Synopses & Reviews
To be or not to be a dork?
That is the question!
Now that he's sixth-grade class president, Jerry Flack has all kinds of plans to wow Hawthorne Middle School. For starters, in order to raise money, Jerry plans a Shakespeare-themed Elizabethan festival. But before things even get off the ground, Jerry makes a deal with a bully to complete a series of humiliating dares. Can Jerry ever recover from dorkdom if he embarrasses himself in front of the whole school?
Synopsis
Life as a sixth-grade dork:
comedy or tragedy?
Now that Jerry Flack is sixth-grade class president, he can't wait to come up with cool things for his class. In order to raise money, Jerry and his friends decide to put to use what they're learning about Shakespeare and host an Elizabethan festival.
But before he knows what has happened, Jerry's gotten himself into a terrible mess with the one boy who will do anything to make him look like a dork. And when Jerry decides to help a new friend rise from the all-too-familiar depths of dorkdom, the social scene at school gets more complicated than ever. Can Jerry get out of a jam without turning himself into the biggest dork in town?
About the Author
Carol Gorman is the author of many books for young readers, including Dork In Disguise, Dork on the Run, and A Midsummer Night's Dork. Ms. Gorman lives with her husband, writer Ed Gorman, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where she also teaches at Coe College.