Anyone who has ever had a mean teacher can relate to the plight of nine-year-old Becky O'Toole. When a new law forces her and her eleven-year-old brother Freddy to attend school they find themselves at the mercy of Miss Krahkor, the town's infamously cruel teacher. After weeks of misery, they are thrilled to discover that kids who don't behave in school get expelled. Becky and Freddy launch a scheme of unrelenting mischief to get thrown out but little do they realize that there is more going on than they ever could have bargained for This clever novel is packed with humor and has so many unexpected twists and turns that you won't be able to put it down