Knights of the Lunch Table: No. 1 (The Dodgeball Chronicles)

We gave this to a 7 year old; she loves it, and re-reads it over and over. While a lot of the elements are pretty common in a book for children -- difficulty of fitting into a new school, dangers of telling a lie, counting on your friends, perseverance -- there are enough witty surprises to make this a very fun read. I enjoyed the art, a nice level of "cartoonishness" to match the story. This is also one of those rare stories aimed in some ways for kids (see above), and some ways for adults (all the Arthurian and Shakespeare references). That makes it fun for an adult to share this book with a child.

My two kids (6 yr old boy and 8 yr old girl) and I love this book. The morning after finishing the book, my son talked about the story for over an hour. My daughter is pouring over it again right now and reading it herself. My son has looked through the pictures at least 4 times in as many days. The The one thing we don't like about it isn't there aren't any more books in the series (YET!). (As a mother I didn't really like how mean the sister was to her little brother...). I can't wait to give this book as a birthday present to my kid's friends.

I liked this book. It started with a kid named Artie. His sister Morgan woke him up and they had to go to school. Artie forgot to take out the trash and missed the bus. Artie wanted to be good at something. There was a locker that never opened, but Artie was able to open it. The school bully, Joe, got really mad that Artie could open the locker and was going to beat him up. But Artie's friend Percy stopped him and asked him if he wanted to have a dodgeball fight instead. If Artie's team wins, the bully has to leave them alone forever, and if Joe's team wins, Artie has to show the bully how to open the locker. This book was really funny. I liked the dodgeball tournament and the part with the spider. I would tell my friends to read this book.

We love these books and please keep them coming. Perfect for the boy who is not yet a teen but growing up fast. The books are fun and my grandson can't wait for the next one to be published

Always a great read and a great series. I would say for an average reader it would be great for grade 2s. Had a grade 3 breeze through it in 10 mins.

Bought this for my older grandson so that he would have reading material handy in class. He loved it and has asked me to get him more from the series. Also, he has other classmates asking if they can read the book.

What a fantastic series! My first grader couldn't get enough. We would end up reading each book in one day!

It is one of the best books I've ever read in my whole life Cool Free download Great Full of laughter

Perfect

11 yo son who hates reading - loved this book. He read it within a day. Similar genre to the Diary of a Wimpy kid series but probably more enjoyable for slightly older secondary school kids.

Como el resto de libros del autor a mi nieto le gustan mucho, por su formato son una buena opcion para jovenes lectores (9 años en este caso)

This comic has everything a best comic required!!😘😘

I purchased this graphic novel to use with some of my students who are struggling readers, and are bored by our first and second grade books. I even had one of my teenage students pick it up and read it from beginning to end. The story is engaging and humorous, and girls and boys seem to enjoy it equally.