This book is number 14 in this series. This book is about a young boy named Hank and he has 2 best friends named Frankie and Ashley. He also has a little sister named Emily. At school there is a bully named McKelty. He keeps taking cookies from Hank and always calling him names like Zipperbutt. Hank Zipzer is not a very bright kid. In fact, he has never ever received an A. When he goes to school he finds out that his teacher, Ms. Adolf, the WORST teacher in the world, is not going to teach for 3 months!! Then Hank finds out the the BEST teacher in the world, Mr. Rock, is going to replace her!! At the end of school Hank plans to go sign up for karate class with his friends after school in his school, but Mr. Rock pulls Hank aside to talk to him. Since Hank is not doing good with his grades, Mr. Rock offers to tutor him after-school in reading along with other kids that have problems with reading. Somehow, Mr. Rock convinces him to go. When Hank goes there, he meets this REALLY pretty girl named Zoey. They start talking and Hank realizes this reading class was not so bad after all. Oh yeah, did I mention that his dad thinks that he is going to a karate class, not a reading class? The next day after school, Hank gets assigned a scrapbook project, but that same day Hank finds out something very wrong. Zoey tells Hank that she is related to MCKELTY!! SHE IS HIS COUSIN!! Hank couldn’t believe what he had just heard. Will Hank fall in love with Zoey even though she is McKeltly’s little cousin or will Hank get his first A? Will Hank ever tell his dad that he has been going to reading class instead of karate? I think that this book will appeal to both boys and girls. I also think this book is very, very funny! This series is the best one yet. At the end of this book there is the scrapbook that Hank made. This book is only 186 pages long. I hope you take the time to read this book.

David G.