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livewithstyle
Since: May, 2016
19th Oct, 2017 12:14:41 PM
https://www.amazon.com/Alex-Ironic-Gentleman-Adrienne-Kress/dp/1501270338
I legit just googled the character's names, bud.
A girl named Alex is in sixth grade. She has no parents and has to brush her teeth three times a day, including during school so kids make fun of her. The only person at her school who is very nice and likes her much is Mr. Underwood, who might be the gym teacher. I can't remember. He will answer your questions. "If you ask him about Zimbabwe, he will tell you about Zimbabwe." The book has a Lemony Narrator.. Mr. Underwood gets kidnapped by pirates and Alex goes a search to find him. There is a minor character named Captain Magnanimous. He is a Man Child, but a nice guy. I think. The leader of the pirates is secretly a woman. There is a creepy surgeon named Dr. Brunswick who really scared me as a child. The story ends with Mr. Underwood adopting Alex. I have been wondering about this one for years. I listened to it as a book on CD with my parents at about age 6 and really enjoyed it.