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100 1  Skuy, David,|d1963-|eauthor. 
245 10 Memoirs of a sidekick /|cDavid Skuy. 
264  1 Toronto :|bKids Can Press,|c2016. 
300    238 pages ;|c21 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
500    690L Lexile 
520    Why can't Bendale change? Seventh-grader Boris Snodbuckle 
       asks his best friend and loyal sidekick, Adrian. We have 
       one more year here. I don't wanna waste it --- life's too 
       short. We have to do something. Leave it to Boris to 
       figure out a way to make life better for the kids at 
       Bendale Public School. He's going to run for president of 
       the student council. As president, he'll be able to fix 
       everything! There's only one problem. His opponent is the 
       most popular boy in school. And hardly anyone really knows
       Boris. Can he find a way to use his talent for launching 
       wild schemes to garner the votes he needs? Or will it just
       end up, as usual, getting him suspended from school? As 
       Adrian, the book's narrator, says, Don't give up, believe 
       in yourself, be brave and sometimes --- sometimes --- good
       things happen. Readers will be rooting for the 
       irrepressible Boris Snodbuckle to win it all in this 
       middle-grade novel by bestselling, award-winning author 
       David Skuy. Offbeat, funny and clever, Boris is ever 
       optimistic that things will work out, and takes his many 
       failures in stride. This heartwarming story has wide 
       appeal for its engrossing and drama-filled plot as well as
       for the many relatable themes, from bullying, to social 
       groups and popularity, to friendship. Maybe most important
       of all is the way Boris, clearly a social underdog, 
       becomes the school's unlikely hero simply by being 
       himself. This book also provides terrific lessons on 
       citizenship and leadership. 
521 8  690L|bLexile 
650  0 Best friends|vJuvenile fiction. 
650  0 Popularity|vJuvenile fiction. 
650  0 Conduct of life|vJuvenile fiction. 
650  0 Middle schools|vJuvenile fiction.