What a fun little read! It has the same kind of vibe as Sideways Stories from Wayside School, which I absolutely loved as a kid. Clueless parents who are blind to all the action. Bull headed kids who are left to fend for themselves. Teachers who have a dark and spooky secret. It's a formula that wor...
When Jimbo's older sister Becky tells him that he is about to be expelled his friend Charlie helps him bug the staff room so they can find out if it's true or not. While they don't hear anything relating to Jimbo being expelled they do hear two of their teachers talking in a strange language that n...
I can understand why this didn't sell under the original title of nonsense words, but I'm not at all sure that "Boom!" is better. I'm also bugged by the rocket since there aren't any rockets in the story.But the adventure is good, the families of the two boys are interestingly developed, and the my...