Product Description

Mayhem breaks out in the fifth grade when the Venice Menace bullies his classmates into letting him become a regular guest on "Kidsview," the school's radio program. Benjy Driver dreams of becoming a big-time radio announcer. He gets an opportunity to develop his skills on a radio show produced by kids and aired every Saturday afternoon from the local station. Classic Korman hilarity ensues as a talking parrot says all the wrong things, a hair dryer jams radios and traffic lights, and a school bully writes stories about two kittens named Fuzzy and Puffy...but not the kind of stories that should be read on air!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #473458 in Books
• Published on: 2006-05-01
• Binding: Paperback
• 192 pages

From Publishers Weekly
Korman ( A Semester in the Life of a Garbage Bag ; Don't Care High )tackles the topic of student-run radio with characteristic lightheartedness. Benjy hopes for great things for "his" show, but circumstances conspire against it: a stubbornly silent parrot from their sole sponsor could mean the end of their funding, a new teacher assigns so much work that Benjy and his coproducers don't have time for the show, the school bully is muscling in on their airtime in order to read his truly bad creative writing, and their faculty adviser, addicted to SF novels with titles like Vampire Slave Monsters of the Planet Garafraxa , simply tells them to solve their problems by themselves. Like his earlier work, Korman's latest is feelingly written and earns a place with the best middle-grade fiction; more than a romp, it has genuine charm. Ages 9-12.
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From School Library Journal
Grade 5-8-- Benjy Driver dreams of becoming a big-time radio announcer. He gets an opportunity to develop his skills on a radio show produced by kids and aired every Saturday afternoon from the local station. The many elements of the novel's complicated and episodic plot involve a teacher who wins the state lottery, a talking parrot who says all the wrong things, a hair dryer that jams radios and traffic lights, and a school bully who writes stories about two kittens named Fuzzy and Puffy. Although the plot is thin and the characters one-dimensional, this story works well on the level of sheer farce. Korman is good at creating chaotic, if not always believable, situations. And although not all of the jokes work and the perspective is somewhat adult, this book has a fast pace and an amusing, goofy tone that many kids will enjoy. --Todd Morning, Schaumburg Township Pub . Lib . , IL
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About the Author
Gordon Korman has written more than fifty books for children and young adults, including four ALA Best Books for Young Adults: Son of the Mob, A Semester in the Life of a Garbage Bag, Son of Interflux and Losing Joe's Place. When he was 12, he wrote his first book, This Can't Be Happening!, about the adventures of two friends, Bruno and Boots, who went to a boarding school called Macdonald Hall. He has written six other books about Macdonald Hall, which have recently been reissued. Gordon has also written The New York Times bestseller, 39 Clues: One False Note and plans to write more for the series. He also wrote Swindle, a Silver Birch nominee, and its sequel, Zoobreak. Other popular Korman books include: The Juvie Three, Pop, The 6th Grade Nickname Game, Jake Reinvented, Maxx Comedy, The Everest Trilogy, The Island Trilogy and The Dive Trilogy. A native of Thornhill, Ontario, and a graduate of New York University's School of Dramatic Writing, Korman lives in New York with his family and writes full-time.