The Unteachables

About this book

A hilarious new middle grade novel from beloved and bestselling author Gordon Korman about what happens when the worst class of kids in school is paired with the worst teacherperfect for fans of Ms. Bixbys Last Day. A good choice for summer reading or anytime! The Unteachables are a notorious class of misfits delinquents and academic train wrecks. Like Aldo with anger management issues; Parker who cant read; Kiana who doesnt even belong in the classor any class; and Elaine (rhymes with pain). The Unteachables have been removed from the student body and isolated in room 117. Their teacher is Mr. Zachary Kermit the most burned-out teacher in all of Greenwich. He was once a rising star but his career was shattered by a cheating scandal that still haunts him. After years of phoning it in he is finally one year away from early retirement. But the superintendent has his own plans to torpedo that ideaand it involves assigning Mr. Kermit to the Unteachables. The Unteachables never thought theyd find a teacher who had a worse attitude than they did. And Mr. Kermit never thought he would actually care about teaching again. Over the course of a school year though room 117 will experience mayhem destructionand maybe even a shot at redemption.