Synopses & Reviews
Things you need to know about our friend Lenny Cyrus.
Hes a total genius.
Hes thirteen.
He can memorize an entire college text book in an hour or less.
He can swim laps in a Petri dish.
Yes, I repeat: he can swim laps in a Petri dish.
As part of a break-through science experiment in cutting edge nanotechnology, Lenny Cyrus shrinks himself down to the size of an amoeba for six hours and has his friend Harlan secretly inject him into Zooey Andrews, the girl that Lenny has a crush on, in hopes of convincing her to like him. "If I can get to her brain, I can literally change her mind!" But once hes inside Zooey, microscopic Lenny discovers that girls are even harder to understand from the inside. In fact, the human body is just like the student body -- he gets pushed around, intimidated, and almost expelled. Zooeys blood cells treat him like some kind of disease, and her hormones are even harder to deal with when they seem twenty feet tall. The worst part comes when Lenny inadvertently triggers an infection in Zooeys brain, and her whole body goes into lockdown. Can Lenny rescue Zooey before his time is up? Lenny Cyrus is determined to find his way into Zooeys heart. Literally.
Review
"Schreiber alternates among Lenny, Harlan, and Zooey's perspectives in short, taut, action-packed chapters with cliffhanger endings."
—Publishers Weekly
"There is so much here to enjoy."
—Kirkus
Review
"The action is fast, furious, and even funny for middle-schoolers with strong stomachs and fond memories of similar journeys on Ms. Frizzle's Magic School Bus."
and#8212;The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
"Schreiber alternates among Lenny, Harlan, and Zooey's perspectives in short, taut, action-packed chapters with cliffhanger endings."
and#8212;Publishers Weekly
"There is so much here to enjoy."
and#8212;Kirkus
"With perfect timing, the story slides between typical middle-school scenes and Lenny's fantastic microscopic journey, balancing clever, wise-guy repartee with gut-wrenching tension."
and#8212;Booklist Online
Synopsis
In this fast-paced middle gradeand#160;noveland#160;with comic illustrations, boy genius Lenny Cyrus finds out that the human body is basically just like middle school, only a lot ickier.
Synopsis
It seemed so logical at first. Fourteen-year-old Lenny Cyrus had loved Zooey Andrews since third grade. All the boy genius needed to do to win her heart was shrink down to the size of an amoeba, ooze into a gelatin capsule, and have his friend Harlan slip it (him!) into Zooeyand#8217;s Diet Coke.
Told in three voices, this fantastical middle grade novel takes Lenny deep into Zooeyand#8217;s loud, splashing innards.and#160;The question is, will Lenny and Zooey survive his crazy experiment in nanotechnology?
About the Author
Joe Schreiber is the New York Times bestselling author of adult novels Death Troopers, Chasing the Dead, and Eat the Dark. His other novels for young people include, the critically acclaimed Au Revoir, Crazy European Chick, Perry's Killer Playlist,andnbsp;and Lenny Cyrus, School Virus.andnbsp;He lives in Pennsylvania with his wife and children.