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The Worst Night Ever

Barry, Dave

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Little, Brown & Co.

Just the Series: Class Trip Vol. 2

Series and Publisher: Class Trip

Annotation: When Wyatt Palmer's best friend Matt Diaz's pet ferret ends up in the hands of the Bevins, the most popular boys at Coral Cove High, they try to get the animal back by attending a party and stumble onto a Bevin family secret.

Genre: [Humorous fiction]

Reviews: 1

Catalog Number: #118440

Format: Publisher's Hardcover

Publisher: Little, Brown & Co.

Edition Date: 2016 Release Date: 04/26/16

Illustrator: Cannell, Jon,

Pages: 250 pages

ISBN: 1-484-70850-4

ISBN 13: 978-1-484-70850-7

Dewey: Fic

LCCN: 2015030364

Dimensions: 22 cm.

Subject Heading:
High schools. Fiction.
Schools. Fiction.
Cliques (Sociology). Fiction.
Ferrets as pets. Fiction.
Secrets. Fiction.

Language: English

Reviews:

ALA Booklist (Mon Feb 01 00:00:00 CST 2016)

In this follow-up to The Worst Class Trip Ever (2015), Barry brings back Wyatt Palmer, the inadvertent hero who saved the president. Now in high school, Wyatt lobs off plenty of funny observations about school life, pesky sisters, bullies who look like Hollister models, and a best friend (Matt) with a ferret. When the Bevin brothers (of the Hollister good looks) take the ferret hostage, it is up to Wyatt to get it back. Naturally, things don't go smoothly as Wyatt and Matt infiltrate the Bevins' backyard, where they discover a trove of dangerous, exotic, and illegal animals. Barry blends zaniness with classic Florida mystery, incorporating greedy developers, loopy environmentalists, and a dastardly scheme that needs to be stopped before anyone gets hurt by, among other things, a raging Komodo dragon. The action, climaxing on Halloween night at the zoo, is a romp for readers who enjoy wise-cracking characters who are a little larger than life. HIGH-DEMAND BACKSTORY: Name recognition plus an author tour will give Barry's new middle-grade comedy a large, eager audience. Have plenty on hand.

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Word Count: 46,116

Reading Level: 4.4

Interest Level: 3-6

Accelerated Reader: reading level: 4.4 / points: 7.0 / quiz: 181420 / grade: Middle Grades

Reading Counts!: reading level:3.7 / points:11.0 / quiz:Q68607

Lexile: 650L

Guided Reading Level: X

Wyatt Palmer was a middle-school hero, but that doesn't count for anything in high school. When a ferret goes missing in this hilarious follow-up to The Worst Class Trip Ever, Wyatt and his friend Matt find themselves as unwanted guests at what turns into the Worst Party Ever!

Last year, Wyatt foiled a plot against the president of the United States and became the hero of middle school. But now he and his friends are in Coral Cove High School—home of the Fighting Conch—and Wyatt is a hero no longer; he's just another undersized freshman, hoping to fit in, or at least not be unpopular. Things start to go wrong when Matt Diaz, who is Wyatt's best friend but also unfortunately an idiot, decides to bring his pet ferret, Frank, to school. Through an unfortunate series of events Frank ends up in the hands of the Bevin brothers, who are the most popular boys at Coral Cove High, but are also, as Matt soon discovers, the nastiest. When Wyatt and Matt try to get Frank back, they concoct a plan to attend a party for the cool clique at the Bevin's waterfront mansion and stumble onto the Bevin family's dark and deadly secret. That's when Wyatt learns that some things are worse than being unpopular in high school. MUCH worse.

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