The BAD NEWS BULLY: THE KIDS ON BUS 5 #1 (Kids on Bus Five) [Paperback]

Marcia Leonard (Author)

Book Description

Series: Kids on Bus Five

Welcome To Bus Five

Natalie Adams and James Penny have just started third grade. They like their teacher, and they like Maple Street School. The only trouble is, they have to ride bad old Bus Five to get there!

The bus driver shouts so much, they call him Old Yeller. And there's a bully nicknamed Hank the Tank, who picks on everyone. When he picks on Natalie's little brother, Cody, she and James decide to fight back. But how can they stop the Tank?

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

When Natalie's younger brother Cody gets an unsightly buzz haircut the day before starting kindergarten, she knows that facing his classmates won't be nearly as challenging as enduring the ride to school on Bus Five, "the worst bus in the history of Maple Street School." And she's right. Hank, the tale's villain, wastes no time yanking Cody's hat off his head, calling him a "midget bald old man" and causing the poor kid to spill his ant farm all over the bus floor. As this first volume of the The Kids on Bus Five series bumps along, Natalie and fellow third-grader James mastermind several plans to reform nasty Hank, who eventually gets his requisite comeuppance. That this scoundrel gets away with as much as he does strains the plot's credibility, even though the banter here is believable enough. Given the debut book's slight plot and the limitations of the series' setting, it may be difficult to keep this line rolling along. Ages 7-9.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Paperback: 80 pages
• Publisher: Aladdin (August 1, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0671541889
• ISBN-13: 978-0671541880
• Product Dimensions: 7.1 x 4.9 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,587,991 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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