*Now available in paperback with a brand new title: Kaboom Academy!* Graduates of Wayside School will fit right in at the decidedly unconventional Kaboom Academy. Kirkus Reviews Forget everything you know about middle school while reading this amusing and lighthearted story [that] pokes fun at traditional education, while celebrating nonconformity, individuality, and even oddity (School Library Journal). A new middle school has just opened in Horsemouth, New Hampshire: Kaboom Academy. It's a place where cannons go off in the middle of school assemblies, pills contain actual information, and multiplication is made, er, real. (Read: You ever wonder what it would be like if there were two of you? How about four? How about eight? Well, you're about to find out!) The school's new students and the Journalism 1A class in particular can't believe all the shenanigans that go on. Who's really in charge of this groundbreaking academy for boys and girls who've fallen out of love with learning? And what does it mean to blow up the model for middle school? A 2015 Children's Choice From the Hardcover edition.
Acclaimed author Maiya Williams has written and produced several children's television programs, including Rugrats and The PJ's. When their mother dies suddenly, 13-year-old Rowan and 11-year-old Nina move in with their aunts. Soon after, Rowan and Nina begin to suspect their aunts possess psychic powers. With friends in tow, the two siblings embark on an adventure through time to discover the origins of their aunts' strange powers. Kevin Free's playful narration perfectly suits this mysterious tale.
