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The dunderheads by paul fleischman6/27/2023 ![]() Each child has a moniker that evokes his or her particular genius: Google-Eyes can hypnotize animals (and her little brother) Pencil can draw anything from memory Spitball can shoot a wad of paper amazing distances and Hollywood has seen every movie ever made-11 times. Einstein, it turns out, is not the only talented kid in the room. His classmates call him that because he’s a “whiz at solving problems,” though of course Miss Breakbone wouldn’t know it. “Every time she made a student cry, she gave herself a gold star,” explains the narrator, a boy nicknamed Einstein. ![]() In the story, we meet a class of oddball children over which looms the terrifying figure of Miss Breakbone, a ferocious, barrel-bosomed teacher who detests her pupils and relishes confiscating their belongings. That, in short, is the delicious dynamic at the heart of “The Dunderheads,” Newbery Medal-winner Paul Fleischman’s quirky illustrated caper for readers ages 8 to 12. ![]() ![]() And nothing quite so gratifies that outrage as seeing the adult in question get his comeuppance-especially when it’s at the hands of the children he has offended. Nothing quite so stings a child’s natural sense of justice as being underestimated, especially by an adult in a position of authority. ![]()
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