Lenny and Mel After-School Confidential

by Erik P. Kraft

Lenny and Mel are back -- but they're undercover.

The boys are on the school paper, writing about after-school clubs as only they can ("Chess Team...Fun time or deadly sport?"). The brothers pose as members of the Glee Club, where they question the meaning of "glee"; Debate Club, where they debate the merits of Mel cleaning his room; and Future Farmers of America, where the future looks bleak...and they write about what really goes on in these clubs.

Facts...Are they true...or are they deadly?

64 pages, Paperback

First published July 6, 2004

Reviews

[KidsFiction Teton County Library]

SH CH Kraft

Teton Co. Library Staff-No rating

Lenny and Mel are brothers whose parents decide they need something to do after school and so they insist the boys get involved with an after-school club. They boys end up reporting on all the after-school clubs for the school newspaper so that they can write about each club and let the students know about what is available. Each week the boys will visit a different club and report on it. The boys meet a sweaty new gym teacher, get involved in a debate over school uniforms (and capes), try to determine what the "glee" club really does, meet a very strange and scary teacher who runs the poetry club, and other interesting things. Their reports on each club are very witty.
This is a great book for young boys, reluctant readers, and those who have enjoyed Dav Pilkey's Captain Underpants series. Readers may also want to try The Legend of Spud Murphy by Erin Colfer.

[Debrarian · Rating 3 out of 5]

Brothers Lenny and Mel (Bart Simpson-like) check out lots of after-school clubs and write short articles for their school newspaper about them. Fairly cute.