Book Review: Losers Inc

 

Losers Inc. by Claudia Mills

Summary:(amazon)

 Ethan Winfield has never been an academic or athletic star like his older brother, Peter. But does that make him a failure? Of course not. Still, Ethan and his best friend, Julius Zimmerman, decide that they qualify to found an exclusive club: Losers, Inc.

No sooner have they done this, however, than both boys fall in love with the new student teacher. Ethan knows right away that to impress Ms. Gunderson he has to excel. Instead of reading the shortest book for his report, he has to read the longest. Instead of working with Julius on the worst project for the science fair, he has to make the best one--alone.

Unfortunately, it isn't Ms. Gunderson who falls for Ethan, but Lizzie Archer, class nerd. The teasing is unbearable! So without regard for Lizzie's feelings--and over Julius's objections--Ethan helps hatch a plot to prove that he's not Lizzie's boyfriend. The result is that even as he reports on a book that's longer than any Peter read in the sixth grade, and prepares a potentially winning science project, Ethan feels that he doesn't deserve anyone's love--not Ms. Gunderson's, not Lizzie's, not Julius's, not his own.

My Thoughts:

This book was downright weird. I read it for fun--but I mean, an eleven year old kid falling in love with a student teacher? Yeah, it was REALLY weird. The characters were mostly flat, the writing was boring, nothing really special. It was just a light right. One aspect I liked though, was the humor. It was perfectly silly for younger kids! I would recommend this book for kids in 3rd\4th grade who need an easy and fun book.

Content: None

G, 8 and up