Adam Canfield, Watch Your Back!

by WINERIP, MICHAEL

• ISBN13: 9780763644123
• ISBN10: 0763644129
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-08-11
• Publisher: Candlewick

Summary

"Lots of laugh-out-loud humor, perfectly satirizing state tests, overzealous parents, and kids who are in danger of being enriched to death." SCHOOL AND LIBRARY JOURNAL For overprogrammed middle-grader Adam Canfield, waking up to a snow day is a dream come true a chance to sleep late, put off planning the next issue of THE SLASH, and make some quick cash with his shovel. But the dream turns into a nightmare when some high-school kids mug Adam for his shoveling money. Then not only does the media blast the embarrassing story, but Adam's own co-editors plan a contest outing bullies at their school. In a second look behind the scenes at a middleschool newspaper, Michael Winerip deftly blends kid-friendly humor with some provocative issues, including the subtle effects of class and racism and the thrill that comes from speaking truth to power.

Author Biography

Michael Winerip is the author of ADAM CANFIELD OF THE SLASH. A Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and columnist for the NEW YORK TIMES, he lives in Lido Beach, New York.