Mrs. Barr Has Gone Too Far!: Library Edition

My Weirder-est School #9

by Dan Gutman

With more than 30 million books sold, the My Weird School series really gets kids reading! In this ninth book in the My Weirder-est School arc, A.J. and his friends learn some new, exciting facts about geography from a world traveler. No need to pack your bags for this trip! After noticing that A.J. and his friends’ geography knowledge could use some work, Mr. Cooper invites to class just the person to help. Globetrotter Mrs. Barr speaks seven languages and has visited nearly two hundred countries! But why does she carry a suitcase everywhere she goes? And why does she open a window whenever she walks into a room? Perhaps Mrs. Barr has something to hide! Perfect for reluctant readers and all kids hungry for funny school stories, Dan Gutman’s hugely popular My Weird School chapter book series has something for everyone. Don’t miss the hilarious adventures of A.J. and the gang!

Genres: Childrens, Humor

Audio CD

Published October 19, 2021

About the author

The author of over 80 books in a little over a decade of writing, Dan Gutman has written on topics from computers to baseball. Beginning his freelance career as a nonfiction author dealing mostly with sports for adults and young readers, Gutman has concentrated on juvenile fiction since 1995. His most popular titles include the time-travel sports book Honus and Me and its sequels, and a clutch of baseball books, including The Green Monster from Left Field. From hopeful and very youthful presidential candidates to stunt men, nothing is off limits in Gutman's fertile imagination. As he noted on his author Web site, since writing his first novel, They Came from Centerfield, in 1994, he has been hooked on fiction. "It was fun to write, kids loved it, and I discovered how incredibly rewarding it is to take a blank page and turn it into a WORLD."

Gutman was born in New York City in 1955, but moved to Newark, New Jersey the following year and spent his youth there.

Reviews

[Isaac Miller · Rating 5 out of 5]

My Weirder-est School #9: Mrs. Barr Has Gone Too Far! is funny . when Mr.cooper comes into the class he trips on somebody's backpack and falls head first into the trash can . Mr.cooper side they are going to watch a slideshow nooooooooooooooo A.J. thinks .after that Mr.cooper side"who can find Spain the map how about you,A.J. ""hear "aj ast pointing "thats antactia"mr.cooper said" hear"i ast "thats greenland "mr cooper sibe then mr klous walked in the room to intodous mirs.bar

[Anthony · Rating 4 out of 5]

A.J. and his friends have a little trouble with geography after Mr. Cooper shows them a slide show of his trip to Spain. The mysterious Mrs. Barr offers to teach the class geography. A.J. thinks there is more to Mrs. Barr than she is revealing, but no one takes him serious. Puns, wisecracks, and silly fun at Ella Mentry School are par for the course in this globetrotting adventure.

[Heidi Varner · Rating 4 out of 5]

Listened to the audio book with my 7-year old daughter. We laughed out loud often. The main boy, AJ, was a bit much at times. I am a teacher and felt super agitated listening to how he got away with certain behaviors. Knowing this is a Kid's book, I was able to put that aside and we really enjoyed finding out how "Mrs. Barr went too far."

[Wanda · Rating 3 out of 5]

My 9 year old received this book so I thought I would read it so that I could ask him questions about it to ensure he actually read it (getting him to read is a struggle!). It held my attention and the jokes made me chuckle. I would read another from this series, and I hope my son enjoys it as well.

[Eliana · Rating 3 out of 5]

A bit weird

[Megan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Meh, it was ok. We haven’t read any of the other books in the series. My 6 year old kept asking for me to read it at night. Was a little surprised by the last chapter.

[Kc · Rating 5 out of 5]

1 hour

[Natalie Bishop · Rating 4 out of 5]

Funny story that my book club enjoyed! Just feel like these stories are super quick which makes the plot suffer.

[Christina · Rating 2 out of 5]

Reading with my babies =)