Friday Memes: The Contagious Colors of Mumpley Middle School by Fowler DeWitt

Happy Friday everybody!!

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This week I am spotlighting The Contagious Colors of Mumpley Middle School by Fowler DeWitt. I got this middle grade title from Chelsy at Big Honcho Media. I received a finished copy of this September 3 release.

Here is the description that convinced me to add it to my stack:

Something strange is happening to the sixth grade—and it’s up to student scientist Wilmer Dooley to crack the case in this fast-paced novel full of humor and mystery.If there’s one important thing Wilmer Dooley’s dad always says, it’s this: “Where are my car keys?”

Okay, maybe not that. He also says: “Observe!”

Wilmer has always known that the greatest science comes from the keenest observations. So when he observes his classmates looking a little green…and orange...and chartreuse-fuchsia polka-dotted...he knows that it’s up to him to find the cause of this mysterious illness—and the cure.

But with his arch nemesis, Claudius Dill, hot on his heels; the eagle-eyed biology teacher, Mrs. Padgett, determined to thwart his plans; and a host of fluorescent classmates bouncing off the walls at increasingly dangerous speeds, can Wilmer prove he has what it takes to save the sixth grade from a colorful demise before it’s too late?

Beginning:

Dear Journal,

Black widow spiders are horrible creatures. 

Friday 56:

The science medal might change your life, Wilmer—just like it changed mine. Observe! Investigate!