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Five boys secreted away into the basement of Ho-Ho-Kus Junior High are forced to practice for upcoming state exams while their vice principal hatches an evil plan to use their DNA for a mind-control drug. The characters are paper-thin, but readers may appreciate the humorous ways the kids use their brains to free themselves and their classmates.