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The Dunderheads by Paul Fleischman
4.0

This division II book makes for a great booktalk. It is somewhat reminiscent of Matilda, in that Paul Fleischman starts his book with a rant from frightening teacher who gives herself a gold star when she makes a student cry. This challenge, to the “fiddling, twiddling, time-squandering, mind-wandering, doodling, dozing, don’t-knowing dunderheads" in the class, is only the first step on the way to getting the dunderheads set to get their revenge. Will they?