summary

The fifth grade girls and the fifth grade boys at Laketon elemrary dont get along very well. But the real problem is that these kids are loud and disorderly. Thats why the principal uses her red plastic bullhorn. A lot. Then one day Dave packer, a certified loudmouth, bumps into an idea-a bi one that makes him try to keep quiet for a whole day. But what does Dave hear during lunch? A girl, Lynsey Burgess, jabbering away. So Dave breaks his silence and lobs an insult. And those words spark a contest: Which team can say the fewest words during 2 whole days? And its the boys against the girls. How do the teachers react to the silence? What happens when the principal feels shes losing control? And will Dave and Lynsey plunge the whole school into chasos. This funny and suprising book is about language and thought, about words unspoken, words spoken in anger, and especially about the power of words spoken in kindness ... with or without a bullhorn.

This is from the back of the book