Maxie, Rosie, and Earl: Partners in Grime (Geek Chronicles)

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Summary: A Realistic, Funny Story About Characters Kids Can Relate To
Review: Maxie, Rosie and Earl are outcasts. Maxie Zuckerman is a brainiac; so smart that the other kids in his class make fun of him for getting all A's---but his problem could be solved if only the teacher agreed to move him to the front of the class. Rosie Swanson is a snitch; her teacher frequently has to speak to her about her habit of constantly writing notes... To him. She writes notes to him and tattles on everyone in her class. But she has her reasons. After all, her grandfather was a detective, of course...
And Earl Wilber is overweight. Plus he's a wimp. And he's the new kid.
All three wonderfully individual characters meet in the principal's office---Maxie because he finally got fed up with his classmates bullying him and got a little out of control with the craft supplies, Rosie because she was passing notes to the teacher again, and Earl because he refused to read in front of the class. (He has reasons, too. Last time he tried to it came out horribly wrong.)
But, when the principal turns out to be too busy to see them and excuses them from his office until Monday... Their teachers think they're at the office. And the principal thinks they're in class.
So they have the perfect chance to escape.

This book is hilarious. Barbara Park is a brilliant writer, humorous and capable of telling a story with genuine realism as a child. Children will relate to this book, to the feeling of being different... And sometimes just needing to get out. It doesn't actually encourage skipping school, by the way. In fact, it sort of even discourages it.
Read it! The characters are quirky and funny and real. They could be actual children speaking to you. Also, it's just... Entertaining. There's no other way to put it.

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Summary: The Geek Chronicels
Review: Three kids in crime. One day three kids Maxie, Earl, and Rosie got in trouble for a little something that they did in homeroom so they got sent to Mr. Shivers office. But Mr. Shivers could't get to them so he said "come back early Monday morning". The secretary Mrs. Trumbull gave them a hall pass. Maxie said "lets leave, sense Mr. Shivers thinks that we are in class and our teachers think that we are still in the office". So they did but it took some brains to leave school. On Saturday they got together and thought about how they were going to tell Mr. Shivers about what they did. One kid said "lets just tell the truth". So early Monday morning they went to the office and Mr. Shivers took them one at a time and he didn't even talk about the dumpster thing so they were all off the hook.

I loved the book because I liked how the author put everything together and how the author only said about two days. I liked how they thought they were going to get in trouble but they didn't.