This one never fails to crack me up (read: in my case, smile). While there is no actual dog, the cover art and the title/message of the book more than makes up for that deficiency. It's a funny little romp with crazy, enjoyable characters and a truly surprising twist. I'm sure I'll never get tired of it!

No More Dead Dogs is a unique story starring a football player that’s as honest as anything, a serious seventh-grade actress, and a play. Wallace Wallace, the football hero of Bedford, is not allowed on the team after he writes a terrible report on the book Old Shep, My Pal. He has nowhere to go during detention, so he works with the play, shelling out ideas and practically takes it over. Will he rewrite his unpleasing review to return to his team, or give it up for the play? Unlike Wallace, I

This is my very favorite Gordon Korman book--I've read it several times, and it still makes me laugh every time. Even though it's getting a bit dated now (mentions of the 1999-2000 football seasons, and Rachel Turner writing to then-hot Julia Roberts) it's still a great read.Annotation with spoilers: Wallace Wallace's father was a big fat fibber--so Wallace has spent his 14 years vowing never to tell a lie. His "honesty is the only policy" approach means trouble, though, when he refuses to give

Can you imagine having the name "Wallace Wallace"? Well, that's not the worst thing that has happened to Wallace in his life. Right now the worst thing in Wallace's life is that when he wrote his book report on "Old Shep, My Pal", he was brutally honest, and I shall quote his book report... "Old Shep, My Pal" by Zack Paris is the most boring book I've read in my entire life. I did not have a favorite character. I hated everybody equally. The most interesting part came on the last page where it s...

I'd give it four stars, but it really irks me how the main character doesn't seem to actually learn anything, aside from the fact that his football friends aren't necessarily the nicest people. I mean, I like the premise of the book (boy hates book, writes scathing review, teacher is angry), but the fact is that the teacher had a point. If he had written an intelligent review, where he had explained why he didn't like the book, the teacher would have been fine. It was his simple dismissal of the...

I may or may not (okay, definitely may) have raved about Gordan Korman’s talent for creating humourous and original characters before. He does this in spades in No More Dead Dogs. Wallace Wallace is indeed the “reluctant football hero” as pitched by the book’s summary (considering he’s really just a bench-warmer who lucked out and caught the touchdown pass that won last year’s championship game). He also categorically refuses to tell a lie under any circumstances: which includes his book report

A lot of people reviewing this book are talking about how the characters are too perfect. While this might be true, this is just a children’s fiction book that can be read simply for entertainment. One of the good things about books is that they don’t have to be like real life, especially fiction books. Reading them becomes more fun when you can take a break from the rules of the real world and just enjoy a story. All and all, it was a good book with a lot of actual good humor. Gordon Korman is

Okay, look. I read this book last year, just after WHEN YOU REACH ME and needed a fun-lighthearted book. And that is exactly what I got.I actually reread this one quite recently and I loved it just the same the second time around. I’m not really sure what it is about it. Maybe it’s the characters - who were all so prominent and quirky and I just loved them so much. Maybe it’s the writing style? Gordon Korman always has a really great writing style. I’m not really sure, but I am sure that I loved...

I read this at some point...I think back in college for my kidlit class, but it might have even been before then, and I remember enjoying it. Since we owned multiple copies, it became one of our book club reads this year (it helps that it's short!). I haven't heard from the kids yet, since we haven't had book club yet, but I enjoyed it just as thoroughly as I remembered, and I like how it's funny and fast-moving, but also explores themes of honesty, loyalty, and dedication to a cause.

Korman creatively sets up this story like a screenplay with a list of characters at the very beginning of the story. Each chapter “enters” (or features) a different character (1st person point of view). Readers are hooked from the beginning with the humor of his father’s habit of lying. Because of this Wallace, at a very young age, swore to a life of honesty, no matter what. “My earliest memory is of my mother complaining that the laundry shrunk her new pants. “Your pants didn’t get smaller, Mom...

wallace is a football player and he writes an engish paper about a book that he read but he didnt like it o he got in trouble and got kicked off the football team. rachel writes to julia roberts. since wallace got kicked off the team has lost 3 games in a row. wallace kind of takes over the play and he changes it so that the people are on roller blades. wallace got a band to play callled the dead mangos. mr. fogelman let him off detention so he can play football. then walllace gets band from the...

i really like this book my favorite part was when Wallace Wallace saved the play spoiler alert._____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________...

In the book No More Dead Dogs Wallace gets in a lot of trouble. One day he goes to football practice when he is supposed to be in detention so his coach yells at him and sends Wallace to detention. Wallace was not a good kid he found out that his mom wanted nothing but the truth so he told the truth to everyone if he did not like the person he told them that and he told them what he did not like about them and that made his mother mad, he told her he thought that she wanted nothing but the truth...

This has been a family favorite for many years now, so perhaps it is time to actually write a review of it. As usual, my effort will be to let you know about the book while avoiding spoilers.The title says a great deal. No More Dead Dogs. In my long ago school years, we had required summer reading. And so MANY of the books were heart wrenching stories of animals that died! Why did coming of age stories have to be so depressing? Even as a kid, I felt manipulated into emotions I didn't enjoy. A sh...

Wallace Wallace (no, that's not a typo) doesn't lie. He absolutely refuses to lie. His father lies all the time to Wallace and about silly things. Since Wallace hates that his father lies constantly, he decides to NEVER lie. A decision that will get him in to a ton of trouble later, especially when he has to write a review on a book called Old Shep, My Pal (not a real book) and hates the book with a passion. His English teacher, Mr. Fogelman refuses to accept the paper and makes Wallace attend r...

This review is also available on my blog, Read TIll Dawn.This is one of my all-time favorites of Korman's - and that's saying a lot! I've read the vast majority of his books, and loved the vast majority of those. His books are funny, clever, witty, and always leave you with a smile at the end of the day. I own a bunch of Gordon Kormans, but this is one of my favorites - right up there with Schooled and The Chicken Doesn't Skate. I've read it literally more times than I can count, coming back to

Wallace Wallace never lies. He’s kind of known for it. He gets detention for writing a book report that says he hated the assigned book. Because of this, he has to sit with the drama department as they work on their play, based on the same book, after school every day until he can complete the assignment to the teacher’s satisfaction. So, I liked this book overall, but this was one of my first gripes. Wallace is allowed to hate the assigned book. Maybe the first report could’ve explained better

A cute middle grade book that pretty much sums up how we all feel about books with dogs on the cover: The dog will die, and therefore the book sucks. Though classic dead dog books like OLD YELLER and WHERE THE RED FERN GROWS are mentioned, the book within the book is fake, allowing Korman and his main character, Wallace Wallace, to rip it to shreds without offending fans of a real book, which makes sense because fans and their obsessions are an even bigger part of this book then OLD SHEP, MY PAL...

I really, really, really loved this book. I recently complained about dog books on Twitter -- I really hate them because the dog ALWAYS dies in them -- and a friend suggested this one. Why? Because "I wasn't surprised," I said. "I knew Old Shep was going to die before I started page one.""Don't be ridiculous," the teacher snapped. "How?"I shrugged. "Because the dog always dies. Go to the library and pick out a book with an award sticker and a dog on the cover. Trust me, that dog is going down."T...

While this book started with a plot eerily similar to High School Musical (I had to check the copyright information to assure myself that it was written before the movie came out), I was pleasantly surprised by the humorous antics in this novel. I did correctly predict who the "mystery" sabotager was before the person's identity was revealed, but that did not take away from my enjoyment of the story. I recommend this book to those who love a good Gordon Korman read.