As a former teacher in an urban setting, I truly appreciated the humor and compelling story provided in this work!

An innovative structure that intrigued me. As a teacher, the conflict between teacher and students rang true. Kiffo and Calma were well drawn and believable. I loved the book but I felt the ending was a cop out. I'm one of those people who want the i's dotted and the t's crossed. Nevertheless, this is a well written book - I enjoyed its irony.

Made me want to reread the second one for the missed connections.

i got this book as a Christmas present. at first glance it may seem kind of silly and juvenile. it's not. Jonsberg comic writing is pure genius. it was hilarious and delved realistically into the mind of a very humorous, likable and relatable heroine. Calma and Kiffo's quest to prove their suspicions about a certain Pitt bull of an English teacher. results in a hilarious, horrifying and heartbreaking adventure that is a pleasure to read.

I've read this book many times as I've grown up & when I came across it in the library I had to read it again. It did not disappoint. I love the story and I read the majority of this book in one day! I wouldn't be surprised if I read this book again sometime in the near future!

I thought after reading this I’d understand why it’s remained on our text list for SO LONG but actually I still don’t. There are so many better YA novels that could take its place.

The thing is that i have only read a few paragraphs of this bookand i already love it i need to rent it and get it!

I don't remember reading the book. That means it must have been pretty bad.

I'll admit I'm a total judge-a-book-by-its-cover kid. I picked this up because, in this case, I liked the cover for being one of those clean cut ones with a nicely colored and simple focus. The blurb on the inside cover wasn't really all too interesting but, whenever I grab a group of books from the library I always try to pick one that will be short, fast and simple. That's exactly what I got here.
As opposed to most books that I enjoy, this was very teenish and like I've said, I'm not a huge fan of the teen reads. But the characters were relatively interesting for something like this. The main character was a teen girl who was smart but had an attitude and wore obnoxious glasses. Her best friend was an ugly red-headed ruffian who wasn't smart but also had an attitude. The basic gist of the story was them stalking their new and evil teacher who is often times compared to famous dictators in history, namely Hitler, and attempting to catch her in the act of drug dealing as she is accused of doing by the red-headed ruffian. Highlighted by several close calls and dangerous incidences, not a whole lot happens. But, in the most exciting scene of the story, Kiffo (the boy) and Calma (the girl) are chasing down the teacher on a motorcycle (when I say it like this it sounds completely random but I'd prefer not to explain all the details) and get into an accident. They both seem fine, all is well, just a broken bike. But then, all of a sudden, something happens to Kiffo. Turns out, through some tense ridden pages, Kiffo dies (I know, right?!) and Calma is left feeling empty. Well, in the end she accepts it, all that stuff you'd expect from a supposed-to-be moral of the story chapter. The plot was iffy, sometimes fun, with two and a half well-written characters and a surprise ending. It was good enough.
The most interesting part though was not the story but the style of writing. At the end/beginning of each chapter, the author would include some strange little excerpt that conveyed something about Calma and Kiffo's relationship usually acting in the form of some homework assignment that Calma wrote. It was a very clever way of telling the story of their friendship without being awkward or uncomfortable because of Kiffo's difficult upbringing and the constant wondering of whether or not there was going to be some sort of romantic relationship (which ultimately there wasn't, sorry to spoil it, like I haven't already ruined the whole story already).
I can't say that this book was particularly memorable... at all. But it was fun enough to read and kept me entertained in a light-hearted, surface level sort of way.

Really funny :)

i had to read this for my English class and absolutely loved it!!

I read this novel several year ago and I remember so much of it, quotes, how funny and touching at the same time it was, how I cried at the end.
I especially love it's own humor, and this strong connection between the protagonists.
I really have to re-read this