The Homework Machine

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Hardcover
Publish Date: March 2006
Language: English
Reading Level: 4.8
EAN: 9780689876783

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Overview

DOING HOMEWORK BECOMES A THING OF THE PAST

The unlikely foursome made up of a geek, a class clown, a teacher’s pet, and a slacker — Brenton, Sam “Snick,”, Judy and Kelsey, respectively, — are bound together by one very big secret: the homework machine. Because the machine, code named Belch, is doing their homework for them, they start spending a lot of time together, attracting a lot of attention. And attention is exactly what you don’t want when you are keeping a secret.

Before long, members of the D Squad, as they are called at school are getting strange Instant Messages from a shady guy named Milner; their teacher, Miss Rasmussen, is calling private meetings with each of them and giving them pop tests that they are failing; and someone has leaked the possibility of a homework machine to the school newspaper. Just when the D Squad thinks things can’t get any more out of control, Belch becomes much more powerful than they ever imagined. Soon the kids are in a race against their own creation, and the loser could end up in jail…or worse!

Details

Pages: 160
Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.6 x 0.8 in
Lexile Score: 680
Interest Level: Middle Grade (MG)
Point Value: 4
ISBN: 0689876785

Awards

2010 Golden Sower Award - Nominee (Intermediate)
2010 Nene Award - Recommended (Children's Fiction)
2010 Volunteer State Book Awards - Nominee (Grades 4-6)
2009 Colorado Children's Book Award - Nominee (Junior Novel)
2009 Iowa Children's Choice (ICCA) Award - Nominee (Children's)
2009 Nene Award - Recommended (Children's Fiction)
2009 Nutmeg Book Award - Nominee (Intermediate)
2009 Sasquatch Award - Winner (Children/Young Adult)
2009 Sunshine State Young Reader's Award - Nominee (Grades 3-5)
2009 Virginia Readers Choice Award - Nominee (Elementary)
2009 Young Reader's Choice Award - Nominee (Junior/Grades 4-6)
2008 Keystone to Reading Book Award - Nominee (Intermediate)
2008 Land of Enchantment Book Award - Nominee (Children's)
2008 Maine Student Book Award - Second Place (Grades 4-8)
2008 Massachusetts Children's Book Award - Honor Book (Children's Book)
2008 North Carolina Children's Book Award - Nominee (Junior Book)
2008 South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award - Nominee (Children's)