With more than 30 million books sold, the My Weird School series really gets kids reading!  In the seventeenth book in the My Weird School series, Miss Suki is a famous children's book author—and she's coming to A.J.'s school! She lives in the rainforest and writes about endangered animals. But when her pet raptor gets loose in the classroom, it's the kids who are going to be endangered! Yikes! Perfect for reluctant readers and word lovers alike, Dan Gutman's hugely popular My Weird School series has something for everyone. Don't miss the hilarious adventures of A.J. and the gang. “A sure-fire hit for the most reluctant reader.” - Kirkus Reviews “The lesson of the day here is fun.” - Publishers Weekly Something weird is going on! Miss Suki is a famous children's book author—and she's coming to A.J.'s school! She lives in the rainforest and writes about endangered animals. But when her pet raptor gets loose in the classroom, it's the kids who are going to be endangered! Yikes! Dan Gutman is the New York Times bestselling author of the Genius Files series; the Baseball Card Adventure series, which has sold more than 2 million copies around the world; and the My Weird School series, which has sold more than 37 million copies. Thanks to his many fans who voted in their classrooms, Dan has received nineteen state book awards and ninety-two state book award nominations. He lives in New York City with his wife. You can visit him online at dangutman.com. Jim Paillot lives in Arizona (another weird place) with his weird wife and two weird children. Isn’t that weird? You can visit him on his weird website at jimpaillot.com. My Weird School #17: Miss Suki Is Kooky! By Dan Gutman HarperCollins Publishers, Inc. Copyright ©2007 Dan Gutman All right reserved. ISBN: 9780061234736 Chapter One The Weirdest Thing in the History of the World My name is A.J. and I hate school. It was Monday morning, and all the girls were playing with these fake makeup kits that they got at some birthday party over the weekend. I thought I was gonna throw up. "Picture Day is in three weeks," said my teacher, Miss Daisy, as she handed us each a piece of paper. "A photographer is going to come and take pictures of every student in school. So make sure your parents fill out this form if they want to order pictures." "I love getting my picture taken!" said this annoying girl with curly brown hair named Andrea Young. (The girl's name is Andrea Young, that is. Not her hair. Hair doesn't have a name.) "Me too," said this crybaby girl named Emily, who always agrees with anything Andrea says. "They should take your pictures," I suggested, "and burn them." My friends Ryan and Michael laughed. Emily looked like she was going to cry. "It just so happens that Emily and I are very photogenic," Andrea told us. "Wow!" I said. "You can read minds?" "?Photogenic' means you look good in pictures, dumbhead." "That's good," I said, "because you're ugly in real life." "Oh, snap!" said Michael. "Do you know where they should put your picture, Arlo?" asked Andrea. "Where?" I asked. I hate when she calls me by my real name. "In the post office," she said, "with all those pictures of criminals and bank robbers and murderers." "Oh, snap!" said Ryan. "So is your face," I told Andrea. Any time somebody says something mean to you, always say, "So is your face." Even if it doesn't make any sense. That's the first rule of being a kid. "Enough chitchat," said Miss Daisy. "We have library now with Mrs. Roopy." "Yay!" said all the girls. "Boo!" said all the boys. Bummer in the summer! Libraries are boring. Do you know why? Because they're filled with books! And there's nothing more boring than a book. Why are you even reading this one? Library would be even more boring if we didn't have a librarian like Mrs. Roopy. She's always dressed up like somebody else, whether it's Little Bo Peep or Johnny Appleseed. Mrs. Roopy is loopy. When we got to the library, we saw Mrs. Roopy dressed up like a giant bird, with lots of feathers and a beak. "Why are you dressed up like a bird, Mrs. Roopy?" asked Neil, who we call the nude kid even though he wears clothes. "Squawk! Squawk! Squawk!" shouted Mrs. Roopy as she flapped her wings. "Who's Roopy? My name is Rappy. I'm a peregrine falcon, the main character in The Fearless Falcon .* It's a wonderful book written and illustrated by the famous children's book author Miss Suki Kabuki." Mrs. Roopy read us a few chapters of the book. It's about this falcon that sees its reflection in a window and thinks it's an enemy. So it attacks its own reflection by flying right into the glass. Bam! Man, was that bird dumb.** "That's the saddest story I ever heard!" Emily said, with tears in her eyes. That girl will cry over any old thing. After library we went to the art room. Ms. Hannah, our art teacher, was waiting for us. "Today we're going to draw pictures of Rappy, the peregrine falcon in The