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59th out of 326 books
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307 voters
Lunch Lady and the Cyborg Substitute (Lunch Lady #1)
by
Jarrett J. Krosoczka (Goodreads Author)
Serving justice . . . and lunch!
Hector, Terrence, and Dee have always wondered about their school lunch lady. What does she do when she isn’t dishing out the daily special? Where does she live? Does she have a lot of cats at home? Little do they know, Lunch Lady doesn’t just serve sloppy joes—she serves justice! Whatever danger lies ahead, it’s no match for LUNCH LADY!
Hector, Terrence, and Dee have always wondered about their school lunch lady. What does she do when she isn’t dishing out the daily special? Where does she live? Does she have a lot of cats at home? Little do they know, Lunch Lady doesn’t just serve sloppy joes—she serves justice! Whatever danger lies ahead, it’s no match for LUNCH LADY!
Paperback, 96 pages
Published
July 28th 2009
by Knopf Books for Young Readers
(first published June 2009)
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No, it's a bird... Wait, it's a plane... Nope, it's Lunch Lady. She masquerades as a lunch lady during the day and by evening a superhero. Nothing gets by her. So, when teachers at the school she works at start getting sick and subs fill in, she knows somethings up. She knows it's up to her to save the day. Can she do it? Read to find out!
Intended Grade Level: 2nd-4th
Intended Grade Level: 2nd-4th
1. Genre: Graphic Novel
2. When Hector, Terrence, and Dee's favorite teacher, Mr. O'Connell is absent from school one day, the lunch lady is instantly suspicious. This book combines humor and brilliant illustrations to portray the lunch lady that battles the evil Cyborg substitute.
3. a) Area for Comment: Illustrations
b)The illustrations in this story do an excellent job of conveying emotion. Though the illustrations are done in black, white, and yellow, the facial expressions of the characters ar...more
2. When Hector, Terrence, and Dee's favorite teacher, Mr. O'Connell is absent from school one day, the lunch lady is instantly suspicious. This book combines humor and brilliant illustrations to portray the lunch lady that battles the evil Cyborg substitute.
3. a) Area for Comment: Illustrations
b)The illustrations in this story do an excellent job of conveying emotion. Though the illustrations are done in black, white, and yellow, the facial expressions of the characters ar...more
Genre: Graphic Novel
Summary: This unique lunch lady tackles more than just greasy pots and pans; instead she protects the school and its children against evil enemies that are motivated by selfish greed.
Area for comment: Illustrations
B. While all graphic novels rely heavily on their illustrations to tell the sorry, the most notable aspect of this particular text is the great detail incorporated within these illustrations that convey action and emotion so well. Each page not only tells the story,...more
Summary: This unique lunch lady tackles more than just greasy pots and pans; instead she protects the school and its children against evil enemies that are motivated by selfish greed.
Area for comment: Illustrations
B. While all graphic novels rely heavily on their illustrations to tell the sorry, the most notable aspect of this particular text is the great detail incorporated within these illustrations that convey action and emotion so well. Each page not only tells the story,...more
Junior Book Critique #6
Lunch Lady and the Cyborg Substitute
By: Jarrett J. Krosoczka
1. Junior Book Genre: Graphic Novel
2. Brief Summary: Jarrett Krosoczka wildly portrays the tale of a cafeteria Lunch Lady that in her spare time monitors the entire school and fights crime! As the first volume of his graphic novel series Lunch Lady and the Cyborg Substitute details the troubles that fall upon the school and a small group of students known as the Breakfast Bunch when a suspicious substitute takes o...more
Lunch Lady and the Cyborg Substitute
By: Jarrett J. Krosoczka
1. Junior Book Genre: Graphic Novel
2. Brief Summary: Jarrett Krosoczka wildly portrays the tale of a cafeteria Lunch Lady that in her spare time monitors the entire school and fights crime! As the first volume of his graphic novel series Lunch Lady and the Cyborg Substitute details the troubles that fall upon the school and a small group of students known as the Breakfast Bunch when a suspicious substitute takes o...more
Lunch Lady and the Cyborg Substitute is a perfect read for a child's free time. It is written in a perfect way for children to involve themselves and laugh. Lunch Lady is cooler than the students thought and when they follow her home one day they soon figure that out. The illustrations set the scene of the book before the title page even with the Lunch Lady and her sidekick with a new gadget. Without these simple yet involved illustrations, the story would not have been as well received and unde...more
This graphic novel by Jarrett J. Krosoczka grabs your attention from the time you open the book. It begins with a bank robbery and the lunch lady saving the day through the use of her "sloppy joe button" as well as her other lunch lady traits. The students at her school wonder about what she does when she is not a lunch lady. Through a series of adventures, the students catch on to her secret super hero ways and aide her in her quest to catch the cyborg substitute robots. This book is adventurou...more
June 2012 Cover to Cover selection (3rd-5th book club).
