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172 pp.
| Farrar/Kroupa |
August, 2001 |
TradeISBN 0-374-35529-0$$16.00
(2)
1-3
Illustrated by
Cat Bowman Smith.
When Simon's despotic fifth-grade teacher quits midyear, her replacement is, to Simon's dismay, none other than his beloved but eccentric great-aunt. Aunt Mattie defies convention, but she knows what she's doing, and soon the "worst class in the school" is winning math bees and science fairs. MacDonald keeps the pace lively and her prose crisp. Good fun for elementary-school readers.