Austin Davenport is middle school nerd who discovers someone is preparing to take down the Halloween dance. Can a nerd save the dance, get the girl, and avoid eternal detention? Maybe. Maybe not. But you'll laugh out loud as he tries.

Funny,Comedy,Children's

Austin's the biggest loser in middle school with help from his butt-chinned brother. While he quickly ends up in the crosshairs of an overbearing principal, his luck appears to change as a new girl arrives and the Halloween dance is announced...until his brother decides to take down the dance.

Austin uses his immense brain power and dive-roll skills to save the dance with the help of a trusty sidekick. Not only does he get the girl, he turns the tide against his brother and principal while avoiding eternal detention.

Fictional

No

Overcoming Monster/Villain

Happy Ending

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Name: Austin Davenport

Age: 10

Gender: Male

Role: Logical

Key Traits: Aspiring,Clumsy,Funny,Romantic,Educated,Leader,Underdog

Name: Derek Davenport

Age: 11

Gender: Male

Role: Antagonist

Key Traits: Masculine,Badass,Aggressive,Confident,Villainous

Name: Principal Butthaire

Age: 55

Gender: Male

Role: antagonist

Key Traits: Aggressive,Narcisstic,Crazy,Power Hungry

Name: Sophie

Age: 11

Gender: Female

Role: emotional

Key Traits: Adventurous,Charming,Decisive,Heartthrob,Honorable

Down with the Dance is fast-moving and funny, with equally lovable and hatable (the villains, of course) characters, led by the rather nerdy, very relatable protagonist, Austin Davenport. There is humor on just about every page, some of it enjoyably obvious, and some of it subtly inherent in Austin's phrasing and his descriptions. Austin and his brother's life roles are swapped when they enter middle school under the careful eye of a corrupt former prison-warden-turned-principal. Austin bumbles his way through middle school breaking all the rules in an effort to right his brother's wrongs. His antics and interpretations are intelligent and hilarious, which make for a very unique character. Austin and his friends are good kids, but are just mischievous enough to engage readers, and the story conveys subtly positive moral and emotional messages while maintaining its outwardly breezy tone. Austin is very smart, but he has hilariously awkward moments that can make young people feel as if they, too, can survive their inevitable middle school humiliations. Taken alone, Down with the Dance would work well as a film adaptation. However, given that there are twelve books in the Middle School Mayhem series, the potential for a TV series is equally possible.

Besides writing fun, snarky humor and the occasionally-frequent fart joke, I love spending time with my family, coaching my kids’ various sports, and successfully turning seemingly unsandwichable things into spectacular sandwiches, while also claiming that I never eat carbs. I assure you, it’s not easy to do. I know what you’re thinking: this guy sounds complex, a little bit mysterious, and maybe even dashingly handsome, if you haven’t been to the optometrist in a while. And you might be right. My goal with my writing is to engage young readers with fun and adventure. With so many competing forms of entertainment available to our kids (and so many of them mindless), I really try to provide a reading experience like no other. I value the importance of combining fun with learning and life values. My stories are humorous and adventurous with strong characters and solid life lessons with some potty humor sprinkled in. You gotta give the kids what they want…Hey, it’s better to read fart jokes than to play video games, right?

Age: 7-12

Target Gender: Universal

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Status: Yes: self-published

Publisher: Farcical Press- Self Published

Year Published: 2019

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