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Synopsis
The fourth book in the hilarious Regarding the . . . series overflows with toilet humor
VOYA
The newest book in the Regarding the . . . series after Regarding the Fountain (Harcourt, 1998) and Regarding the Sink (2006) brings all the favorite characters back with their unusual, special names like Tad Poll, Florence Waters, Hugh Dunnit, and Sting Ray. Their story gives readers another great and funny adventure tale in the style of the Captain Underpants series but for slightly older readers, dealing with a new crime plot in Geyser Creek. These core characters' summer-school assignment is to volunteer. The twelve-year-old students work at the town paper, assist the teacher with his school garden project, help the principal, lend a hand to the mayor, write for a reporter, and start a private investigation service to track down escaped criminals who are thought to be behind the recent Internet auctions of priceless ancient artifacts. Per usual, all characters keep in contact and get help from the magnificent Florence Waters, who works for Interpol on her off time from designing school bathrooms. Readers will learn history and Latin in a fun format very different from traditional prose narrative fiction. Letters, e-mails, postcards, and memos written among the characters tell the story. This book will be popular among upper elementary and younger middle school readers, especially boys, and it is also an excellent purchase for school and public libraries.