Trouble Magnet #2 (George Brown, Class Clown) [Paperback]

Nancy Krulik (Author), Aaron Blecha (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 7 and up | Grade Level: 2 and up | Series: George Brown, Class Clown

The annual talent show at Shirley S. Sugarman Elementary School is in just a few weeks, and George signs up to be a stagehand. He is determined to do a good job because the new, improved George is responsible and helpful and glad to pitch in. So is comic mayhem coming? Oh yeah, absolutely! But leave it to Nancy Krulik to devise an unexpected way for disaster to strike and bring down the curtain.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 2-4 George Brown suffers from an unusual malady: burps get him into major trouble. After each enormous belch, the fourth grader loses control of his body and ends up involved in wild antics that his classmates find hilarious but that infuriate adults. New at his school, George tries his hardest to control the burps to avoid being labeled the class clown, but disaster strikes when he's giving an oral report with a friend and again while he's performing with the class bully's band at the school talent show. Krulik has a good feel for the humor that appeals to beginning-chapter-book readers, and Blecha's black-and-white illustrations on nearly every spread expand on the child's zany behavior. Though George hasn't solved his problem by the end of book, he has learned a little about speaking up for himself and making amends for his actions. Give this to fans of Captain Underpants and Horrid Henry. Jackie Partch, Multnomah County Library, Portland, OR
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About the Author

Nancy Krulik is the author of many media-related books for young adults, including The New York Times best-seller Leonardo DiCaprio for Archway.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 7 and up
  
• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap (July 8, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0448453681
• ISBN-13: 978-0448453682
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #51,977 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Nancy Krulik is the author of more than 100 books for children and young adults, including three New York Times bestsellers. She is best known, however, for being the author and creator of the Katie Kazoo, Switcheroo book series. Nancy currently lives in Manhattan with her husband, composer Daniel Burwasser, their two children, Amanda and Ian, and a crazed cockerspaniel named Pepper.