Horrible Harry Cracks the Code

Mixed in with the fun is some fascinating actual 3rd-grade, and college, academic stuff. I highly recommend this one, despite a small spoiler for the previous couple of books.

This book is a good example of realistic fiction. This story could easily take place in a school with students just like the ones who are reading the book. Students are able to imagine themselves in a specific situation without having to live it. The plot of the book is engagin, and relates to the studnets lives. It is applicable and different elements of the plot are doen seamlessly. It is easy to see how in the end our conflict is resolved, and in the meantime students reading this book are engaged in solving the code for themselves. I would use this book in an intermediate classroom. The type of media used is pencil.

This book is a good realistic fiction because it shows kids how to figure out problems. Genre: realistic fiction. Media: pen Age Appropriateness: intermediate

Booklist, May 1, 2007, page 49:

"The simply written story, narrated by Harry's Watson (his classmate Dog), and the many able drawings vividly protray elementary-school life."

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