Save the Dudes

<p><strong>A Dude in peril? Operation Destiny is a go! </strong></p><p>Five 5th-grade friends swing into action and Sherwood heights will never be the same! Middle-grade readers love the zany action-packed adventure! </p><p>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 don't help as much as you'd think they would. Besides that the girl next door has a teacup-sized pit bull Tyler's mom has banned screen time and there's the rising cost of fake blood. <strong>Can the Dudes use inadvisable stunts and madcap plans to save the day? That's how they roll! </strong></p><p><br></p><p>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 can't 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.</p><p><br></p><p>Praise for Save the Dudes:</p><p><em>With one priceless laugh-out-loud scenario after another the mother and son team of Johnson and Reynolds delivers a fine tale...</em></p><p><em>...the story is given depth by emotional challenges each friend must face described with subtlety.</em></p><p><em>Readers will likely be eager to read the next adventure.</em></p><p><em>Hilarious comic mayhem rounded out by affection and insight. --</em><strong><em>Kirkus Reviews</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p>Situational 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.</p><p>Can be read as a series or in any order. Great choice for summer reading or family read-a-louds.<em> </em><strong>Classic fun for modern kids!</strong></p>