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Summary
Summary
With more than 30 million books sold, the My Weird School series really gets kids reading!
In the twentieth book in the My Weird School series, something groovy is going on! It's Valentine's Day! And Mr. Louie, the hippie crossing guard, put a love potion in the water fountain. Now teachers are flirting with each other! Girls are asking boys out on dates! Will A.J. have to kiss Andrea? Not if he can help it. Yuck!
Perfect for reluctant readers and word lovers alike, Dan Gutman's hugely popular My Weird School series has something for everyone. Don't miss the hilarious adventures of A.J. and the gang.
Author Notes
Dan Gutman was born in New York City on October 19, 1955. He received a degree in psychology from Rutgers University in 1977. He started a video game magazine in 1982 called Video Games Player, which later became Computer Games. When the magazine went out of business in 1985, he decided to become a full-time writer. He wrote several non-fiction baseball books for adults, before changing his focus to non-fiction sports books for children. In 1994, he decided to switch to children's fiction. He is the author of the Baseball Card Adventures Series, My Weird School series, My Weird School Daze series, My Weirder School series, and The Genius Files series. In 2014 his title, Texas with Love, which was the fourth book in the Genius Files Series, made The New York Times Best Seller List.
(Bowker Author Biography)
Excerpts
Excerpts
My Weird School #20: Mr. Louie Is Screwy! Chapter One The H Word and the L Word My name is A.J. and I hate school. "I hate school," I told my friend Ryan, who will eat anything, even stuff that isn't food. "Me too," he said. We were walking to Ella Mentry School with our friend Michael, who never ties his shoes. "Me three," said Michael. "I hate school too." "Well, I hate school more than you guys do," I said. "Nobody hates school more than me," said Ryan. "I hated school before you guys hated school," said Michael. "Oh, yeah?" I told him. "I hated school before you were even born." Any time you want to win an argument, just tell the other person you did something before they were born. It works every time. That's the first rule of being a kid.* "Groovy!" somebody said as we were about to cross Walnut Street. "I can dig where you dudes are coming from." It was Mr. Louie, our crossing guard! He was standing at the corner of Walnut Street in front of the school. Mr. Louie always wears sandals and a tie-dyed shirt. He held up his guitar, which he uses as a stop sign. "But it's a drag to use the H word," Mr. Louie told us. "Hate is a downer, man. You should say 'love.'" Ugh! Mr. Louie said the L word! "Ewwww!" we all yelled. "There's too much hate in the world," Mr. Louie explained, "and not enough love." Mr. Louie used to be a judge, but he quit because he said there were too many bad vibes (whatever they are). That's when he became a crossing guard. "The L word is for girls," I said. "Love is for everyone," Mr. Louie told us. "Do you know why I love love so much? Every morning I take a love potion. You dudes should take some, too." "No thanks!" we all said. I never heard of a love potion. Maybe Mr. Louie was yanking our chain. "School is cool," he said. "You dudes should say you love school." "I'm not saying the L word out loud," I announced. "A.J.," Mr. Louie told me, "if you don't say 'I love school,' I'm gonna tell everybody you love . . . Andrea!" Ewwwwwwwww-wwwwww! Andrea Young is this really annoying girl in my class with curly brown hair. I don't love Andrea. I don't even like Andrea. I hate Andrea! So I sure didn't want Mr. Louie telling everybody I love her. "Okay, okay," I said quietly, so nobody else would hear. "I love school." "Outta sight!" said Mr. Louie. "Gimme some skin, A.J. Feel the love!" "Oooooh!" Ryan said. "A.J. is in love with school!" "When are you gonna get married to the school, A.J.?" asked Michael. If those guys weren't my best friends, I would hate them.* My Weird School #20: Mr. Louie Is Screwy! . Copyright © by Dan Gutman. Reprinted by permission of HarperCollins Publishers, Inc. All rights reserved. Available now wherever books are sold. Excerpted from Mr. Louie Is Screwy! by Dan Gutman All rights reserved by the original copyright owners. Excerpts are provided for display purposes only and may not be reproduced, reprinted or distributed without the written permission of the publisher.
