Punished!

by David Lubar

Series: Logan Quester (1)

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Logan and his friend Benedict are playing tag in the library. Logan gets caught when he runs into a mysterious man. When Logan doesn't apologize sincerely, the mysterious gentleman punishes him by causing him to speak in puns. Only finding seven examples each of oxymorons, anagrams and palindromes within the time limits will return Logan to normal.… (more)

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In this book, a young boy named Logan runs into a mysterious man in the library. Logan isn’t very nice to this mysterious man, so he gets punished - literally. Logan has three days to complete three tasks assigned by Professor Wordsworth before he is punished forever. (

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KinzieS | Feb 6, 2020 |

I'm not much for juvie lit, but Miriam brought this to me and said, "you HAVE to read this!" I'm thinking it was really her dad she was thinking about because this books has a lot of puns in it (hence the title--PUNished.) It's a very short book that seemed a bit "teachy" to me, although I shouldn't complain that my 8 year old understands palindromes and anagrams now.
Overall a cute story with some interesting word-play, but I'll stick with YA stuff for the most part. (Although, really, if my kid comes to me and tells me I *HAVE* to read a book, I probably will.) (

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Flicker Tale Award (Nominee – Intermediate Books – 2010)

Golden Archer Award (Nominee – Intermediate – 2008)

Great Stone Face Book Award (Nominee – 2008)

Kentucky Bluegrass Award (Nominee – Grades 3-5 – 2008)

Keystone to Reading Book Award (Winner – Elementary Award, Intermediate Level – 2009)

Massachusetts Children's Book Award (Nominee – 2009)

Maud Hart Lovelace Award (Nominee – Division I - Grades 3-5 – 2009)

Nēnē Award (Nominee – 2008, 2009, 2010)

Sunshine State Young Reader's Award (Nominee – Grades 3-5 – 2010)

Virginia Readers' Choice (Nominee – Elementary – 2009)

William Allen White Children's Book Award (Nominee – Grades 3-5 – 2008-2009)

Young Hoosier Book Award (Nominee – Intermediate – 2010)

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Read Aloud Indiana Book Award (Intermediate – 2006)

Reading Olympics (Elementary – 2024)

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For Uncle Ben, who passed along to me his passion for puns; and for Joelle, who graciously endures the results.

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"This is a terrible idea," I told Benedict as we walked up the stone steps toward the huge wooden door.

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Logan and his friend Benedict are playing tag in the library. Logan gets caught when he runs into a mysterious man. When Logan doesn't apologize sincerely, the mysterious gentleman punishes him by causing him to speak in puns. Only finding seven examples each of oxymorons, anagrams and palindromes within the time limits will return Logan to normal.

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