Adam Canfield, Watch Your Back! Paperback by Michael Winerip

Product Details

• Publisher: Candlewick (2009-08-11)
• Language: English
• Paperback: 352 pages
• ISBN-13: 9780763644123
• Item Weight: 277.83 grams
• Dimensions: 7.63 x 5.19 x 0.92 cm

"Lots of laugh-out-loud humor, perfectly satirizing state tests, overzealous parents, and kids who are in danger of being enriched to death." — School and Library Journal

For overprogrammed middle-grader Adam Canfield, waking up to a snow day is a dream come true — a chance to sleep late, put off planning the next issue of The Slash, and make some quick cash with his shovel. But the dream turns into a nightmare when some high-school kids mug Adam for his shoveling money. Then not only does the media blast the embarrassing story, but Adam’s own co-editors plan a contest outing bullies at their school. In a second look behind the scenes at a middle school newspaper, Michael Winerip deftly blends kid-friendly humor with some provocative issues, including the subtle effects of class and racism and the thrill that comes from speaking truth to power.

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