Today I read “Mr. Granite Is from Another Planet” by Dan Guzman (HarperCollins, 2008). This is the third book in the My Weird School Daze series, but it’s the first one I’ve read. These are chapter books for kids in grades 2 – 5. It’s total fantasy and mayhem at Ella Mentry School (real name!) when a class thinks their new teacher is an alien, but it’s funny. And if I think it’s funny, any 3rd grader is sure to love it. I especially smiled when I read this part:
“St. Patrick’s Day is in March, dumbhead,” said. Neil.
“So is your face,” I replied.
My son D (who is now 17) used to make me crazy at that age saying, “So’s your face.” As a parent, it made NO sense to me because it, well, made no sense. But now as a reader and writer of nonsensical fiction, it makes perfect sense to me.
Maybe the presidential candidates could work it into the debates tomorrow.
“Your economic plan taxes people, my friend.” (Guess who said that!)
“So is your face.”
THAT’S a debate I’d pay money to see!
