Save the Dudes: 1 (The Dudes Adventure Chronicles)

A Dude in peril? Operation Destiny is a go! Five 5th-grade friends swing into action and Sherwood heights will never be the same! Middle-grade readers love the zany action-packed adventure! A ninja stealth picnic? Supervillain jail? Zombie apocalypse anyone? The Dudes are on a mission to save Nate from the peril of private school. But code-names battle training and a camp-out of doom dont help as much as youd think they would. Besides that the girl next door has a teacup-sized pit bull Tylers mom has banned screen time and theres the rising cost of fake blood. Can the Dudes use inadvisable stunts and madcap plans to save the day? Thats how they roll! Book One of The Dudes Adventure Chronicles is a series of realistic but zany suburban adventures featuring a diverse group of boys who know how to make their own fun! For intermediate readers 8-12 who cant get enough madcap adventure and hilarious hijinks. Each chapter book provides several stories realistic enough and wacky enough to keep them reading to the delicious conclusion.Praise for Save the Dudes: With one priceless laugh-out-loud scenario after another the mother and son team of Johnson and Reynolds delivers a fine tale......the story is given depth by emotional challenges each friend must face described with subtlety.Readers will likely be eager to read the next adventure.Hilarious comic mayhem rounded out by affection and insight. --Kirkus ReviewsSituational humor without movie tie-ins or fart jokes! Appeals to kids who like funny realistic fiction without a tacked-on message or ripped-from-the-headlines problem.Can be read as a series or in any order. Great choice for summer reading or family read-a-louds.Classic fun for modern kids!