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Scholastic Canada Ltd.
ISBN 0-439-95678-1 Paperback
152 pages
Ages 9-12
7 5/8” x 5 ¼”

by Gordon Korman

Almost everybody in Old Orchard Public School (OOPS) has had the dubious honour of receiving a nickname from best friends Jeff and Wiley. They’ve dubbed their own underachieving class “The Dim Bulbs”; their pop-eyed principal is better known as “Deer in Headlights”; and their enormous football-coach-turned-teacher is now “Mr. Huge.” But they can’t figure out a good nickname for the new girl, Cassandra, and now their nicknames are backfiring on them and their new teacher might lose his job. Can Jeff and Wiley get it together before it’s too late?


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Excerpt from THE 6TH GRADE NICKNAME GAME
by Gordon Korman

A hundred-and-ten percent.

The words echoed through Jeff’s head as he sat at his desk, writing the State Reading Assessment. Had their read-a-thon helped? The answers seemed to be coming quickly and easily, but did that make them the right ones?

A hundred-and-ten percent. That was all Mr. Hughes ever expected of anybody. The big teacher stood at the front of the room, his meaty fist jammed in his mouth to keep him from cheering. But Jeff could see the droplets of perspiration rolling off his chin, forming a small puddle on the floor.

Concentrate, Jeff told himself.

He snuck a look around. Heads were down, pencils just a blur. At the next desk, Wiley was completely focused on his test. Like he didn’t care that the two of them had not said a word to each other since that day in the toolshed. Beside Wiley, Cassandra held her long hair back off the paper as she worked.

She was wearing her circus parade skirt – the same one she’d had on the morning Mr. Doncaster had introduced her as the new girl in 6B. It seemed like a thousand years ago that he and Wiley had first tried, and failed, to hang a nickname on this strange, yet fascinating newcomer. So much had changed since then . . .

Oh, no! He was daydreaming when he should have been working! This was for Mr. Huge!

All around him, his fellow Dim Bulbs were giving a hundred-and-ten percent.

But would it be enough?

From The 6th Grade Nickname Game. Copyright © 1998 by Gordon Korman. All rights reserved.

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"This book is really funny. You should definitely read it. If you like Gordon Korman books or funny books, I'm sure you will love The 6th Grade Nickname Game. " Katie S., Age 11, U.S.A., Rating: 8 "I think this is a great book especially for grade sixes. Even though I was in grade 7 when I read it, I loved it just as much. I think this book is great for all ages and sends fantastic message of determination and friendship." Kristen B., Age 12, Ontario, Rating: 8 "I really like this book. It's handcrafted. You can tell it wasn't written in a day." Emily B., Age 11, U.S.A., Rating: 8 "On every page, there is at least one part that will make you laugh so hard that you'll pee your pants!" Kiki W., Age 11, Alberta, Rating: 10

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