Publisher: Random House

Copyright Date: 2024

Edition Date: 2024 Release Date: 08/06/24

Illustrator: Behr, Robbi,

Pages: 297 pages

ISBN: 0-593-70464-9

ISBN 13: 978-0-593-70464-6

Dewey: Fic

LCCN: 2024003964

Dimensions: 22 cm.

Subject Heading:
Middle schools. Fiction.
Schools. Fiction.
Elections. Fiction.
Best friends. Fiction.
Friendship. Fiction.
Fortune cookies. Fiction.

Language: English

Word Count: 29,291

Reading Level: 4.1

Interest Level: 4-7

Accelerated Reader: reading level: 4.1 / points: 4.0 / quiz: 550143 / grade: Middle Grades

Lexile: 570L

Two best friends are pushed to the breaking point when a class election gets out of hand! Rivalry and ridiculousness abound in this delicious, zanily-illustrated adventure for readers who love Wimpy Kid and Dog Man.

It's the start of a new school year at Honeycutt Elementary and that means one thing: student council elections! Best friends, Ben and Janet are determined not to let mean girl Amy Lou Bonnerman win for the fourth year in a row, but when they both decide to run against her, they become rivals!

At first, it's all funny posters, free candy, and pie-in-the-sky ideas for how to make the school a better place. But before long, the campaign turns sour—with mean rumors, dirty tricks, hurt feelings, and even sabotage! Ben and Janet’s legendary friendship is put to the test. To make things right, they must expose a conspiracy, swallow hard truths, and remember what’s most important—their friendship.

From the husband-and-wife, author-and-illustrator duo that brought you Ben Yokoyama and the Cookie of Doom comes a tale about keeping your friends close—even when they start to look like enemies.