Cupid Doesn't Flip Hamburgers

Title: Cupid Doesn't Flip Hamburgers
Author: Debbie Dadey and Marcia Jones
Publisher: Scholastic-A Little Apple Paperback, 1995
Reading Level: 3rd and up
Pages: 76
Genre: Fantasy










Summary:

Eddie was bored with the how girly Valentines Day was. So instead of making his valentine he crumpled it up and threw it into Carey’s blonde head. Carey yelled at him and Mrs. Jeepers turned to them and glared. Lunch finally came, and they lined up, making predictions what the new cafeteria lady will have for lunch. They enter the cafeteria to see an explosion of red, hearts, and anything valentines related all over the cafeteria. Even the food is red, heart shaped meat loaf and jello, and an apple and tomato cut into the shape of a heart, all thanks to Mrs. Rosenbloom. Everyone is acting like they were bit by a love bug, but the only one who seems to be noticing is Eddie. Especially since his arch enemy Carey is suddenly drooling over him. On top of that even Mrs. Jeepers and Prinicple Davis are acting different and love struck. Eddie decides that it all has to be due to Mrs. Rosenbloom, everyone she gives a cookie to and heart pin starts to fall all over somebody. He decides to stop it. Just when he is thinking of a plan Howie approaches him and says he thinks he Mrs. Rosenbloom is handing out love potions. For the rest of the day the boys avoid anyone with a heart pin, and after school they head to Eddies house to come up with a plan. They are going to give everyone the opposite of love; they are going to make something with puppy dog tails and more. They slip it into Mrs. Rosenblooms cookies, but Eddie almost gets caught. She didn’t notice he added anything to her cookies, but she managed to make him eat a cookie and pin a heart on him. Now Eddie is as head over heels for Carey as she is him. Now Howie needs to figure out everything by himself. Soon the new cookies are handed out and the spell is broken. Mrs. Rosenbloom is never seen or heard of, for now at least, and everyone at Bailey is back to their normal feelings.



My Reaction:

I read these books growning up and I've always loved them. It was fun to see how the Baily School Kids were going to solve the next problem in their school. I love the humor in it and how they come up with a big plan to figure everything out and, of course, save the day.

Potential Problems:

Some of the kids pick on eachother, and parent's might not want their kids to read that. Other than that, however, I didn't see any problems.

Recommendations:

I would recommend this book especially to elementary students. The kids are around their same age and they would be able to relate more. Plus it's fun for them to stretch their imagination to see if they can figure out what's going on at school.