title: My Weird School Daze #8: Miss Laney Is Zany!
author:  Dan Gutman 
description: Gr 3-5&ndash;In this installment in the series, young A.J. and his classmates learn that their school, Ella Mentry, is having financial problems. His teachers are losing their jobs, supplies are getting scarce, and the new speech teacher is given an office in the girls' bathroom. A.J. and his friends attend class with Miss Laney, a flamboyant instructor who loves game shows and makes her students repeat all sorts of difficult tongue twisters. As the budget cuts continue to affect the school, the students try to think up ways they can earn a million dollars. Miss Laney suggests that they put on a play but as soon as she casts the parts, she is laid off. All looks hopeless until she finds another way to raise money that involves one of her favorite game shows. This beginning chapter book is told in witty prose, through A.J.'s point of view, and is sprinkled throughout with cartoon illustrations. A lighthearted look at a serious, topical issue.<I>Donna Atmur, Los Angeles Public Library</I><BR>&copy; Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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  Miss Laney Is Zany!
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  My Weird School [8]
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Dan Gutman
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  HarperCollins (2010)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  The weirdness never stops!
  
  
  
  
  
  A. J. has to go see Miss Laney, the speech teacher, which makes no sense at
  all because he already knows how to talk. Miss Laney has him say weird tongue
  twisters and forces him to be the lead in the third-grade play, _Romeo &
  Juliet_. And you'll never guess in a million hundred years who's going to play
  Juliet. Will there be kissing? Ew, disgusting!
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  