Mr. Hynde Is out of His Mind! (My Weird School Series #6)

by Dan Gutman, Jim Paillot (Illustrator)

Overview

Something weird is going on!

Music class is awesome! The teacher, Mr. Hynde, raps, break-dances, and plays bongo drums on the principal's bald head. But he goes too far when he tries to make A.J. kiss Andrea in the school play. Yuck! Will A.J. survive?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780060745202
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	03/29/2005
Series:	My Weird School Series , #6
Pages:	112
Sales rank:	21,661
Product dimensions:	5.18(w) x 7.64(h) x 0.30(d)
Lexile:	610L (what's this?)
Age Range:	6 - 10 Years

About the Author

Dan Gutman is the New York Times bestselling author of the Genius Files series; the Baseball Card Adventure series, which has sold more than 1.5 million copies around the world; and the My Weird School series, which has sold more than 12 million copies. Thanks to his many fans who voted in their classrooms, Dan has received nineteen state book awards and ninety-two state book award nominations. He lives in New York City with his wife, Nina. You can visit him online at www.dangutman.com.

Jim Paillot lives in Arizona (another weird place) with his weird wife and two weird children. Isn't that weird?

Read an Excerpt

My Weird School #6: Mr. Hynde Is Out of His Mind!

Chapter One

Boring, Snoring Mr. Loring

My name is A.J. and I hate school.

I hate reading.

I hate writing.

I hate arithmetic.

But there's one horrible subject that I really hate more than anything else.

Music.

Music is so dumb! Music is the most boring subject in the history of the world. Why do we need music class in school, anyway? It's not like I'm going to grow up to be a singer. When I grow up, I'm going to be a professional dirt bike racer.

In first grade last year, the music teacher, Mr. Loring, made us sing all these totally corny songs from prehistoric times, like "Row, Row, Row Your Boat" and "Michael, Row the Boat Ashore." Mr. Loring loves boats, I guess. He's weird.

He's about a million hundred years old, and he has long gray hair. Mr. Loring told us that when he was a kid back in the last century, TV wasn't even invented yet. Can you imagine living in a world without TV? It must have been horrible! I would die if I didn't have TV.

Mr. Loring's favorite song for us to sing was "Who Stole the Cookie from the Cookie Jar?" You know the song:

Who stole the cookie from the cookie jar?

A.J. stole the cookie from the cookie jar. Who me?

Yes you.

Couldn't be.

Then who?

Ryan stole the cookie from the cookie jar.

I used to like that song, but Mr. Loring made us sing it so many times that I never wanted to eat another cookie for the rest of my life.

Mr. Loring's other favorite song was"Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed." That song got really old too. If any monkeys ever jumped on my bed, I would sell the bed. That's disgusting! I don't even like it when my sister jumps on my bed. Forget about monkeys.

"Everybody line up!" said my teacher, Miss Daisy, after we finished pledging the allegiance.

"Line up for what?" we all asked.

"It's time to go to music," Miss Daisy said.

"Yippee!" said Andrea Young, this really annoying girl with curly brown hair.

"Boo!" said just about everybody else. Nobody except Andrea and her friend Emily wanted to go see boring, snoring Mr. Loring.

Andrea loves everything about school. She even loves homework. One day Andrea asked Miss Daisy if we could have more homework! Can you imagine asking your teacher to give you more homework?

Andrea is weird.

My Weird School #6: Mr. Hynde Is Out of His Mind!. Copyright © by Dan Gutman. Reprinted by permission of HarperCollins Publishers, Inc. All rights reserved. Available now wherever books are sold.

Editorial Reviews

A.J. still hates school—as well as little Miss Perfect, Andrea, who loves everything—in this 6th title in the "My Weird School" series. When substitute teacher Mr. Hynde bops into the music room like a rapper and starts spinning on his back, the boys finally think music is cool. But when A.J. has to kiss Andrea in the school play, his world nearly falls apart. This little chapter book is full of corny jokes and hilarious teacher antics that just might engage the most reluctant reader. The fun surprise ending puts Mr. Hynde on television and then brings school back to reality. 2005, HarperTrophy/HarperCollins, Ages 7 to 10.
—Elaine Wick

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