Five 5th-grade friends swing into action and Sherwood heights will never be the same! Middle-grade readers love the zany, action-packed, adventure!
It's the summer before 5th grade, and that means a ninja stealth picnic, supervillain jail, and a zombie apocalypse. The Dudes are five friends who set out to save one of their number from the peril of private school. But code-names, battle training, and a camp-out of doom don't help as much as you'd think they would. Besides that, the girl next door has a teacup-sized pit bull, Tyler's mom has banned "screen time", and there's the rising cost of fake blood. Can the Dudes use inadvisable stunts and madcap plans to save the day? That's how they roll!
Book One of The Dudes Adventure Chronicles is a series of realistic but zany suburban adventures featuring a diverse group of boys who know how to make their own fun! For intermediate readers 8-12 who can’t get enough madcap adventure and hilarious hijinks. Each chapter book provides several stories realistic enough and wacky enough to keep them reading to the delicious conclusion.
Praise for Save the Dudes:
"With one priceless, laugh-out-loud scenario after another, the mother and son team of Johnson and Reynolds delivers a fine tale…
"…the story is given depth by emotional challenges each friend must face, described with subtlety.
"Readers will likely be eager to read the next adventure.
"Hilarious comic mayhem, rounded out by affection and insight." --Kirkus Reviews
Situational humor without movie tie-ins or fart jokes! Appeals to kids who like funny, realistic fiction without a tacked-on message or ripped-from-the-headlines problem.
Can be read as a series or in any order. Great choice for summer reading or family read-a-louds. Classic fun for modern kids!
Tyler Reynolds has been entrusted with the awesome duty of preserving the legend of the Dudes’ epic adventures for all time. He lives with his mom and dad, two brothers, and a dog and spends his non-screen-time with his four best friends.
Check out his website at: www.TheDudesChronicles.com
Emily Kay Johnson occasionally comes out of hiding to collaborate with Tyler Reynolds on the dubious project of sharing the exploits of the Dudes with the world. She lives with her husband, sons, and cats in the Pacific Northwest.
Jacquelyn B. Moore was born in St. Louis, MO. From the age of 10, she dreamed of becoming an artist. She enjoys illustrating children's editorial and picture books focused on adventure, fantasy, and history.