Help! I'm a Classroom Gambler [Paperback]

Pete Johnson (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 9 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up

Harvey thinks school is the most boring place on earth - and so he and his friends devise a way to help relieve their boredom. Lessons are actually quite interesting when you have more at stake than just whether you'll get through it without being sent to the head. Harvey and his fellow gamblers start to bet on how many times the supply teacher will give a nervous twitch, how often the Head will blow his nose and lots of other possible outcomes. All of a sudden, school is fun - but then the gambling craze starts to spread and Harvey realises it's all getting out of control… A brilliant subversive look at classroom pranks and what goes on under the teacher's nose. Back Cover Text BE LUCKY! HARVEY finds school stupendously, spectacularly, mind-blowingly BORING. So he decides to LIVEN things up a bit. It begins with a BET with his best mate on how many times their maths teacher, Wobblebottom, will SCRATCH under his arms before the bell goes (NINE times!). And the PRIZE is an ice cream. But as gambling FEVER spreads and the bets get BIGGER and BIGGER, Harvey suddenly finds his genius idea has gone completely and totally...OUT OF CONTROL. HELP! A hilarious new tale from the award-winning author of Trust Me, I'm a Troublemaker and How to Train Your Parents. 'Pete Johnson (is) one of our best contemporary children's humourists' TES Keynotes A fantastically funny view of the seedy world of schoolboy gambling from the hilarious Pete Johnson Sales Points Pete Johnson's life sales at RHCB exceed 250,000 From the award-winning author of THE GHOST DOG, THE CREEPER, THE FRIGHTENERS, RESCUING DAD and many other titles A very promotable author with strong trade recognition and regular appearances at conferences and in schools Lively and very contemporary with a bright, cool cover and a title that should immediately attract young readers Humorous and accessible writing, appeals to readers across a wide age-range, including older reluctant readers

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About the Author

Pete Johnson began work as a film critic for Radio One, then became a teacher. His experiences in the classroom led to his beginning to write and he still keeps contact with a panel of young readers to gain the viewpoint of the actual reader as he writes new titles. He is the author of several titles for the Corgi Yearling list. He lives in St. Albans, Hertfordshire.

From AudioFile

Paul Chequer's high energy and dramatics are the perfect way to express the character of Harvey, who's bright but totally bored in school. Adolescent energy has to go somewhere, and Chequer keeps up the mad pace as Harvey and his mate, George, challenge each other to betting on probabilities to spice up their school hours. How many times will math teacher Wobblebottom scratch under his arms before the bell rings, or substitute Twitchy twitch in one lesson? Before he knows it, Harvey's got the whole school involved in betting and finds himself running a gambling syndicate. Chequer's dramatic reading aptly presents Harvey's stress when everything starts to fall apart. S.W. © AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9 and up
  
• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Transworld Publishers (May 23, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0440866278
• ISBN-13: 978-0440866275
• Product Dimensions: 5.1 x 0.5 x 7.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,842,812 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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