The qwikpick papers6/19/2023 When Lyle hears at school that the city's sludge fountain is going to be replaced by a new sewage plant, he hatches a plan with his friends, Dave Raskin, and Marilla Anderson to sneak out and see it. They work long days and hours leaving Lyle with a lot of time on his hands. Lyle lives in a trailer park as his parents work at the Qwikpick convenience store trying to make ends meet. Taking that seed of an idea he came up with Lyle Hertzog, the protagonist who lives in Crickenberg, a small town with little action. While Tom Angleberger worked as a reporter for a newspaper he stumbled across an article about some kids that had an adventure at the city's sewage plant. This book was first published in 2007 and rereleased. The Qwikpick Papers involves this fascination but also how sewage plants work, friendship, and best friends dealing with a crush on the same girl. No wonder kids like the novelty and rejection of this taboo. I suppose that toilet humor regarding body functions is frowned upon culturally. Some adults find these stories on vomit, poop, urination low-brow, but the reality is that they get kids excited about reading and talking with each other about books. For me, it's interesting watching nonreaders become drawn to reading as students huddle around books belly-laughing over a character in his underpants. Most adults scratch their heads at this scatological humor. Give kids books on poop, gas, or burps and they laugh hysterically.
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