No More Dead Dogs

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Summary: Review for No More Dead Dogs
Review: Wallace Wallace, a football star of Bedford Middle School, was given detention because he wouldn't write a favorable book review for Old Shep, My Pal. He couldn't write a positive book review of Old Shep, My Pal because he couldn't tell a lie, and he absolutely hated the book. His English teacher, Mr. Fogelman, who had given him the detention, also happened to be the director of the upcoming play of Old Shep, My Pal. This detention prevented him from playing football with his school team. Instead, he had to wait around the gym during the practices and rehearsals of the play. Wallace began to supply both the actors and actresses and the backstage crew with suggestions. They happily took his proposals, and eventually made him the other director of the play. He changed the play from a regular, peaceful show, to an exciting and thrilling, sold-out performance!
With all the problems and conflicts along the way, the book turns out to be suspenseful and interesting. In addition, it is very entertaining and humorous, due to the fact that the situations and experiences are realistic and can be related to in many ways. The title of this book comes from one of the lines that Wallace says during the book, "Because the dog always dies." His last suggestion for the play is that the dog shouldn't die. If you want to find out if the drama students used his last suggestion, you should read this book.
Throughout the story, the characters deal with problems that any middle school student could face. If you are in middle school, and you enjoy reading books that that describe situations that are similar to ones that you have experienced, you will appreciate this book.


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Summary: No More Dead Dogs
Review: Bennett Cornelious
November 29, 2004

No More Dead Dogs

By: Gordon Korman ISBN: 078681601-5

Telling the truth is very hard for some people but not for the football star Wallace Wallace. 13-year-old Wallace has never told a lie ever in his life. Wallace writes a bad review about a book called Old Shep, My Pal by: Zach Paris and his teacher doesn't like it because that his is favorite book and he wants him to write a good review about the book. Wallace won't do this because he hated the book because the dog dies at the end. Until Wallace writes the report his teacher is making him not play for the football team the Giants and he has to come to rehearsals for a play that some people and his teacher are doing about the book Old Shep, My Pal. Wallace keeps making up some better ideas for the play and he changes the whole play into a rollerblading and rock and roll rendition.
This book is very good because it has football in it and comedy. I recommend this book because it is very funny. This book is a page-turner because whenever you read it you get sucked into the story and it's like you can't put the book down. It wasn't hard to concentrate on the story because each page had something important on it. I liked the way he wrote this book because on every different chapter he wrote from a different person's point of view. He has a chapter called "Enter Wallace Wallace" and then there's another one called "Enter Rachel Turner." There were some surprises in the book like when someone released a lot of pepper on people and it kept everyone sneezing. People who would enjoy reading this book would be people who like comedy, football, action, and realistic fiction. People who are at the ages of twelve and up should read this book. This book was very good and you should read it.


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Summary: Confused!
Review: Each chapter is from a differnt persons point of view... It makes no since during parts...

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Summary: No More Dead Dogs is a must read!
Review: Have you ever had to read a book you didn't like? This is the story of Wallace Wallace, who is tired of reading stories where the dog dies. So when he is assigned a book report on another "dead dog" book, he expresses his own opinion that it is not a great story. That was not a popular view with his teacher, and Wallace ends up serving detention, after school, with the drama class. They play they are rehearsing is based on the very same "dead dog" book that Wallace dislikes so much. During the rehearsals, Wallace makes suggestions to the dialogue and even to the plot of the play, and the students all agree to his recommendations. Word spread all over the school, and the performance is a sell out.

This is a very humorous story, and Wallace Wallace is a likable character. An enjoyable and fact-paced read. This book was a 2003-2004 California Young Reader Medal nominee for middle school.

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Summary: Chris's review
Review: I thought this was a great book. Humerous, witty, somtimes smart. All in all I really liked this book. I recomend it to anyone looking for a good short read for anytime.

