A naked grandfather - in the garden, picking the neighbor's flowers - was not something a ten-year-old should have to deal with on his very own birthday. Charles Logan Malone has decided to reform. This new 5th grade year at Dooley Elementary will be nothing like the last. He will become teacher's pet so that the year will be smooth sailing and he will not constantly be in trouble. After the principal invites him into her office and asks him to escort the new girl, Emily "the Snot" Scott, to class, he resorts to what he does best. "[He] calls it fiction; [His] parents call it lying. Whatever it was he was good at it." His prevaricating earns him the title "ratfink" from an essay written by Emily. She has accused him of revealing the secrets of his best friend's (Malik's) book bag. Logan denies it but the tide turns against him - including Malik. Logan donates all his birthday money to buy his grandfather a camera to aid his failing memory. He provides an excellent suggestion for their classes booth at the carnival, and then proceeds to ruin the carnival. This is excllent story about trust, commitment, loyalty, and mistaken blame.
"There are worse things than being laughed at."
"Chocolate can cure a lot of things."
Mark Twain Award Preliminary Nominee 2012-13
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