Leon and the Champion Chip (Hardcover)

~ (Author), Bret Bertholf (Illustrator)
Key Phrases: chew factors, mystery chip, three fifth graders, Fergus O'Hare, Idaho Furtles, Emma Zeisel (more...)

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 4-6–This sequel to Leon and the Spitting Image (HarperCollins, 2003) offers the same laughs and preponderance of plot points involving saliva. Here, Leon Zeisel, potato-chip collector extraordinaire, works hard to create a voodoo doll powered by spit that will give school bully Lumpkin a turbowedgie. In the meantime, an invigorating and unorthodox new science teacher gets his class involved in a semester of studying Leons beloved snack, and the fifth grader enters the Chipapalooza, a potato-chip trivia and taste-test competition. Leons friends Lily-Matisse and P.W. continue to be his abettors, and he still lives in his mothers hotel with an extended family of employees and often-bizarre animals traipsing through the hallways. Playful drawings throughout, including presidential portrait chips on the endpapers, add greatly to the fun. Kids will enjoy this rollicking comedy.–B. Allison Gray, John Jermain Library, Sag Harbor, NY
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From Booklist

Gr. 3-6. In this sequel to Leon and the Spitting Image (2003), fifth-grader Leon Zeisel plans to take revenge upon his nemesis, bully Henry Lumpkin, by using an animated soft-sculpture doll. Despite earlier success with a figure of his fourth-grade teacher, Leon's "Lumpy" action figure doesn't work, and as Leon tries to correct the doll's problems, he becomes sidetracked by a science curriculum revolving around potato chips and a plan to save science teacher Franklin Sparks from termination. When success finally comes, revenge is sweet. Although technically a fantasy (Lumpy becomes animated in part by an application of spit), the story contains a great deal of accurate science. Quirky but likable characters, a focus on fifth-grade preoccupations (including wedgies), and some very bad puns will further endear this story to its intended audience. Kay Weisman
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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9-12
  
• Hardcover: 352 pages
• Publisher: Greenwillow; First Edition edition (September 20, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 006053933X
• ISBN-13: 978-0060539337
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.6 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #455,408 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars I liked this book, February 27, 2006

A Kid's Review

This book picks up where Leon and the Spitting Image leaves off. Leon is in fifth grade. He has two friends, P.W. and Lily Matisse. He collects potato chip bags. His science teacher, Mr. Sparks, asked Leon and his classmates what their hobbies were. Leon says, "potato chips"! Mr. Sparks says the class can spend the rest of the year learning about potato chips. And that is just what they do. On one occasion, Mr. Sparks takes the class on a field trip to a potato chip factory. It is funny because Lumpkin eats "president-shaped" potato chips. The book includes drawings of all 42 presidents as potato chips.

I liked this book because it was very funny.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A very interesting book, December 9, 2006

A Kid's Review

This book is great!!! It includes a bully named Lumpkin,a boy named Leon, two of Leon's friends named P.W. and Lily-Matisse, a wacky science teacher named Mr.Sparks and many more characters. While at home Leon and his friends are doing an experiment and preparing for a contest, at school Leon and his classmates have the wackiest techer ever. He takes off his shirt during class, tells his students not to use textbooks and he lets his stiudents pick the topic that they would be studying that year which ended up being potato chips. Leon loves having Mr. Sparks as a teacher but parents start wanting to fire him. Leon and his classmates were going to have to prove to their parents for once and for all that Mr.Sparks is a great teacher.

TO FIND OUT MORE READ THE BOOK BECAUSE IT IS A GREAT BOOK!!!!!!!!!