[.ca] The Janitor's Boy (ISBN 0807282413)

From Amazon.com:
Fifth-grader Jack Rankin's father is the janitor of the junior-high school. That wouldn't be so bad if nobody knew about it. But on October 5, disaster strikes when Lenny Trumbull throws up his cafeteria ravioli: Jack's dad appears on the scene with a mop and says, "Hi, son." Jack loves his father and is proud of him, but he knows a giant letter L for loser has just been branded on his forehead. To make matters worse, Jack, furious when the inevitable stream of ridicule begins, blindly crashes into his bucket-bearing dad in the hallway, unleashing laughter, clapping, and plenty of water all around. Jack's anger is now a firestorm, and as author Andrew Clements so vividly phrases it: "The sizzling chunks of Jack's burning rage stuck to his father--like gobs of well-chewed watermelon bubble gum." Jack's fury manifests itself into the perfect crime--a carefully premeditated, 13-piece Bubblicious attack on an innocent music-room chair that results in a sticky, gooey, smelly web that only a janitor would have the skills to remove. The "sweet smell of victory" diffuses quickly, however, when Jack is condemned to after-school gum-removal duty for the next three weeks. Stickier still is how this is going to play out at home with his mom and dad. The after-school hours Jack spends scraping gum off furniture prove to be eye-opening. He develops a scholarly interest in gum excavation, and has plenty of time to make a list of ways he is not like his dad the janitor. But one day--first in a forgotten underground tunnel and then on a long truck-ride home--he discovers that there is more to his good-hearted, strong, unassuming father than he had ever even thought to imagine. Clements, a former public-school teacher and author of the bestselling Frindle and The Landry News, has a knack for getting to the heart of things while keeping the story buoyant. Readers of all ages will think twice about what kind of people (outside of their parental or occupational roles) their own parents might be. (Ages 8 to 12) --Karin Snelson

the janitor's boy:
I liked the bock becoues it is the kind of book i would read the letter are short and the paragraph's the word's are easy to read i did not need a magnifyinglass to read it. The first fue chapters where the best it was the way that you could get into the book and understand It the beging was the easy to read to I hate to read but this book i cou;d read. jack was the maine character they said a lot about him he had a very good noise he could smeall anything and his dad and him looked like each other the dad is the janitor for the school he went to and the also went in to food to he was discribing the food he was smelling

What a Perfect Crime:
AN ADVENTEROUS BOOK !!!!!!!!!!! IT LEAVES YOU ON THE EDGE OF YOUR SEAT. How would you feel if your dad was the janitor at your school? Jack tried to avoid his dad at school as much as possible. That one day came when it was his turn to be embarrassed. A kid in Jack's class vomitted (pee-yoo) and his dad came to the rescue to clean it up. The kids then began to make fun of him with obserd remarks, but Jack had a plan to get back at them. He found these tunnels in the back of the school. He began searching these SECRETPASSAGEWAYS. He came out with more knowledge than he came in with about his school, his father, and even himself. What did he find out? huh, huh . Find out by reading this very adventurous book.

The Janitors Boy:
This was a very good book. I got into it as soon as I started reading it. Sure, it's not an action/adventure type of story, but it sure kept the pages turning. This boy is ashamed of his father for being a janitor because he thinks that anybody could do it; it's a no-talent job, and the bullies think so, too, but when he gets busted for vandalizing a desk, he has second thoughts. Find out why when you read the book.

The Janitors Boy Review:
It is an awesome book.I loved it. The main plot is that Jack Rankin sticks bubble gum on his music teachers desk and gets busted and the principal makes Jack help the custodian clean up gum everyday after school. One problem. The custodian is Jacks dad! Join Jack Rankin on his amazing adventure as being a junior custodian. He always finds secret passages and secret school stuff so pop some bubble gum in your mouth and start to read!

The Janitor's BORE:
This book was one of the most boring books I have ever read because of its singular plot and unlikeable characters. If you like predictable stories that lack plot this is for you. If you prefer deeper plots, richer language and interesting characters, then you should keep away from this book.