Published: Oct. 31, 2011
Words: 14,117 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781466180758

Short description

When Polly gets banned from the choir for singing out of tune, Gertie refuses to go to the festival without her best friend. Hoping to become famous, Polly comes up with a brilliant idea. She promises to mime at the Opera House. Their teacher is horrified. She suspects Polly will break her promise and do something naughty. After all, she stunk out the classroom and who knows what she'll do next.

Extended description

Polly and Gertie can't wait to go to the singing festival to compete with other schools. After all, they're going to the Opera House. And that means they'll be famous.

When Miss Badger bans Polly from the choir for singing out of tune, Gertie refuses to go to the festival without her best friend. The headmistress, Mrs Godbolt, can't have that because Gertie is the best singer in the whole school. Polly comes up with a brilliant idea. She says she's a great actress and could easily mime instead of singing. But Miss Badger is horrified. She tells the headmistress that Polly is a walking disaster. After all, she hung her wet underpants on the windowsill to dry and stunk out the classroom. And if they let her go to the Opera House, she’d only wee-wee on the stage and embarrass the whole school.

Well, no way is Polly letting that meanie teacher stop her from going to the festival. How else can she become famous? And she's not leaving Mange behind either. After all, Great Aunt Mabe.. (Read more) Polly and Gertie can't wait to go to the singing festival to compete with other schools. After all, they're going to the Opera House. And that means they'll be famous.

When Miss Badger bans Polly from the choir for singing out of tune, Gertie refuses to go to the festival without her best friend. The headmistress, Mrs Godbolt, can't have that because Gertie is the best singer in the whole school. Polly comes up with a brilliant idea. She says she's a great actress and could easily mime instead of singing. But Miss Badger is horrified. She tells the headmistress that Polly is a walking disaster. After all, she hung her wet underpants on the windowsill to dry and stunk out the classroom. And if they let her go to the Opera House, she’d only wee-wee on the stage and embarrass the whole school.

Well, no way is Polly letting that meanie teacher stop her from going to the festival. How else can she become famous? And she's not leaving Mange behind either. After all, Great Aunt Mabel is back and she doesn't like dogs. She'd only stick him in the shed with the chook poo and feed him fish heads for dinner.
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bully, dog, singing, festival, mischief, gross, reluctant readers, slapstick, toilet humor, opera house, toilet training, readers favorite, bieber fever, humour kids, rascals, bieber justin, accident prone, gross books, dog adventure, mange

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Review by: Mandi Tillotson Williams on Feb. 18, 2013 :
This book was really funny as was another book I read by this author, she has a slapstick style humor which makes you really laugh out loud. :o)
(reviewed long after purchase)

Review by: Irene Kueh on Nov. 14, 2011 :
After reading 'Star Crossed Rascals', I am hooked on Polly and Gertie. The two bestest friends in the world. Who don't love stories about best friends? They stick together, play together and get in trouble together. That's the best part.
I love the part about the hole in the bathroom. Classic! Just leave it to these two girls to do something like this. It never even crossed my mind there would be a hole in the bathroom. I just thought Polly would fall from the bag. Well done, Patricia Puddle.
Then, there's the part about Mrs. Badger, the mean teacher. That's every child's worst nightmare. Luckily there's Mr. Tenor, the nice teacher with a dog named Jeremiah. Love that name. Also, there's a not-so-bad headmistress Mrs Godbolt. I like her actually.
And then, there's the famous Great Aunt Mabel. What a horrid cook she is! I wouldn't want to eat anything she cooks either!
I love Mange, Polly's dog. He was such a riot, stealing Auntie's teeth (dentures). He was a good boy on the way to the Opera House until in the end, he created such a ruckus, giving the audience a good laugh, including me.
In all, this book is definitely recommended for both kids and adults alike. Well done!
(reviewed within a week of purchase)

Review by: Aurora Press on Nov. 05, 2011 :
Polly loves singing in the choir. Too bad she's not the best singer. In fact, she's so bad she constantly keeps singing out of tune, which is why her mean teacher has decided to kick her out of the choir before Polly gets to sing at the Opera House. Fortunately for Polly, her best friend, Gertie, is the best singer in school, and Gertie has decided she won't sing either if Polly's not allowed to come along. Now that's what friends are for. And so Polly get sot sing in the choir after all…but only after agreeing to mime. Polly isn’t exactly thrilled, but she gets to be inside the Opera House and that’s bound to count for something. To make matters worse, her mean aunt is staying over for a week and that’s really bad news because Auntie can’t cook. In fact, her concoctions are troublesome for anyone with a healthy stomach, and she’s also not keen on Polly becoming famous. As trouble is mounting up for Polly, she’s thrown into one misadventure after another with a hilarious climax.
This book was a fantastic read with one laugh after another. The writing was suitable for kids, but challenging enough to allow them to learn something along the way. I loved Polly. She’s the perfect endearing little girl who just can’t seem able to stay out of trouble. Would thoroughly recommend to both kids and adults who love to laugh.
(reviewed within a week of purchase)

Review by: Aurora Press on Nov. 05, 2011 :
Polly loves singing in the choir. Too bad she's not the best singer. In fact, she's so bad she constantly keeps singing out of tune, which is why her mean teacher has decided to kick her out of the choir before Polly gets to sing at the Opera House. Fortunately for Polly, her best friend, Gertie, is the best singer in school, and Gertie has decided she won't sing either if Polly's not allowed to come along. Now that's what friends are for. And so Polly get sot sing in the choir after all…but only after agreeing to mime. Polly isn’t exactly thrilled, but she gets to be inside the Opera House and that’s bound to count for something. To make matters worse, her mean aunt is staying over for a week and that’s really bad news because Auntie can’t cook. In fact, her concoctions are troublesome for anyone with a healthy stomach, and she’s also not keen on Polly becoming famous. As trouble is mounting up for Polly, she’s thrown into one misadventure after another with a hilarious climax.
This book was a fantastic read with one laugh after another. The writing was suitable for kids, but challenging enough to allow them to learn something along the way. I loved Polly. She’s the perfect endearing little girl who just can’t seem able to stay out of trouble. Would thoroughly recommend to both kids and adults who love to laugh.
(reviewed within a week of purchase)

Review by: June Bourgo on Nov. 01, 2011 :
They're back! That mischievious, adventurous, what-can-we-get-into-now duo! Once again Polly and Gertie entertain with the same enthusiastic, pushed to the limits behaviour. Their antics in this story will have kids and fans gut laughing and don't children love to gut laugh.

This time, Polly's dog, Mange gets into the action. Aunt Mabel returns and is as disagreeable as ever. Her cooking skills haven't improved either.

Polly and Gertie take their friendship and troublemaking to a whole new level. Fans won't be disappointed.

Patricia Puddle has a unique gift that reaches children's minds and funny bone. Kudos to the author.
(reviewed the day of purchase)

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