Have you ever felt like teachers sit around the teacher's lounge and scheme about how to make student's lives terrible? Do you think principals are part of a secret society of bad guys whose goal is to rule with an iron fist? That's what students Juan Carlos and Sara think! After their principal takes away their backpacks unexpectedly, they decide to take action. Oh yes, there are pranks against teachers. Pranks galore! The teachers aren't about that life. They retaliate with their own hijinks. Will Juan Carlos and Sara lead their comrades to glory, or will the secretive principal and his cronies be victorious?Set in the small fishing village of Barbate on the Southern coast of Spain, this book thrills readers as an ancient fishing process and the town's identity is interwoven with a story of hijinks and heroes, happiness and sadness, and lots and lots of fun.