, and self-esteem. VERDICT This well-written, engaging story will be popular with middle graders. A good selection for most shelves.-Paula Huddy, The Blake School-Highcroft Campus, Wayzata, MN © Copyright 2017. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.