BOB Codename Zero

This story is told in the first person by a 7th grade boy at Erik Hills Middle School who loves to play pranks.

Mr. Gomez was predictable. He liked to use the word "cahoots" and would end up giving him two weeks in detention...just like always.

Fainting goats, doors glued shut, pranks of all kinds, that was what he liked. He did it to make life bearable in the boring North Dakota town.

He told the principal the package was his science fair project--how 7 week old rotten eggs would interact with dog poopl

He had 48 hours, two days to get the package to the right person before it self-destructed. For some reason he named the package Betsy.

Dillon had a million conspiracy theories. Each day he had one or two new ones.

Was it Tall Johnson or Short Johnson? Neither one seemed likely.

Why do spies and secret agents, who are supposed to be inconspicuous, wear black suits and black ties and sunglasses? Really?

Behind the shed was the sledding hill. It was very steep and one side had swallow nests. Kids did not hang around there because it never felt right. They avoided it. Turns out the place had very high electromagnetic field.

Each chapter begins with computer code, a series of zeros and ones.

Carson thought they were secret agents, but not for the CIA. He thought that Olek was being protected for something dealing with national security.

Is Agent Neptune dead or is he alive and now called Mule Medlock and working for Pancake

Short Jensen was agent Nineteen and Tall Jensen is agent Blue. Both were teachers at the middle school

One student always mixes up his metaphors. For example: Raining cats and dogs becomes big fat rats dropping from ceiling:

Pancake Haus is looking for a kid on his own, a new kid, someone who arrives at school alone and who eats alone.