It’s the first day of school and I’ve already got three problems: 1) Mrs Leeman is my classroom teacher. She’s so ancient she taught my dad. 2) I might have accidentally been voted school captain. I had an unusually popular day when the class voted last year. 3) Somehow I’ve lost my Grade Six jumper between receiving it and Mrs Leeman’s lecture about being responsible.

That’s a lot to go wrong in half an hour.

On top of that, it’s a million degrees. So that’s four problems. It’s worse than I thought! At least things can only get better, right?

Jesse will have you roaring with laughter as he navigates the rites and rituals of Grade Six including a disrespectful Prep buddy, a plumbing problem the size of Niagara Falls, not to mention the dreaded compulsory school camp.

‘Prepare yourself for a rollicking ride!’ Nat Amoore, author of Secrets of a Schoolyard Millionaire