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Summary
Summary
A documentary crew has descended upon Westside Middle School to detail the life of an average seventh grader named Trevor Jones and his classmates.
Using one-on-one interviews and film footage, as well as notebook drawings, blueprints, clipboard sketches, and doodles, they will tell the story of one school's tricked-out makeover. Say good-bye to those squeaky seats, and hello to beanbag chairs?
Find out what happens when a second film crew arrives and Trevor is forced to confront his no-change policy to help his best friend, Libby Gardner, trick out their school. When the paint finally dries, it will be epic.
Author Notes
Robin Mellom (www.robinmellom.com) has taught grades five through eight and has a master's degree in education. She is the author of The Classroom: The Epic Documentary of a Not-Yet Epic Kid, and The Classroom: Student Council Smackdown!, as well as the young adult novel Ditched: A Love Story . She lives with her husband and son in Los Osos, California. Follow her on Twitter @robinmellom.
Stephen Gilpin (www.sgilpin.com) is the illustrator of more than 30 children's books, including the Who Shrunk Daniel Funk? and Super Chicken Nugget Boy series. He lives in Hiawatha, Kansas with his wife, Angie, and kids. Follow him on Twitter @Sparkgilpin.
Reviews 2
School Library Journal Review
Gr 4-6-In the third book, seventh grader Trevor Jones and his friends are the subjects of a documentary film. The entire crew has come to Westside Middle School to record the school's upcoming "tricked out" makeover. With short chapters interspersed with illustrations, interview transcripts, and notebook entries, this series should attract reluctant or struggling readers. Though the characters are seventh graders, the text and design are more solidly in middle-grade territory. (c) Copyright 2012. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Booklist Review
The school face-lift that overachieving seventh-grade class-president Libby scores from the highest-rated school makeover reality show on TV brings host Kip Hottie McHotster Lee and a second camera crew to Westside Middle School (already the setting for an ongoing reality show). It also opens multiple cans of worms for Libby with the discovery that beneath the razzle-dazzle, the makeover is largely a sham. As in previous episodes of The Classroom, the on-camera conceit is readily abandoned for a lively mixture of inner ruminations and chapters of third-person narrative. More light school comedy, with frequent cartoon head shots, notebook pages, and illustrated high spots.--Peters, John Copyright 2014 Booklist
