![]() ![]() ![]() But while for many of my classmates, Bruno and Boots, the two main protagonists, were of course their favourites, I for one, and being a bit of a nerd myself, developed a huge literary crush on science-obsessed classmate Elmer (and absolutely loved how at the end of This Can't be Happening at MacDonald Hall!, the supposed UFO Elmer claims to have seen, turns out to be a young diplomat's son stuck in a hot air balloon, in retrospect, a scenario almost as strange as the possibility of the supposed visitors from outer space, especially considering that the diplomat hails from an imaginary country, but oh boy, did I ever enjoy that entire final sequence as a teenager and did I ever love reading about Bruno, Boots, Elmer, the neighbouring all girls' academy, and yes, even MacDonald Hall's principal, Mr. ![]() ![]() A fun and totally engaging Canadian-themed boys' boarding school story (and which was in fact originally penned by author Gordon Korman as a school writing project when he supposedly was only twelve years old), as young teenagers, my friends and I read This Can't be Happening at MacDonald Hall! (and post this, also a number of the sequels) over and over again, as they were quick reads and kept us smiling and laughing. ![]()
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