Tweens triumph over pandemic: Snowballing Screentime? Sweatpants proliferation? Zoom-bombing grandparents? Sherwood Heights has all the signs of a true dystopia. Luckily, the Dudes are ready to fill the power vacuum. See how the Dudes take on:Family-style Forest Bathing Suburban Tsunami Diwali Inferno, and The Ultimate Alien Conspiracy! During a global emergency, the Dudes brave both sanitizer shortage and detergent deluge. They tackle the challenges of socially distanced pest control, remote-controlled church, and, worst of all: Mandatory Family Game Night! (Aaaagh!). Follow them through spine-tingling thrills like Jayden's unearthly encounter and the mayor's dog-napping-skeleton-lips debacle! Along the way, they'll create trick-or-treat contraptions, dupe their dads, and prank Teresa (of course). And they'll do it all in the funniest way possible. That's how they roll! Dare to survive Dudes Dystopia! Book 7 of the hilarious kids series brings all new adventures for boys who like humor more than a serious message in their reading. Prevent summer boredom with these kids who know how to make their own fun! Read the series in any order for laugh-out-loud neighborhood adventures. The Dudes are a diverse group of preteen boys with awesome ideas for IRL action. These five best friends find clever ways to entertain themselves and, incidentally, turn their multicultural suburban neighborhood upside down. These 7th graders may be in lock down, but not even a global pandemic can stop them! Fun on an epic scale for tweens! Middle grade readers love the zany, action-packed neighborhood adventures. The Dudes Adventure Chronicles is a modern series for intermediate readers 8-14 who are looking for laughs. Each chapter book provides several realistic capers that are wacky enough to keep kids reading to the delicious conclusion! This diary of Dude-approved adventures is filled with wholesome boy fun like: battles, corny jokes, zombies, treehouses, pranks, secret codes, and summer fun! Praise for (series starter) Save the Dudes: "With one priceless, laugh-out-loud scenario after another, the mother and son team of Johnson and Reynolds delivers a fine tale... "...the story is given depth by emotional challenges each friend must face, described with subtlety. "Readers will likely be eager to read the next adventure. "Hilarious comic mayhem, rounded out by affection and insight." --Kirkus Reviews Spoilers: Classic humor without movie tie-ins or fart jokes! Appeals to middle grade readers who like funny, realistic fiction without a tacked-on message or ripped-from-the-headlines problem. Lacking in butts, farts, and crude humor, this series is perfect for fans of Gordon Korman, Dave Pilkey, Jeffrey Brown, Mike Lupica, Gary Paulsen, and Kwame Alexander. If they like Beverly Cleary's Henry Huggins or Barbara Robinson's The Worst Best Christmas Pageant Ever, they'll love the Dudes! Warning to Parents: This series will NOT provoke serious discussions on controversial topics! However, anecdotal evidence suggests that readers of the Dudes may imagine some resemblance between the Dudes' parents and their own. Classic reading fun that's not about selling toys. This series also lends itself to read-a-louds that have the whole family cracking up. Fills time on family trips. Makes a great gift or a perfect stocking stuffer.