The Substitute Kid
The Substitute Kid
The Substitute Kid
Joseph K. Smith
The Substitute Kid is a humorous story that follows the wild shenanigans that Michaela Davis and her best friend, Jessica Benson, continuously get themselves into. Michaela is a ten-year-old girl who loves to get into trouble. She devises a grand plot to get out of taking a history exam, but that plot backfires, and she eventually learns a great deal about herself. Did I forget to mention her scientist dad builds a robot that is an exact replica of her, and Michaela uses the robot to plot her biggest scheme of all?

Book Details

Genre: 

  • Fiction
  • Humor

Age Level: 

  • 12 and up
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Joseph Smith's "The Substitute Kid" is a short children's book. It follows the month of a fourth grade girl yearning for summer vacation with her best friend. Cute little shenanigans are sprinkled across the pages as sibling rivalry comes into play. Also, the main girl discovers that her father--who is a science professor--has made a life-like robotic replica of her. The girl then uses this robot to act as herself and literally as a substitute for her. The robot takes a history test for the girl and earns an A.

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