I picked this for book club before I read it (our summer reading them is Reading is So Delicious!) and after I read it, I was really worried that we wouldn't have anything to talk about. Turns out that was not the case and both groups had great discussions. Part of that may have been that because there wasn't a whole lot to talk about from the book, the questions focused more on things like what kind of gadgets the kids would have if they w...more
I picked this for book club before I read it (our summer reading them is Reading is So Delicious!) and after I read it, I was really worried that we wouldn't have anything to talk about. Turns out that was not the case and both groups had great discussions. Part of that may have been that because there wasn't a whole lot to talk about from the book, the questions focused more on things like what kind of gadgets the kids would have if they w...more
I will admit I was very skeptical when I picked up a graphic novel that only implemented black, white, grey, and yellow illustrations. However, what the Lunch Lady and the Cyborg Substitute lacked in color, it more than made up for in an extremely creative narrative. The main characters of the novel catch on to a possible secret life of their school cafeteria’s lunch lady. Their suspicions are confirmed as they spy on her after school to and find out she does in fact use her abilities as lunch l...more
You can tell that author and illustrator Jarrett J. Krosoczka has a pass ion about comics and graphic novels through this book. It’s amazing that the illustrations only include the colors yellow, gray, and black, yet readers are swept away into this animated world. Because there is a lot on each page, more colors may have been more distracting to the reader. The transitions between scenes and conversations are so smooth that I literally felt like I was watching television. I could imagine it so...more
Lunch Lady and the Cyborg Substitute by Jarrett J. Krosoczka is a graphic novel essentially about the lunch lady trying to figure out the truth behind one of the substitute teachers in the school. I thought this book was fairly entertaining and definitely a very easy read. The majority of the book was told in pictures with speech and thought bubbles essentially filling in what the pictures couldn’t tell. I really liked this genre of book because it is very non-traditional and a nice break from r...more
When picking a book to read for my graphic novel I was torn between Lunch Lady and the Cyborg Substitute and Baby Mouse. In the long run Lunch Lady and the Cyborg Substitute by Jarrett J. Krosoczka won not only because of its appealing cover jacket, but because of its title. As far as characters we have this “boring” lunch lady by day and a crime stopping super hero by night, along with three students who have suspicions of the lunch lady, a substitute teacher who is very odd, and then the evil...more
This review is for #1-4 of the series.
In The Lunch Lady series, three students (Hector, Terrence, and Dee) question what their lunch lady does besides prepare school lunches, only to find out that she fights crime in her spare time. The books have a common theme, where in each book, there is a crime that Lunch Lady stops to save the day. One thing I liked about this book is the setting. The crimes typically happen in a school setting or at a camp, places children are familiar with and these crim...more
In The Lunch Lady series, three students (Hector, Terrence, and Dee) question what their lunch lady does besides prepare school lunches, only to find out that she fights crime in her spare time. The books have a common theme, where in each book, there is a crime that Lunch Lady stops to save the day. One thing I liked about this book is the setting. The crimes typically happen in a school setting or at a camp, places children are familiar with and these crim...more
A new substitute has come to take over for the math teacher, who's sick, but the lunch lady is suspicious, as the math teacher has never called in sick once during all the years he's been teaching. Meanwhile, three children are rescued from the school bully by the lunch lady.
