Jenius vs Sixth Grade Can Really Kill You: Which Should You Read?

Cover of Jenius Jenius Dick King-Smith · 1990 ★★★★☆ 3.7 50 pages · ≈ 56 min · Light
“"If I were the Queen of England," Judy said, "I wouldn't have corgis."”

Eight-year-old Judy tries to convince her parents and classmates that her brilliant guinea pig can do all the tricks which she says it can.

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Cover of Sixth Grade Can Really Kill You Sixth Grade Can Really Kill You Barthe DeClements · 1985 ★★★★☆ 3.7 146 pages · ≈ 2 h 42 m · Light
“"Oh, Helen," my mother complained, "you're not going to wear those denim pants the first day of school are you?"”

Helen fears that lack of improvement in her reading may leave her stuck in the sixth grade forever, until a good teacher recognizes her reading problem.

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JeniusSixth Grade Can Really Kill You
Goodreads 3.7 (106) 3.7 (2263)
Hardcover 5.0 (1) 4.2 (4)

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JeniusSixth Grade Can Really Kill You
Ratings 106 2263
Editions 9 13
Citations — 4
Want to read 74 1261
Reading it now — 32
Written reviews 15 99
Wikipedia attention 29 —
Pages 50 146

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