Product Details
Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, October 2009
eBook, 176 pages
ISBN-10: 1442407093
ISBN-13: 9781442407091
Ages: 8 - 12
Grades: 3 - 7
Awards and Nominations
- Booklist Editors' Choice
- Chicago Public Library's Best of the Best
- Child Magazine's Guide to Top Books, Videos and Software of the Year
- Colorado Children's Book Award Master List
- Golden Sower Award (NE)
- Indian Paintbrush Book Award Master List (WY)
- Iowa Children's Choice Award Master List
- IRA/CBC Children's Choices
- Land of Enchantment Children's Master List (NM)
- Massachusetts Children's Book Award Master List
- Maud Hart Lovelace Award Master List (MN)
- Nene Award Master List (HI)
- Nutmeg Children's Book Award Nominee (CT)
- Pacific Northwest Young Reader's Choice Award Master List
- Prairie Pasque Award (SD)
- Sasquatch Reading Award Nominee (WA)
- South Carolina Book Award Nominee
- Sunshine State Young Reader's Award Master List (FL)
- Virginia Readers’ Choice Award Master List
- Volunteer State Book Award Master List (TN)
- Young Hoosier Book Award Master List (IN)
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Description
Doing homework becomes a thing of the past!
Meet the D Squad, a foursome of fifth graders at the Grand Canyon School made up of a geek, a class clown, a teacher's pet, and a slacker. They are bound together by one very big secret: the homework machine. Because the machine, code-named Belch, is doing their homework for them, they start spending a lot of time together, attracting a lot of attention. And attention is exactly what you don't want when you are keeping a secret.
Before long, things start to get out of control, and Belch becomes much more powerful than they ever imagined. Now the kids are in a race against their own creation, and the loser could end up in jail...or worse!
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How did you come to write this book?
Well, it wasn't any genius idea on my part. I just figured that every kid would love to have a machine that does homework automatically. It was a no-brainer. After that, I had to come up with a twist to make that story even more interesting.
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