Lunch Lady and the Bake Sale Bandit (Lunch Lady, Book 5)
The clever and inventive Lunch Lady along with her prot�g�s, elementary-school students Dee, Hector, and Terrence, take on the titular bad guy in another satisfying episode of schoolwide politics, derring-do, and a bit of appealing fantasy, culminating in the attack of the villain�s supercharged Buszilla. A know-it-all fellow student, a crusading health teacher, and a maniacal bus driver are among Krosoczka�s funny and over-the-top red herrings. The high action of the yellow-washed, black-and-white cartoon panels is echoed in the narrative�s pacing. The end clearly sets up the gang�s next adventure. Grades 2-4. --Francisca Goldsmith