Who IS the lunch lady, and what does she do when she's not cooking and serving lunch at school? The three students decide to find out and make plans to follow her after school.
Meanwhile, the lunch lady and her co-hort, who h...more
Who IS the lunch lady, and what does she do when she's not cooking and serving lunch at school? The three students decide to find out and make plans to follow her after school.
Meanwhile, the lunch lady and her co-hort, who h...more
1. Genre: Junior Book/Graphic Novel
2. Summary: The lunch lady at Hector, Terrence, and Dee’s school spends her days serving up lunch and her nights investigating suspicious substitutes in the building. Today she, along with the students’ help, must fight off some very aggressive robots.
3. Critique:
a. One of the greatest strengths of this title is the use of voice.
b. Of all the voices in this story, the lunch lady’s is the strongest. She pulls the reader in with her tenacious attitude and humor....more
2. Summary: The lunch lady at Hector, Terrence, and Dee’s school spends her days serving up lunch and her nights investigating suspicious substitutes in the building. Today she, along with the students’ help, must fight off some very aggressive robots.
3. Critique:
a. One of the greatest strengths of this title is the use of voice.
b. Of all the voices in this story, the lunch lady’s is the strongest. She pulls the reader in with her tenacious attitude and humor....more
Lunch Lady arrived this week and our young Jarrett fans were on these books "like cheese on macaroni". Today Lucy (10) and Bayla (8) share their thoughts on the first two books in this zany graphic novel series.
You can listen in on our chat about this book on our Just One More Book! Children's Book Podcast.
For a behind the scenes glimpse at the making of Lunch Lady , check out our video interview with author and illustrator Jarrett Krosoczka:
Rock Stars of Reading part 9: Digital Jarrett Krosocz...more
You can listen in on our chat about this book on our Just One More Book! Children's Book Podcast.
For a behind the scenes glimpse at the making of Lunch Lady , check out our video interview with author and illustrator Jarrett Krosoczka:
Rock Stars of Reading part 9: Digital Jarrett Krosocz...more
Lunch Lady and the Cyborg Substitute is a good book that I think kids would enjoy reading in their free time. This graphic-novel tells the story of the Breakfast Bunch, Hector, Terrance, and Dee, who are curious about their school Lunch Lady. "What does she do when she isn't dishing the daily special?" When a substitute teacher arrives at the school, the Lunch Lady grows suspicious of him and ends up following him home.
This story was well-written and I think it would be a quick read for kids in...more
This story was well-written and I think it would be a quick read for kids in...more
OMG!!! This might be the best book series EVER!! Ok they are written for children but hear me out...
The breakfast bunch has always wondered what the Lunch Lady does on her time off... does she have 100 cats, does she have a family to take care of or is she a secret agent?? well one of those ideas is close to the truth...
The Lunch Lady thwarts evil with the help of her gadget making fellow lunch lady Betty!! The boiler room is home to their secret hideout, with gadgets galore and surveillance of...more
The breakfast bunch has always wondered what the Lunch Lady does on her time off... does she have 100 cats, does she have a family to take care of or is she a secret agent?? well one of those ideas is close to the truth...
The Lunch Lady thwarts evil with the help of her gadget making fellow lunch lady Betty!! The boiler room is home to their secret hideout, with gadgets galore and surveillance of...more
This graphic novel is the first in the Lunch Lady series. The premise of the story is the science teacher, Mr Edison, wants to be teacher of the year so badly that he creates an army of robots that will be used as substitutes for popular teachers in the hopes that the students will vote for Me Edison. But, he didn't count on the LUNCH LADY - a crime fighter who uses a variety of food related weapons to fight the villains. These are weapons that Maxwell Smart of Get Smart would envy -yellow glove...more
The graphic novel, Lunch Lady and the Cyborg Substitute, by Jarrett Krosoczka, is a hilarious story of a lunch lady and her assistant who equip themselves with high tech kitchen gadgets that help serve and protect the community and school they work for. This book is geared for children (male and female) ages 7-10 years old. The novel begins when Lunch Lady becomes suspicious of an absent teacher and his sinisterly odd substitute. While Lunch Lady (this is her name) and Betty (her assistant) are...more
Krosoczka, J. J. (2009). Lunch Lady and the Cyborg Substitute. New York: Alfred A. Knopf.
