Harry just had to deal with black magic while the whole school and the girls’ school across the way have to deal with the antics of Bruno and Boots. Actually the whole idea of students sharing rooms in a dormitory is not so strange after years of reading about Harry Potter in Hogwarts. “My world is the skunk world.”Īlthough This Can’t be Happening at Macdonald Hall! was first published in 1978, Gordon Korman’s crazy, mischievous duo of Bruno and Boots can still cause the kids of today to laugh right out loud. “What’s a skunk doing in our room?”īruno had been waiting all day for that question. “My ants!” Bruno shrieked, in perfect imitation of Elmer. Once again Dormitory 2 was crawling with insects. He ran full-tilt into Bruno, knocking him down and sending the jar of ants spiraling into the wall, where it shattered. The door flew open and out shot Elmer, his expression wild, his nose bleeding. As he was about to open the door, a loud scream erupted from within, followed by an enormous crash. New York, NY: Scholastic (Distributed in Canada by Scholastic Canada), 1978/2011.Īt four that afternoon Bruno hurried to his room with a jar containing the last of the five hundred and fifty ants he owed Elmer. This Can’t Be Happening at Macdonald Hall! CM Magazine: This Can’t Be Happening at Macdonald Hall! _ CM.
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