It's jocks vs. nerds as a tween and his cadre of misfits go to hilarious lengths to bring down their enemies in this laugh-out-loud MAX novel.Chub is a short, accidentally bald, middle school outcast with no chance of ever becoming one of the popular kids. With help from his personal band of like-minded misfits (not to mention tactics gleaned from the Colonel, a US military vet with toenail issues), Chub's determined to bring down his nemesis, class hero and now potential class president, Archer, or the Arch—the very guy who betrayed Chub with the lice-killing potion that left him bald as a billiard ball. If the Arch gets to be president, Chub knows his life is officially over. Chub's got a lot of dirt on the Arch: embarrassing photos and underwear about to fly from the school flagpole, for starters. But then he discovers that there are some very dangerous skeletons in Archer's closet, and more at stake than just a few middle school reputations. With a...

Chub and his group of misfit friends—including some new recruits—try to track down the school's missing mascot in the hilarious and heartwarming sequel to I Am Fartacus.It's a new year, and a chance for Chub to make a fresh start at Alanmoore Middle School. After all, he now has a "cadre" of misfits behind him, and his feud with Archer "The Arch" Norris seems to have cooled off over the summer. Could seventh grade be the year that Chub keeps his nose out of trouble? One thing Chub didn't count on? The new principal "Mizzz Lockhart"—a steely-eyed disciplinary maniac with a zero-tolerance policy for mischief who is just waiting to make an example out of Chub. When Lockhart's precious sculpture—a hideous modern-art rendering of the school mascot that Chub dubbed "The Boogerloo"—disappears, both Chub and Archer are blamed for the theft. Worse still, they're faced with expulsion (which for Chub means being shipped off to Poland) unless...