A Semester in the Life of a Garbage Bag

by Gordon Korman

Hardcover, 1987

Status

Available

Call number

F Kor

Call number

F Kor

Barcode

7305

Publication

Scholastic Trade (1987), 257 pages

Description

When luckless Raymond Jardine becomes Sean Delancey's eleventh-grade-English project partner, he persuades Sean's grandfather to pose as a long-deceased, obscure Canadian poet, in an effort to pass the course and win a vacation to a luxurious Greek island.

Media reviews

Original publication date

1987

User reviews

LibraryThing member lisa211
It took me awhile to finish reading this book. but it ended up as somewhat a good read. Pretty much a downer here after a few pages though after reading Raymond doing a "pity pot" routine, but yeah. it's a good one.
LibraryThing member laVermeer
This newly reprinted novel is a brilliant farce. It's laugh-out-loud funny and, as with most Gordon Korman novels, highly accessible and engaging. I highly recommend this novel for middle-school readers who enjoy comedic writing and for adult readers who missed the book when it was originally
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published. It's silly, giddy, slapstick fun.

See my complete review in RESOURCE LINKS 18.3 (Feb 2013).
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Rating

½ (36 ratings; 4)

Pages

257
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