Get Me Out of Here!

by Andy McNab, Phil Earle, Robin Boyden (Illustrator)

Overview

Friendship, heart, and awkward middle-school humor come together in this laugh-out-loud adventure as a group of kids take a class trip that doesn't quite live up to their expectations.

It's all fun and games until you lose cell service.When an epic class trip to "Wild Out," an Outward Bound-like adventure weekend involving rock climbing, kayaking, and zip lining, is announced, Danny Mack and his best friends are thrilled. But when one of the teachers gets sick and Danny's mean older brother volunteers to chaperone, the weekend seems doomed to be a disaster.When the group arrives at the campground, they discover that they'll be sleeping in tents instead of cabins, milking cows for their breakfast oatmeal, and using a toilet without modern plumbing OR TOILET PAPER. Not at all the adventure they thought it would be.Bestselling author Andy McNab and award-winning author Phil Earle join forces for the very first time, and the results are hilarious! Brilliantly illustrated by Robin Boydon, Get Me Out of Here! is full of laughs and heart, but at its core, it's a story of friendship, resilience, and determination.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781338615036
Publisher:	Scholastic, Inc.
Publication date:	12/01/2020
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	5.20(w) x 7.50(h) x 0.90(d)
Lexile:	920L (what's this?)
Age Range:	8 - 12 Years

About the Author

Before becoming a bestselling author, Andy McNab spent years as a special ops soldier in the British Army, where he commanded an elite patrol during the Gulf War and was awarded both the Military Medal and the Distinguished Conduct Medal. He wrote about his first-hand experiences in two bestsellers, Bravo Two Zero and Immediate Action. Besides his writing work, he lectures to security and intelligence agencies in both the United States and the UK. To learn more, visit andymcnab.co.uk.
Phil Earle is the sales and marketing director at David Fickling Books, a children's publisher in the UK, and splits his time between selling books and writing his own (usually on the bus ride home from work). He lives on a hill in South London with his wife and three children. To find out more, visit him online at philearle.com.
Robin Boyden is a freelance illustrator based in the South West of England. He is a graduate of Falmouth University, where he received his Master's degree in Art and Design, and his work can be seen across the publishing and editorial sectors worldwide, including Scholastic, Bloomsbury, Penguin Random House, Wired Magazine, and The Guardian.

Editorial Reviews

Praise for Demolition Dad byPhil Earle:"Underneath the high-octane humor and silliness, Earle weaves in powerful themes of father/son relationships, bullying, depression, self-esteem, failure, and even frustrated career women. But mostly of love. This is a gloriously life-affirming novel: funny, sensitive, intelligent and with a heart as big as George's waistline." — The Daily Mail"Masses of humor, heart, some cracking jokes and moments of real poignancy." — The Bookseller"Laugh-aloud funny... this book has jokes that will appeal to adults and kids alike." — Kieran Fanning, author of The Black Lotus"A heart-warming story with a very happy ending. The multiple award-winning Sara Ogilvie and her scratchy comic drawings make a perfect foil for this lively and affectionate story." — Books for KeepsPraise for Superhero Street by Phil Earle:"Warm-hearted fun." — The Daily Mail"A laugh-out-loud read full of capes and japes! If you like superheroes this is right down your street!" — Danny Wallace, presenter and bestselling author

From the Publisher

2020-05-03
Danny’s inclination toward dangerous feats makes a school trip one catastrophe after another.

Always up for a thrill, sixth grader Danny, who is white, is excited to go on the end-of-the-year trip to Tickledown Farm. It promises students a chance to “go wild,” with kayaks and rapids, zip lines and treehouses, and even a steep mountain to climb and then jump from the top of. It will also give Danny a break from his older brother and nemesis, Dylan, who’s 18 and about to enter the Army. Though it’s funny at times, the book’s pacing is unfortunately set askew, giving over a third of the book to Danny’s exploits trying to raise money for the trip and often sacrificing logical plot development to a forced cleverness. Unrealistically, Dylan is chosen as a chaperone, and, starting with giving Danny nettles to use as a toilet-paper substitute, he repeatedly sabotages all of Danny’s activities, turning them into disasters. The insistence that readers suspend disbelief remains high throughout, as these city kids don’t seem to know the difference between a cow and a rhinoceros, expect tents to come with light switches and internet modems, and assume they can use Uber while on a hike. The book ends with no real resolution or character growth. The frequent grayscale cartoons present most characters as white, with a few side characters of color.

Unfortunately unsuccessful in its absurdity. (Fiction 8-11)

Kirkus Reviews