Charlie Bumpers wants to play the bad guy in the class play, but his
teacher Mrs. Burke has other ideas.
Charlie Bumpers has his heart set on playing the role of the evil
Sorcerer in the fourth-grade play. But his dreams of villainous stardom
go up in smoke when he finds out that Mrs. Burke has cast him as the
Nice Gnome! Determined to rectify this terrible injustice, Charlie
concocts one plan after another, but nothing seems to work.
To make matters worse, his dad has assigned chores to all the kids in
the family, and Charlie's job is walking Ginger--the diggiest,
sniffiest, and poopiest dog in the universe. Can Charlie deal with these
challenges without causing havoc all around him?
Black and white illustrations throughout.