Lunch Lady and the Author Visit Vendetta

Krocoszka, J.  (2009).  Lunch lady and the author visit vendetta.  NY:  Random House.

It's another lunch lady mystery that needs to be solved.  A famous author comes to school for a visit.  As he leaves, the kids and the lunch lady are very suspicious about his behaviors.  Also, the gym teacher, Coach Birkby, seems to be missing.  The lunch lady goes to the author's house, where she realizes that he has kidnapped many gym teachers because he was no good at gym class when he was younger.  The children of the school end up saving all of the gym teachers and the lunch lady with a game of dodge ball.  This graphic novel's plot does rise and falls right at the end.  It captures the readers attention with the bright yellows, black and white pictures.  The illustrations are hand drawn to depict the story line and characters feelings.  The bunnies that come to life and fight are an added aspect to get young readers attention and keep the plot moving at a fairly quick pace.