Revenge of the Green Banana
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Published by: Clarion Books
Release Date: January 3, 2017
Pages: 224
ISBN13: 978-0544786776
Overview
Junior Literary Guild Selection
“If you ever went to Catholic school, or never went to Catholic school, you need to read this funny, smart, kid-true book. It explains everything.”
—Jon Scieszka, author of Time Warp Trio, The Stinky Cheese Man and Catholic School Lifer
Jimmy Murphy’s sixth grade teacher, Sister Angelica Rose, is out to get him. She humiliates him in class and punishes him when he hasn’t done anything wrong. She even forces him to perform onstage with second-graders, wearing a giant green banana costume. A classic underachiever with a talent for trouble, Jimmy wants revenge, and with his friends he plans a prank that will embarrass Sister Angelica in front of the whole school. What could possibly go wrong?
Praise
“…In a detour from his nonfiction work, conjures up some sweet, relatable moments for Jimmy and his peers.”
—Publishers Weekly
“…quick plotting, school high jinks, and a charming protagonist…”
—School Library Journal
“If you ever went to Catholic school, or never went to Catholic school, you need to read this funny, smart, kid-true book. It explains everything.”
—Jon Scieszka, author of Time Warp Trio, The Stinky Cheese Man and Catholic school lifer
“This is a light and funny coming of age story. The characters are dynamic and the reader will want to know about all of them.”
—School Library Connection
Excerpt
Where to Start?
Where to start a story is the hardest part of starting it. I could write about the first day of every year
I went to St. Stephen’s, because each one was strange and awful. Awful in a different way every time, of course. For instance, I was probably the only kid ever who was suspended on his first day in kindergarten even before I actually stepped foot inside the school! No kidding.
How did I manage that? I was on line with all the other kindergartners, marching into school for the very first time. Before I got to the door, I spotted a bunch of kids down the sidewalk a ways, pushing my older brother, Jerry, around and bullying him. So I charged out of line and tackled one of the kids hard enough to knock him to the ground. A second later a very big nun yanked me to my feet and called for the principal, Sister Rose Mary. This was not, as you might imagine, the very best first impression.
Oh, and on the first day of second grade I organized a contest to see who could spit the farthest. I launched a spectacular gob just as Sister Benedicta approached to demand what I was up to. The gob landed on some kid’s shoe, and I landed in Sister Rose Mary’s office.
And then there was this other time . . .
Okay, I need to stop before I use up too much space without actually, you know, starting my story. I decided to begin with the first day of sixth grade.