In this book you’ll encounter a crime fighting Lunch Lady with her side kick assistant Betty that serve lunch and fight to serve justice. These two have a secret place in the boiler room where they have cooking equipment that turns into fighting gadgets like the spatu-copter, taco-vision, lunch tray laptop and a banana boomerang. They even have screens that monitor the school and any suspicious activities....more
In this book you’ll encounter a crime fighting Lunch Lady with her side kick assistant Betty that serve lunch and fight to serve justice. These two have a secret place in the boiler room where they have cooking equipment that turns into fighting gadgets like the spatu-copter, taco-vision, lunch tray laptop and a banana boomerang. They even have screens that monitor the school and any suspicious activities....more
1) Genre: Graphic Novel
2) When a substitute teacher acts suspicious, leave it up to the lunch lady to investigate the situation! Later, when she finds out the substitute teacher is actually a robot, she uses the help of the students to restore the school back to its original “normal” state.
3) Critique:
a) I loved the humor/sarcasm in the book.
b) The humor/sarcasm within the book really brought the characters to life. I couldn’t stop reading/looking from page to page as if this was a very leng...more
2) When a substitute teacher acts suspicious, leave it up to the lunch lady to investigate the situation! Later, when she finds out the substitute teacher is actually a robot, she uses the help of the students to restore the school back to its original “normal” state.
3) Critique:
a) I loved the humor/sarcasm in the book.
b) The humor/sarcasm within the book really brought the characters to life. I couldn’t stop reading/looking from page to page as if this was a very leng...more
Krosoczka, Jarrett J. Lunch Lady and the Cyborg Substitute 96 pgs. Knopf Books for Young Readers Language~G; Sexual Content~G Violence~G
It’s a bird, It’s a plane. . . . . it’s the Lunch Lady? That’s right! This lunch lady serves justice up on a plastic tray! In this exciting and hilarious episode a substitute teacher arrives at school. Something smells fish-sticky and the Lunch Lady is on the case. Using her special gadgets provided to her by her sidekick Betty, Lunch Lady begins to investigate....more
It’s a bird, It’s a plane. . . . . it’s the Lunch Lady? That’s right! This lunch lady serves justice up on a plastic tray! In this exciting and hilarious episode a substitute teacher arrives at school. Something smells fish-sticky and the Lunch Lady is on the case. Using her special gadgets provided to her by her sidekick Betty, Lunch Lady begins to investigate....more
If you liked *BabyMouse* and/or *Squish*, you are going to love this series of graphic novels for children as well!
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Three best friends, who call themselves "The Breakfast Bunch", ponder amongst themselves what sort of lives that the Lunch Ladies live outside of school. Each one suggests something.But, what really gets them laughing is that one suggests that she's superhero. If only he had known how true that suggestion actually is!
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A substitute teacher shows up, and something...more
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Three best friends, who call themselves "The Breakfast Bunch", ponder amongst themselves what sort of lives that the Lunch Ladies live outside of school. Each one suggests something.But, what really gets them laughing is that one suggests that she's superhero. If only he had known how true that suggestion actually is!
