Lunch Lady and the Summer Camp Shakedown: Lunch Lady #4 [Paperback]

Jarrett J. Krosoczka (Author)

Book Description

Release date: May 11, 2010 | Age Range: 8 and up | Series: Lunch Lady | Lexile Measure: 390L (What's this?)

Lunch Lady and the Breakfast Bunch kids are looking forward to a relaxing summer vacation with no funny business. What evils could befall them at summer camp?

Of course, there is the legendary swamp monster. Stories say he haunts the camp at night. But that's just a legend. Or is it?

Once again, Dee, Hector, and Terrence must help Lunch Lady prevail against a secret enemy!

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 2-5 Fun and funny. Brave Lunch Lady her reliable sidekick, Betty and those inquisitive kids Hector, Dee, and Terrence move the mystery and adventure to the road as they take on the slimy swamp monster that's been terrifying Camp Fun Times. There are plenty of suspects as the kids get to know their counselors, but Lunch Lady and Betty are ready for anything with new gadgets like an Underwater Bendy-Straw Breathing Apparatus and an Underwater Mixer-Propulsion Backpack. The two-color art is loopy and energetic, with varied, easy-to-follow page layouts. Jokes and puns are sprinkled throughout to keep the energy high until the exciting finale. Paula Willey, Baltimore County Public Library, Towson, MD
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From Booklist

Elementary-schoolers Dee, Hector, and Terrence go to a sleepaway camp where the supersleuth Lunch Lady from their school happens to be working her off-season. At camp, the prepubescent boys and girls behave with developmentally appropriate lapses in social niceties: the boys crack jokes about farts, while Dee really doesn’t get why the other girls have crushes on the cute male counselors. Lunch Lady and her assistant, meanwhile, utilize imaginative foodie tech to battle the mysterious Scum Monster, including Taco-vision night goggles worn to their Salisbury stakeout. Krosoczka’s inventive visual details, spot-on characterizations, and grade-school humor make this a standout graphic-novel series. Grades 3-5. --Francisca Goldsmith

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Product Details

• Age Range: 8 and up
  
• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers; 1 edition (May 11, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 9780375860959
• ISBN-13: 978-0375860959
• ASIN: 0375860959
• Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.4 x 7.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #26,591 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #94 in Books > Comics & Graphic Novels > Manga

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars A winner for our 8 yo! November 16, 2010

By San

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Our 8 yo daughter is a reluctant reader despite many attempts to get her interested in other books. She asked for this book at her school book fair yesterday and read half the book on her own last night-laughing out loud. She was even reading it on her way down the stairs to breakfast and I had to ask her to put it down to eat!! Her enthusiasm has prompted me now to order other books in the series.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Get Young Readers Interested in Reading October 1, 2011

By Norma L. Samis

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Reading isn't just about school and I have 4 great nieces and nephews that I really hoped would love reading. Two of them don't; the Lunch Lady was part of my plan to entice them to read and...it worked! The fact that it looks like comic strips was an immediate win; the story was fun and interesting. I kept the books at my house and they didn't finish the one they were reading in the first visit. The true test of whether the books were worth it was the kids reaction when they returned for the second visit; they picked up the book they were reading and finished them! No school work; no book report...just fun! I'll be adding more of these books for future visits and also start sneaking in some regular books too. Thanks Lunch Lady...You Rock!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars A Hit September 21, 2011

By Queenie 12

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I gave this book, Lunch Lady and the Summer Camp Shakedown, to my eight year old grand-daughter and she loves it. Though there
are abundant illustrations, she likes the story and is proud to be able to read it herself.