The sequel The Dunderheads Behind Bars is equally delightful.įind The Dunderheads at your local library. subversive, outrageously funny tale by Newbery Medal winner Paul Fleischman. It’s a fun read that is well worn in our household. Dunderheads, unite A tyrannical teacher gets her just due in a delightfully. Each of the kids in the book has a special skill and the group must use all the skills to defeat Breakbone. When Breakbone snatches a birthday gift purchased for one of the mother of a Dunderhead member, they come together as a team to outwit her. Breakbone, a sadistic teacher who keeps an electric chair in the classroom, refers to this collective as the Dunderheads. Illustrator David Roberts renders each of the ten child protagonists with great care. Unlike many of the books in its category, it doesn’t speak down its readers, and the characters are strange and delightful. Like many of the popular titles for this age group it is about a group of clever kids outsmarting a mean teacher. Reviews aren't verified, but Google checks for and removes fake content when it's. The Dunderheads occupies that narrowly inhabited space between picture books and chapter books. Ages 6–10.Misunderstood kids use their everyday super powers to outwit an evil teacher. Schoolchildren will adore this story of pupil revenge.

) drawings, with their delicate lines and sly cultural references (Miss Breakbone looks like a cold war–era prison guard), convey just the right note of dastardly charm.

11 Total Resources 2 Awards View Text Complexity Discover. But if they tested for paper-clip chains.” Roberts’s ( The Dumpster Diver Paul Fleischman meets Roald Dahl in a wickedly funny story featuring a deliciously. “I nodded to Clips,” Einstein says about the kid whose creations help them enter Miss Breakbone’s lair. ) appreciation for kids whose loser exteriors hide unexpected talent (each gets an apt nickname). 17 editions Dunderheads, unite A tyrannical teacher gets her Want to Read Rate it: The Dunderheads Behind Bars by Paul Fleischman 3.Action and zaniness animate every page of this picture book/early reader hybrid, but the story’s real virtue is Newbery winner Fleischman’s ( Joyful Noise The Dunderheads Series 2 primary works 2 total works The Dunderheads by Paul Fleischman 3.87 Einstein, the genius hero, marshals his classmates’ skills (hypnotism, spitballs, perfect knowledge of movie plots) and pulls off the perfect break-in. They have no choice: Miss Breakbone has insulted them (“doodling, dozing, don’t-knowing dunderheads!”), confiscated a cat figurine that Junkyard was saving for his mother’s birthday and then dared them to retaliate. is no match for her students, once they put their heads together. The fiendish Miss Breakbone-a teacher with her own electric chair and a subscription to Guard Dog Lovers Monthly

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