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  I knew what Nurse Kauffman meant. Mr. Broomfield was the school janitor. He was a big grump on a good day. The extra work cleaning up the first aid room would make him even more miserable.

  Principal Bumble headed back to her office. A moment later, we all heard her voice ring out over the PA system.

  “It seems we have a prankster in our school today,” Principal Bumble said. “I fully expect the person responsible for the pranks to stop immediately. We can’t have someone running around playing tricks in school. If this continues, I will be forced to cancel the upper school apple-picking trip. If I can’t trust you to behave here at school, how can I trust you to behave at the apple orchard?”

  Cancel the field trip? No way! Sure, the pranks had been kind of funny. But no one was laughing now.

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  About the Author

  NANCY KRULIK has written more than 150 books for children and young adults, including three New York Times bestsellers. She is the author of the popular How I Survived Middle School, Katie Kazoo Switcheroo, and George Brown, Class Clown series. Nancy lives in Manhattan with her husband, composer Daniel Burwasser, their two children, Ian and Amanda, and a beagle named Josie.

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  Cover art by Gary LaCoste

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  First printing, July 2011

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