Bully Jake and Grace's Fate - Mary Korte - Bog

Bully Jake and Grace's Fate, book 1 of 3 in the Cocky Chicks Series, dramatizes in rhyme what happens when all-day play replaces learning in a sixth-grade classroom.EIGHT illustrationsLESS THAN fifty words per pageEYE-APPEALING formattingA GLOSSARY defining text-underlined words.NO supervision, NO limits to adhere to, and NO homework means NO brain stretching for twenty-nine cocky chicks. Stepping off the school bus each morning, looking forward to a day filled with nothing but play, leads to creative minds wandering toward devious ways. One student, Bully Jake (who forever clamors for attention), loves trapping timid Grace in no-win situations.School day after school day, twenty-nine cocky chicks [In this story, chicks are both male and female.] manipulate their wimpy teacher, Mr. Cock-ROOSTER [He is also the school principal.] into sending them outside to play. The drill is simple. Create a rowdy-ruckus roar, and Mr. Cock-Rooster will send us out the door.But oh, their non-learning endeavors make Mr. Boar (the fifth-grade teacher next door) angry to his core.All year, not a smidgen of schoolwork they do as day after day, they play baseball out under the sun. But one spring day, much more lies at stake than either side (the boys against the girls) winning, as proven by one cocky chick NOT grinning.Besides being fun reading, this rhyming parody promotes diversity, teaches valuable life lessons, and emphasizes the importance of education.