The Cut-ups Crack Up (Easy-to-Read, Puffin) [Paperback]

James Marshall (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1, 1994 | Series: Easy-to-Read, Puffin

No one's safe when Spud and Joe get behind the wheel of principal Lamar J. Spurgle's prized new sports car. All they wanted was a picture of themselves--how were they supposed to know which button was the ignition switch? Before they know it, the Cut-Ups are off on the ride of their lives. Full color.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 1-3-- Marshall's Cut-Ups are back in a capricious comedy. The never cautious boys, Spud and Joe, are playing car crash with crates when two classmates, Charles Andrew and Mary Frances, come sneering by. Joe makes up a real car to brag about, which leads to the accidental borrowing of Principal Lamar J. Spurgle's new sports convertible and a hair-raising tour of the town while Spud frantically tries to find the brakes. The brakes are found, the car snatched by the sneering classmates, the Board of Education threatens to confiscate the vehicle, the Cut-Ups almost confess, but all ends happily--just another average day for those wild and crazy boys. Although the hypervigilant might fuss about the boys stealing a car, it is clearly not their intention nor is the ride fun for them--only for the readers who will delight in the predicament. Marshall's bold pen-and-ink and watercolor cartoons continue to splash across the pages with sheer silliness. Cut-Up fans won't be disappointed with this fifth caper and the uninitiated are sure to appreciate the fun. --Jody McCoy, Casady School, Oklahoma City
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From Kirkus Reviews

Irrepressible ``cut-ups'' Spud and Joe abandon their game of car crash to try to get a video of themselves in old enemy Principal Lamar J. Spurgle's new red convertible. The car's burglar alarm resounds with a siren and mechanical cries for help; frantically trying to turn it off, the kids accidentally start the car. After a wild ride, they finally find the brakes; and in a grand finale, the school board brings Spurgle to his knees while prigs Charles Andrew and Mary Frances get blamed for taking the car and the cut-ups wisely slip away. Kids may not be aware of just how deft and economical Marshall's plotting is here, but they sure to be delighted with the lively events and wryly comical illustrations in this fifth in a popular series. (Picture book. 4-8) -- Copyright ©1992, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 32 pages
• Publisher: Puffin (June 1, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0140553185
• ISBN-13: 978-0140553185
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 7 x 0.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #156,676 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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A Kid's Review

This review is from: The Cut-ups Crack Up (Easy-to-Read, Puffin) (Paperback)

There are two boys always geting into trouble,but their parnts can't seperate the boys ones they get together.Every one who knew the boys they called them The Cut-Ups.The Cut-Ups got into trouble all the time,they destroyd every thing.Then a girl came where the Cut-Ups were and she had a sports car about hre size and the Cut-Ups wanted to take ride then thegot on ,then they stoped in front of a house it had lots of sins like"KEEP OF",that was the girl's neighbor,the girl told the Cut-Ups that hre neighbor loved children but he neighbor did not like children,her neighbor has lots of toys because evry thing that comes to his yard he does not gives it back.Then after the girl said that she a rocket,they went to see the rocket then the CUt-Ups wnted to get on it,so they got on it and the girl lnced the rocket and the Cut-Ups flew and crashed through the window and the man got mad and chased the Cut-Ups and he almost got them,and the girl went inside her neighbor's house and got as much toys as she could.