This book is a compelation of stories that deal in one form or another with lunch. In the first comic stip, Crazy Little Thing Called Lunch, Ellie is confronted with the dilemma of having to eat something different for lunch. She eventually gives in, but not before running all the horrible senerios in her head of what cold happen if she tried something new. She took a bite out of a candy bar which cantained nuts, which she is allergic to, and became delirious. The boy she had a crush on took her to the nurse, and eventually walked her to class. A lunch time mishap turned her day into the best day ever. In another Story called Lunch Girl, an ordinary girl becomes a lunch room hero. She single handidly stands up to the school bully, and liberated the lunch room from her unending badgering. As you flip through the pages you come across Snoopy, Neanderthals, potates sinking a sub, mice brought together by cleaning up the cafeteria, and a detective story that lets you choose the path the comic strip will take. The illustrators in this book did a wonderful job at using only three colors. Each comic strip was written by a different author, but they all used black, white, and orange in there own unique ways. The illustrations help bring the story lines to life, and help the characters move along the strip. I would recomment this book for students in third grade and up, because one or two of the stories are a little hard to follow. Over all this is a great book, but I felt as if Lunch Bomb 1943, seemed a little out of place. The rest of the stories are an easy read, and are light and comical. Lunch Bomb 1943 was a little to serious, which makes it hard to get through. After reading this book, I foresee students trying their hand at writing thier own comic strips. The book even provides a template to help get them started.
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