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Publisher: Clarion
ISBN: 0807506354

Toby Scudder's got it made. This year he and his best buddy Leo are in sixth grade, and they're gonna rule the school! Toby is rude and crude and sure to get a laugh, and he's never lost a fight. He's the biggest kid in his class–-and this year he'll be the biggest in the whole school. Sixth grade's going to be great. Or is it? Unexpected hassles keep cropping up, including an uppity new kid in class and a tough new teacher. Things at home are the pits, and getting worse. But the King of the School should be able to handle anything, right? Ages 10-14.

"Toby is charming, and his talk is full of the kind of snappy wit that is typical of bright, restless and troubled adolescents. The funny, fresh dialogue will entertain readers. A moving view of a boy with a behavior problem, complete with a realistic dollop of hope at the end."

-School Library Journal, Starred Review

"With low comedy, some flashy repartee, and a believable classroom setting, here's a rough-housing boys-book balancer for the school-story shelf."

-Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, Starred Review