The Homework Machine Paperback - 2007
by Gutman, Dan
- Used
Four kids share a secret--a homework machine. Everything is great for a while, but soon the machine becomes more powerful than they ever imagined, and even its inventor is powerless to stop it.
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Details
- Title The Homework Machine
- Author Gutman, Dan
- Binding Paperback
- Edition First Paperback
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 176
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, New York, New York
- Date 2007-06-26
- Features Price on Product - Canadian
- Bookseller's Inventory # WAL-I-5c-000909
- ISBN 9780689876790 / 0689876793
- Weight 0.24 lbs (0.11 kg)
- Dimensions 7.55 x 5.22 x 0.44 in (19.18 x 13.26 x 1.12 cm)
- Ages 08 to 12 years
- Grade levels 3 - 7
- Reading level 680
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Themes
- Ethnic Orientation: Multicultural
- Topical: Friendship
- Library of Congress subjects Schools, Interpersonal relations
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2005019785
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
Summary
Meet the D Squad, a foursome of fifth graders at the Grand Canyon School made up of a geek, a class clown, a teacher's pet, and a slacker. They 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, things start to get out of control, and Belch becomes much more powerful than they ever imagined. Now the kids are in a race against their own creation, and the loser could end up in jail...or worse!
