Horrible Harry and the Green Slime

Horrible Harry and the Green Slime
By Suzy Kline
Publisher/Date: Scholastic 1989
# of Pages:58
Reading level: level 3
Genre: fiction


Summary:

The story is told by a boy named Doug. his best friend is Harry. the first thing that happens in the book is the "secret pal" activity. everyone in the class gets a secret pal and they aren't supposed to tell anybody else. Harry tells Doug he has Song Lee, but Doug won't tell Harry who his secret pal is. Harry gets mad and says they can't be friends anymore. Doug's secret pal doesn't do anything special, and when the day comes that they discover each others pal, Doug is Harry's. Then they are friends again. Then the principal says that every class needs to have a smoking awareness activity. In their class, they do skits. Doug and Harry do the best one in the class with Song Lee, Sidney, Ida, and Mary. They sing and die from smoking. Then after their teacher finishes reading Charlotte's Web, the class wants to celebrate the book in her honor. Harry has the idea to invade the school with webs. all the kids draw their own webs, and they put them up around the school. even the principal likes the idea. Then the teacher tells them that their project is to demonstrate something in class. Harry shows the class how to spike hair using the principal as an assistant. Harry and Song Lee make green slime. all the students and teachers like it except the secretary.

Who benefits from reading this book?

This book is all about what happens at school. any school child will be able to relate to and benefit from this book. it's funny and clever. not to mention easy to read, so young students will be able to be entertained.

What problems could this book cause?

I don't know if this book could cause problems. Harry has crazy ideas, but there isn't anything really bad that happens. it talks about the dangers of smoking and the importance of having friends, so i'd say it teaches good things.

My Reaction:

This book was ok. I didn't think the plot was that interesting. however, i think some kids will enjoy it. probably especially boys since it's about a boy with crazy ideas. it's a small chapter book with pictures, so it would be good for beginning chapter book readers.