This children’s chapter book is all about a mischievous second grader, Harry, who is a legend for his “horribleness”. This story begins with Harry plotting ways to be horrible with the new science unit about Ants. Harry loves bugs and other icky things that aide in his “horribleness”. He slyly gets his hands on the ants and adds them as a topping to the school receptionist’s Banana Yogurt and gets away with it. The story goes on to tell about Harry getting revenge on a classmate for bumping heads with his crush Song Lee during dance. After Harry pours ice down his classmates back he learns that he is a victim of revenge himself. Will Harry be blamed for killing the class fish; an act that his classmate sets him up for with Harry’s horrible reputation in mind? I would use this book in a classroom when learning about respect. Harry and his classmates constantly model ways of disrespecting each other and students in my classroom could learn what is labeled disrespectful.
