Trick Out My School! (The Classroom, 3) - Hardcover

Gr 4-6 In the third book, seventh grader Trevor Jones and his friends are the subjects of a documentary film. The entire crew has come to Westside Middle School to record the school's upcoming "tricked out" makeover. With short chapters interspersed with illustrations, interview transcripts, and notebook entries, this series should attract reluctant or struggling readers. Though the characters are seventh graders, the text and design are more solidly in middle-grade territory. SLJ"

The school face-lift that overachieving seventh-grade class-president Libby scores from "the highest-rated school makeover reality show on TV" brings host Kip "Hottie McHotster" Lee and a second camera crew to Westside Middle School (already the setting for an ongoing reality show). It also opens multiple cans of worms for Libby with the discovery that beneath the razzle-dazzle, the makeover is largely a sham. AS in previous episodes of The Classroom, the on-camera conceit is readily abandoned for a lively mixture of inner ruminations and chapters of third-person narrative. More light school comedy, with frequent cartoon head shots, notebook pages, and illustrated high spots. John Peters Booklist Online"

PRAISE FOR THE CLASSROOM: THE EPIC DOCUMENTARY OF A NOT-YET-EPIC KID
"Mellom has a gift for school-days humor, and her novel is very entertaining." "Publishers Weekly""

PRAISE FOR THE CLASSROOM: THE EPIC DOCUMENTARY OF A NOT-YET-EPIC KID

"Mellom has a gift for school-days humor, and her novel is very entertaining."--Publishers Weekly

Robin Mellom (www.robinmellom.com) has taught grades five through eight and has a master's degree in education. She is the author of The Classroom: The Epic Documentary of a Not-Yet Epic Kid, and The Classroom: Student Council Smackdown!, as well as the young adult novel Ditched: A Love Story. She lives with her husband and son in Los Osos, California. Follow her on Twitter @robinmellom.

Stephen Gilpin (www.sgilpin.com) is the illustrator of more than 30 children's books, including the Who Shrunk Daniel Funk? and Super Chicken Nugget Boy series. He lives in Hiawatha, Kansas with his wife, Angie, and kids. Follow him on Twitter @Sparkgilpin.