Synopses & Reviews
Fourth grade superhero Jo Schmo and her doggy sidekick Raymond are having a pretty rotten dayand#8212;they just donand#8217;t know it yet. Danger is lurking all over the place: Dr. Dastardly and Numb Skull are planning a jail break, and they want to get revenge on Jo Schmo. Then a group of time-traveling pirates shows up in San Francisco and winds up on the wrong end of Jo Schmoand#8217;s famous fighting move, the Tasmanian Chop. So Pinkbeard the pirate joins forces with the dastardly doctor to concoct the evilest revenge plot ever. Watch out, Jo Schmo! And your little dog, too!
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"Packed with warped logic, twisted common sense and silly hijinksand#8212;offbeat fun."
and#8212;Kirkus
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PRAISE FOR THE ADVENTURES OF JO SCHMO SERIES and#160; "Lighter-than-air superhero fun."and#8212;Kirkus and#160; "Trineand#8217;s offbeat brand of humor and Dormerand#8217;s angular, childlike illustrations . . . hit the mark."and#8212;Publishers Weekly and#160; "Thereand#8217;s plenty of goofy middle-grade appeal here for both boys and girls."and#8212;Bulletin
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"The playful illustrations have an anything-goes feel to them that matches the text's punchy puns, wordplay and occasional fourth-wall breakage."
and#8212;Kirkus
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In the fourth hilarious adventure in this chapter book series, a villainous pink lemonade-swilling pirate and the dastardly Dr. Dastardly want revenge on fourth-grade superhero Jo Schmo and her dog Raymond.
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In their second hilarious adventure, fourth-grade superhero Jo Schmo and her drooling dog Raymond go back in time to stop the infamous and stinky outlaw Wyatt Burp.
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Superhero Jo Schmo has a problem: There arenand#8217;t any crimes to fight in San Francisco! So she and her doggy sidekick Raymond build a time machine and head back to the Gold Rush Days to track down the notorious burping outlaw Wyatt Burp. Meanwhile, trouble is brewing back in the present time. Two mean girls have it in for Jo, and theyand#8217;re lying in wait for her with a wrecking ball. If Wyatt and his Hole in the Head gang donand#8217;t get her, Gertrude and Betty will. Look out, Jo!
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In theand#160;third hilarious adventure of this chapter book series, fourth-grade superhero Jo Schmoand#160;discovers a very unusual talent for shape-shifting as she and her dog Raymond try to stop a crime wave in San Francisco. Monsters and sharks and bad guys, oh my!
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Fourth-grade superhero Jo Schmo doesnand#8217;t know that a crime wave is about to hit her city. Sheand#8217;s too busy learning new superhero skills, like shape-shifting. Only it doesnand#8217;t seem to be going very well: what bad guy is scared of a superhero that looks like a frizzy-haired teacher? But Jo and her loyal doggy sidekick, Raymond, know they have to stop the villainous Numb Skull before the crime wave builds into full-on crime tsunami. And if that means Jo has to risk shape-shifting into a freckled monster, then thatand#8217;s just what sheand#8217;ll do!
About the Author
Frank W. Dormer is the author/illustrator of Socksquatch and The Obstinate Pen, and the illustrator of the acclaimed Aggie and Ben series and the superhero