The Homework Machine
by Dan Gutman
Book Summary Information
Author: Dan GutmanEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-06-26
ISBN: 0689876793
Number of pages: 176
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
Product features:
- ISBN13: 9780689876790
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Book Reviews of The Homework Machine
Book Review: Left-wing Indoctrination
Summary: 1 Stars
Sad to say, my daughter checked this book out of her school library. These books may or may not be good stories but at least the one my daughter checked out had lines mentioning that a character's father had died in the war (Iraq War) and that it was sad because the "father didn't die for any good reason like in past wars" but instead died for oil.
As a veteran myself I am appalled that an author and schools would allow a book to be so freely available that says such things. What if my daughter had lost her father in the Iraq war? Would she appreciate reading that her father, brother, uncle or friend had died for nothing simply because the author has a political bias?
Keep political indoctrination out of our schools...regardless of which party is doing it!
Summary of The Homework Machine
Meet the D Squad, a foursome of fifth graders at the Grand Canyon School made up of a geek, a class clown, a teacher's pet, and a slacker. They are bound together by one very big secret: the homework machine. Because the machine, code-named Belch, is doing their homework for them, they start spending a lot of time together, attracting a lot of attention. And attention is exactly what you don't want when you are keeping a secret.
Before long, things start to get out of control, and Belch becomes much more powerful than they ever imagined. Now the kids are in a race against their own creation, and the loser could end up in jail...or worse!
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