Down with the Dance
Meet Austin Davenport, whose fabulous luck landed
him on this earth only eleven short months after his brother, Derek, putting
them in the same grade. While Austin's brain power is unmatched, it appears as
if his brother got all the athletic gifts and the family butt-chin, meaning
their parents love Derek more than Austin, or so it seems.
Join Austin on his journey through the tumultuous
waters of middle school as he navigates the swampy and undeodorized hallways
and explores the depths of the cafeteria's seafood surprise.
Oh, and someone is plotting to take down the
Halloween Dance, the one that Austin has his sights set on, so he can take
Sophie Rodriguez, a girl way out of his league, but who doesn't seem to know
it.
Can he stay one step ahead of the new principal who
has it out for him? Will Austin figure out who the perpetrators are? Will he
save the dance in time? Will he wear a diaper on a stakeout?
This first in a planned series of twelve will have
you ROFLing like you never have before.
The funny and fast-paced nature of this series is
meant for middle grade and early young adult readers.
Purchase Links
UK – https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1950826015
US - https://www.amazon.com/dp/1950826015
My Review
Down with the Dance is an amusing middle-grade novel that's in the same vein as Ned's Declassified (a TV show from the early 2000s) and Diary of a Wimpy Kid. I found it entertaining and fun, while it also made me think about my time as a middle-schooler. That was the beginning of the end for me (lol), or at least it felt that way at the time. And while I haven't been a middle-schooler for 20+ years, I do have a teenager (who just hit high school, actually), and this book would definitely be right up his alley.
The story follows the trials and tribulations of Austin as he navigates life in middle school, along with his best friend Ben and the "girl of his dreams" aka Sophie.
What do you get when you mix a new, terrible principal (nicknamed Butt Hair), a smarmy, I'm-better-than-you older brother, and a plot to ruin the Halloween dance? Middle school mayhem, of course.
This was a really fast-paced read, and I rather enjoyed it. It's a bit overly silly at times, but for the age range this book is geared towards, the humor fits perfectly.
Austin is a very relatable character, and you can't help but feel bad for him at times, because I think we all know being a tween can be a very difficult time sometimes.
Younger readers will find themselves laughing along as they read, while older readers may find themselves nodding along, saying "yep" a bunch of times as they remember those days.
4 stars from me.
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