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February 9, 2009
SCIENCE FAIR by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson
Terrorism is not a funny subject, but Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson (Peter and the Starcatchers) have created a very funny tale of terrorism gone beserk in SCIENCE FAIR: A STORY OF MYSTERY, DANGER, INTERNATIONAL SUSPENSE AND A VERY NERVOUS FROG.
Toby Harbinger is an eighth grader at Hubble Middle School, and each year there is an annual science fair with the winner receiving a cash prize. Most, well I should say all of the time, the winner came from a group of wealthy students, who had parents willing to pay for a first place project. This year Toby planned to prove to the principal; these students cheated.
At the same time in the extremely tiny county of Krpshtskan, Grdankl the Strong, President of Krpshtskan, was planning on bringing the USA to its knees. This was very interesting, since Krpshtskan was a very poor country with only one computer that ran Windows 98.
Toby and his friends, Tamara and Micah, faced the challenges of wealthy students, nonbelieving teachers and administrators, a weird science genius, and the federal governement, while they uncover who is cheating at the science fair and the terrorist plot to bring down the country.
This is a very funny story. I RECOMMEND IT FOR ALL MIDDLE SCHOOL READERS WHO LIKE SCIENCE, STAR WARS AND JUST PLAIN SILLINESS.
Mrs. Jackson
Head of Young Adult Services
Posted by fjacksonem at February 9, 2009 2:42 PM