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Summary: Wallace's Story
Review: In "No more Dead Dogs" Wallace Wallace is in detention for writing a bad book review on "old shep my pal". Wallace can not write a good review because Wallace Wallace never lies. He was a Football Hero, scoring the last touchdown in the playoff game, that won the championship for the Giants. Everybody in school thinks he's a Hero except for Cavanaugh (exbest friend) and Rachel Turner (drama club leader). Mr Floggleman (English teacher) is the teacher who put Wallace in Detention and is director of the Play "Old Shep My Pal". Wallace is stuck in the Gym on detention and makes changes to the play to make it more interesting. Because of his detention Wallace can not play on the football team. Many attacks on the play give suspision that Wallace did it. Trudy Davis (co-actress) is interested in Wallace. She sticks up for him everytime. Will Wallace ever get out of Detention? Will the Play ever happen? Will Trudy and Wallace fall in Love? These are good questions to find out read the book.

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Summary: Great Book! One of his best
Review: No More Dead Dogs is a very interesting novel by Gordon Korman. The main character is named Wallace Wallace who will never tell a lie. This is especially true when his english teacher asks him to write a review of a book he can't stand: Old Shep, My Pal. His review obviously says very bad thing about the book, and he must serve detention at the rehersals of a school play for this book. Worst of all, this is during his football practice, and he can't play until he writes a proper review. What ends up happening is that he changes the play a lot since the actors liked his new dialogue and scenes. It is a very good book and I would recommend this book to kids ages 8-13.

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Summary: Rollerblading Dogcatchers and Wallace Wallace
Review: This book is creative, funny, and well-written.
I have read this book several times, and it never got boring. There is never a dull moment with NO MORE DEAD DOGS in your hands.
Wallace Wallace, the star football player that isn't any good, is in detention for writing a bad but truthful book report. He refuses to write one that praises the book ( Old Shep, My Pal), because it isn't truthful. There is a play about the book, but it's being sabatoged. Is Wallace Wallace getting revenge, or is he being framed?
From rollerblading dogcatchers to cherry bombs in stuffed animals, from cover to cover, NO MORE DEAD DOGS is nothing but laughs. Recommended for anyone ages 6-104 that likes a good laugh and a great book.

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Summary: A hilarious book for boys and girls!
Review: This is a hilarious story about Wallace Wallace, a middle school boy who will not tell a lie...even to be polite. He gets detention when he writes a terrible review for his English teacher's favorite book (which ends with a dead dog). As his punishment, he must miss football practice and sit through play practice with his English teacher until he writes a better review. And the play is an adaptation of the very book Wallace hates! As he sits day after day in practice, he begins to influence and change the play, much to the dismay of the English teacher. In addition, the play continually is hit with vandalism, which eventually gets pinned on Wallace. The conclusion is not surprising, but you've grown to love the characters so much it is satisfying.
This book is full of funny dialog and larger than life characters...not exactly realistic, but very enjoyable.

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Summary: No More Dead Dogs
Review: This was an enjoyable, well written, and humorous book that made me want to keep reading on.
Walace Walace is a 16 year old football player. Football was his life until he was suspened from the team because he wrote an unpleasant book report on Old Shep, My Pal. Walace really didn't like the book though. In every classical book with a dog, in the end the dog dies, including Old Shep, My Pal. His English teacher told him to rewrite it but he refused. It just so happened that his English teacher was directing the school play this year,which was going to be Old Shep, My Pal, so he was forced to go to rehersals as a punishment. Walace doesn't change his change his mind about the paper but he does change the play.
Walace Walace, the main character, was the hero of the football team. He dislikes clascical books because in every single one in the end the dog dies. He expresses his feelings about this through his book report. Mr. Fogelman, Walace's English teacher and also the director of the school play, was also a main character. I think he sterotyped a lot of his students. For example, he thought that all the football players ever thought about was football.
I really loved this book and I highly recommend it to everyone.