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A substitute teacher shows up, and something...more
Meet the Breakfast Bunch, Terrance, Hector, and Dee. When a substitute teacher arrives at the school, his unusual behavior arouses the suspicion of the Lunch Lady, leading her to investigate in her own unusual way. In the secret lair, sidekick Betty creates lunch-related gadgets like the lunch tray laptop and spork phone that help Lunch Lady uncover the mystery of the substitute and his villainous leader. Alternating points of view from the Lunch Ladies and the Breakfast Bunch give insights into...more
Hector, Terrence and Dee find out their lunch lady can sling more than mystery meat. When their favorite teacher mysteriously stops showing up for class the kids take a look at their new substitute and decide there’s something just not quite right about him. When that same substitute refuses to eat the Lunch Lady’s famous French toast sticks, she decides there’s something not quite right too.
The kids follow the substitue after school. The Lunch Lady follows the substitue after school. Where does...more
The kids follow the substitue after school. The Lunch Lady follows the substitue after school. Where does...more
Meet the Breakfast Bunch, Terrance, Hector, and Dee. When a substitute teacher arrives at the school, his unusual behavior arouses the suspicion of the Lunch Lady, leading her to investigate in her own unusual way. In the secret lair, sidekick Betty creates lunch-related gadgets like the lunch tray laptop and spork phone that help Lunch Lady uncover the mystery of the substitute and his villainous leader. Alternating points of view from the Lunch Ladies and the Breakfast Bunch give insights into...more
Lunch Lady and the Cyborg Substitute is a perfect read for a children. It is written in such a way that children can laugh and enjoy themselves. I think that children could really relate to this graphic novel. This novel by Jarret Krosoczka grabs your attention from the very first page, really the front cover. I think that the illustration on the cover of book really would grab childrens attention. It really captures the story. The illustrations are fun and inviting. They really go well with the...more
This elementary graphic novel is the first in a new series that features superhero Lunch Lady who works in the school cafeteria until crime or devious plots against students bring her secret identity out of hiding to fight crime. In this book both The Breakfast Club and Lunch Lady discover a diabolical plot to replace all the nice teachers with nasty cyborg substitute teachers. Honestly, the plot was way out there for me and the villain's reasoning just didn't cut it. What I did like was Lunch L...more
Lunch Lady is extremely hilarious. It's about three kids that find out that their lunch lady is a secret agent/spy. The kids find out that she uses food and kitchen gadgets as spy tools. For example, a banana boomerang, a spatula helicopter and taco vision goggles.
The lunch lady is on a mission to find out why the teachers who never missed a day have a substitute. The kids accidentally stumble upon it and get captured. I am not going to spoil it so I'll stop there.
I think it would have been b...more
The lunch lady is on a mission to find out why the teachers who never missed a day have a substitute. The kids accidentally stumble upon it and get captured. I am not going to spoil it so I'll stop there.
I think it would have been b...more
Audience: 2nd grade - 5th grade, reluctant readers
Appeal: This is a humorous, action packed graphic novel in the vain of a Captain Underpants without the potty humor, and negative adult references. Students that like adventure that takes place with little known school figures, like a lunch lady, will enjoy this book. The lunch lady fights crime using food utensils, and food humor like "what would you like a knuckle sandwich, you bet your ketchup I am, or chicken nugget bombs". This is a series s...more
Appeal: This is a humorous, action packed graphic novel in the vain of a Captain Underpants without the potty humor, and negative adult references. Students that like adventure that takes place with little known school figures, like a lunch lady, will enjoy this book. The lunch lady fights crime using food utensils, and food humor like "what would you like a knuckle sandwich, you bet your ketchup I am, or chicken nugget bombs". This is a series s...more
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Jarrett J. Krosoczka used to be a goofy kid that liked to draw. Now, he is a published author/illustrator with many books to his credit. Growing up in Worcester, MA Jarrett drew relentlessly and always had a cast of characters that he wrote stories for. In 9th grade, Jarrett won a contest with The Worcester Telegram & Ga...more
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Jarrett J. Krosoczka used to be a goofy kid that liked to draw. Now, he is a published author/illustrator with many books to his credit. Growing up in Worcester, MA Jarrett drew relentlessly and always had a cast of characters that he wrote stories for. In 9th grade, Jarrett won a contest with The Worcester Telegram & Ga...more
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