Hank Zipzer
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Hank Zipzer: The World's Greatest Underachiever (formally Hank Zipzer: The Mostly True Confessions of the World's Best Underachiever in books 1-3 and Hank Zipzer: The World's Best Underachiever in book four) is a series of children's books by actor Henry Winkler and Lin Oliver, published by Grosset & Dunlap.
[edit] Overview
Hank Zipzer is a young boy growing up on the Upper West Side of New York City, who is dyslexic. Winkler based the character on himself as a child and his own experiences with dyslexia. [1] He attends P.S. 87 at Amsterdam Avenue and W 78th Street.
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1. Niagara Falls, or Does It?
- Instead of writing an assigned essay on his summer vacation, Hank tries building a model of Niagara Falls, his family's summer vacation spot.
- Hank's report card goes though his mother's meat grinder. The chase is on when he finds out his report-card-salami is going to one of his mom's most important sponsor choices!
3. Day of the Iguana
- Hank tries to disassemble and reassemble the cable box for his science project. But how is he supposed to put it back together when Katherine the iguana has laid her eggs in it?
4. The Zippety Zinger
- Hank's friends choose Hank to be the pitcher for their school, PS 97's Olympiad baseball team. Since Hank can't pitch for his life, he thinks his sister's lucky red monkey socks may be the answer. Only one problem - Emily needs them on the same day for her part of the Olympiad!
5. The Day I Flunked My Field Trip
- Hank has an overnight field trip to a docked boat in New York Harbor. But when Hank accidentally undocks the boat, the trouble begins...
6. Holy Enchilada!
- Hank needs to prepare some enchiladas for his school multi-cultural day. But, he may have added to much hot sauce...
- Note: This book's original title was Holy Enchilada! My Teacher Has Gas.
7. Help! Somebody Get me out of Fourth Grade!
- When his parents get called for a parent-teacher conference, Hank just knows his teacher is going to tell them he's being held back. There's just one way to make sure they don't show up - sabotage!
8. Summer School? What Genius thought That Up?
- Hank gets sent to summer school without his friends, Frankie Townsend and Ashley Wong.
9. My Secret Life as a Ping-Pong Wizard
- Hank's finally in the fifth grade, except he is still stuck with Ms.Adolf and he's also found a sport he's good at - ping-pong! But when his friends tease the sport, Hank decides to keep it a secret.
10. My Dog's a Scaredy-Cat: A Halloween Tail
- Hank tries to scare Nick in a haunted house he makes with his friends.
11. The Curtain Went Up, My Pants Went Down
- Hank gets a lead part in a school play ( The King and I) but he can only do the play if he gets a B plus on his next math test.
12. Barfing in the Backseat: How I Survived My Family Road Trip
- The Zipzers take a road trip to a crossword puzzle tournament and a roller coaster park in North Carolina.
13.Who Ordered This Baby? Definitely Not Me!
- Hank hears his mom talking to Frankie's mom over the phone about a baby. Frankie will be shocked! Or at least until Hank realizes she was talking about herself!
14. Life of Me
- Mr. Rock takes over as Hank's teacher. Hank is psyched....until Mr.Rock suggests that Hank takes an after school reading program, which means he will have to miss tae kwon do. But when Hank gets a crush on a girl in the reading program, and when Mr. Rock says, instead of doing an autobiography (a class assignment), Hank may do a scrapbook of his life. Everything is going right. Then Hank finds out that the girl he likes his Nick McKelty's cousin.
