School's Out

Class Clown #4

by Johanna Hurwitz, Sheila Hamanaka (Illustrator)

The "Class Clown" is back!Lucas Cott is ready for a summer vacation -- no more homework, no teachers, no rules! But when his mother hires a French au pair named Genevieve to help take care of Lucas and his younger brothers, he thinks it will be like living with a teacher all summer.

The mischievous Lucas can't help taking advantage of "General Genevieve" -- ice cream for dinner and a popcorn blizzard are just two of his victories. And when he climbs the painter's ladder and sits on the roof, he doesn't mind the punishment he gets. It was worth it. Or was it?

Johanna Hurwitz, author of the best-selling "Class Clown, treats readers to a warm and funny story about a boy who learns that the end of school doesn't mean a vacation from responsibility.

Genres: Middle Grade, Childrens

128 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1991

About the author

Johanna Hurwitz is an American author of more than sixty children's books. She has sold millions of books in many different languages.

Reviews

[Jeffy jeffy]

This is stupid

[Kristen Fraley · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lucas Cott is back in full swing, ready to start the summer in style. This is until his mother tells him their family will hosting a live-in French babysitter all summer. Lucas is sure he will dislike Genevieve, and that she will keep him from having fun and freedom. However, Lucas soon realizes that Marcus and Marius, his twin trouble-maker brothers, need someone to constantly keep them out of trouble, a job Lucas isn’t sure he wants to commit himself to. Lucas realizes summer can be great with Genevieve, and gears up to have the best summer ever.

Hurwitz creates a hit with School’s Out, providing a fun look at summer and the adventures it entails. Students will relate to Lucas’s rambunctious nature and the troubles he always finds himself in the middle of.

[Omar Calderon · Rating 3 out of 5]

This story is about a boy named lucas who had just finished school and he was so happy because his teacher gave him a present. But when he got home he recieved news he did not want to hear because a lady from France is coming to live with them for the whole summer and her name was genievve. At first he did not like her because she did not know how to speak english very well and also she did not let lucas do what he wabted. but as time went past he started to like her more and more they went to the movies together lucas learned how to dance. By the time she had to leave lucas did not want her to go because he was going to miss her.

[Sabrina · Rating 2 out of 5]

The best thing I can say for this book is that it helps teach idioms and how confusing idioms can be for an English Language Learner (ELL). The morals in the story are spelled out for the children, almost fable style, but it's not a fable. Children are smart enough to pick up on consequences, and if they can't see it on their own, it provides good discussion; I don't see the need for an author to spell out what they're trying to teach through their story. There are some funny anecdotes in the story, but I the book itself was only so-so.

[Kayce · Rating 2 out of 5]

Reading this group with a talented bunch of readers in my 2nd grade class was my first experience with this book. I was not very entertained nor were they. The book follows a boy who has his "au pair" for the summer and he is giving her a hard time. Some of the mishaps are silly, but mostly are just unsafe and are not things that I wanted my 2nd graders to read about or see as funny (such as when the boy climbs a ladder onto the roof).

[Christy · Rating 4 out of 5]

The "Class Clown" is back!Lucas Cott is ready for a summer vacation -- no more homework, no teachers, no rules! But when his mother hires a French au pair named Genevieve to help take care of Lucas and his younger brothers, he thinks it will be like living with a teacher all summer.

The mischievous Lucas can't help taking advantage of "General Genevieve" -- ice cream for di...

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[Aimee Hyndman · Rating 5 out of 5]

These books were my favorite in third grade and sort of inspired me to become a writer so... yeah they're all getting five stars.

[KiD WhiZ !]

reall good book...u should read other johanna hurwitz books they are also good