Children's ✦ Penny’s Take
My Weird School #20
Dan Gutman · 2009
74/100
👍 Worth It
The love-potion Valentine's Day premise is pure Gutman silliness, and A.J.'s reliably grumpy voice keeps it grounded in something a seven-year-old can recognize. The formula is definitely showing by book twenty, and series veterans will feel the repetition, but as a holiday classroom read or a gift for a new-to-the-series kid, it still delivers the laughs. Safe, fast, and funny — the trifecta for early chapter books.
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Verdict receipt0–100
safety97
substance60
craft68
originality55
accuracy78
hype74
age-fit94
human-eye74
Penny’s verdict74
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