Mascot Madness

The Mascot Madness! test

1. Northwest Southeast Central School have never beaten Northwest West Academy at their annual track and field challenge because
   A: they’re better at knitting than they are at sport B: they are losers C: Northwest West Academy will stop at nothing to win
2. Mr Brainfright dresses up in a banana suit and dances around because
   A: he’s bored B: he goes bananas C: he thinks it will inspire the students of Northwest Southeast Central School and lead them to victory
3. Northwest West Academy’s mascot, a ferocious pit-bull terrier called Chomp, is trained to attack
   A: postmen B: cats C: bananas
4. When Henry McThrottle attempts the triple jump, instead of a hop, step and a jump he does
   A: a burp, a dribble and a sneeze B: a twirl, a spin and the splits C: a stumble, a trip and a fall
5. Mascot Madness! is
   A: a new type of dance B: when a mascot gets angry C: a very funny book about running, jumping, throwing, winning, losing, cheating, chasing, biting and really hard squeezing.

ANSWERS:
The answers to these questions – and many more – are contained between the covers of Mascot Madness! – a very funny book about running, jumping, throwing, winning, losing, cheating, chasing, biting and really hard squeezing.

Reviews

Bestselling author Andy Griffiths has sold over four million copies of his novels worldwide. Titles include the ‘Just’ series, and The Day My Bum Went Psycho. Mascot Madness! is as funny and as unlikely as his others; revolving around class 5B and their endeavour to win an interschool sports day. Imagine a PE teacher who hints that he’s an Olympic athlete, when all he really did was hand out programs at the Olympics; or a coach from an opposition school who trains their mascot dog to devour bananas on sight – not to mention a teacher who believes he’s a banana! It’s madness! Underlying the absurdity of the novel though, is the message that you should always be optimistic and embrace the power of positive thinking. The message is subtly included but is stated in a way that children will understand the value of it. As is typical of Griffiths’ novels, this story will appeal to the reader’s ‘silly side’, and is to be recommended to anyone who ‘thinks’ they don’t like reading. The storyline is extremely easy to follow and the characters are humorous and uncomplicated, with varying degrees of craziness. This will be a winner.
Australian Bookseller & Publisher

I have read Mascot Madness! and loved it.
Andy

My favourite part (and probably everybody else’s!) was the Decathalon when Chomp was chasing Henry through all the events. I liked it partly because it was the main part of the story and it was funny at the same time.
Luke

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