Oh NB schools, you know your students well. Of course they'll read a book from the summer reading list entitled, Summer Reading is Killing Me! For those of you unfamiliar with The Time Warp Trio book series, lemme sum it up for you. For his tenth birthday, Joe's uncle gives him a very special book (which, any uncle of a ten year old should know better than to give him a book, but that's another story entirely). Unlike all the other books Joe has ever encountered, this book takes him and his two closest friends, Sam and Fred, on dangerous adventures throughout history. In order to make it home, they have to locate the book and get absorbed in an odd, green mist to get back home. Oh, yeah, and the most dastardly beings are usually in possession of The Book, making it that much harder to get home alive.
Jon Scieszka doesn't disappoint in this high-low volume. We find our heroes discussing all the things they want to do over the summer, and while they disagree about whether they should skateboard or read from the summer reading list, all three kids are in agreement that they want a break from The Book's historical vacations. Unfortunately, when the argument between Fred and Sam over boards vs. books heats up, Fred shoves the summer reading list into a random book from Joe's bookcase to put summer reading out of sight once and for all. Only trouble is, he didn't put the list in any old book. Before Joe, Fred and Sam can wonder what happens when The Book gets a hold of the summer reading list, they are sucked into the fictional Hoboken, NJ from The Hoboken Chicken Emergency courtesy of the aforementioned odd, green mist. Duhn, duhn DUHN... How will they ever get home when they are on the run from such classic bad guys like Mrs. Trunchbull and Dracula?
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