The Kids in Mrs. Z's Class: Thunder Nelson Does the Impossumble

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Meet the kids in Mrs. Z s wacky and wonderful third grade class! When Mrs. Z's class is looking for an animal to "adopt," Thunder Nelson knows just the critter the baby possum she just saved. But Thunder isn't ready for what happens when a wild animal goes to school! Mrs. Z s class is voting on an animal for them to virtually "adopt" and study the rest of the year. Elephants! Blue whales! Sparklemuffin Peacock Spiders! But Thunder hates voting it's like sports but less fun. Then she finds an abandoned baby possum and she has a brilliant idea. She'll bring the baby possum to school in her backpack, present a passel of possum facts, demonstrate the adorable choo-choo sound the babies make and then unveil Moxie, the joey she s hoping can join the class! How could they resist picking a real-live animal mascot? But when Thunder's plan goes off the rails, Moxie and the class may end up in danger if Thunder can't find a way to fix her mistakes. Both sweetly poignant and laugh-out-loud funny, with black-and-white illustrations by Pura Belpre Honor artist Kat Fajardo, Thunder's story invites readers into Mrs. Z s class where friendship and fun rule the school, from award-winning author Martha Brockenbrough. Perfect for!? My Weirdtastic School fans? Reluctant readers? Classroom read-alouds? Andrew Clements fans? Animal lovers! Read them all! The Kids in Mrs. Z s Class have plenty of stories to share! Emma McKenna, Full out (#1) Rohan Murthy Has a Plan (#2) Poppy Song Bakes a Way (#3) The Legend of Memo Castillo (#4) Wyatt Hill Brings a Lizard to School (#5) Ayana Ndoum Takes the Stage (#6) Olive Little Gets Crafty (#7) available for preorder now! Synclaire Fields Knows the Score (#8) available for preorder now! Theo Chang is Not a Cat (#9) available for preorder now! *The Kids in Mrs. Z s Class is an innovative series where every book is written by a different all-star author and features a different kid in the same third-grade class. They can be read in any order!

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