Inspired by the true life experiences of Henry Winkler whose undiagnosed dyslexia made him a classic childhood underachiever the Hank Zipzer series is about the high spirited and funny adventures of a boy with learning differences It s science project time in Ms Adolf s class This is good news and bad news for Hank he loves science but he hates the report part So Hank turns to TV to take his mind off things But when the program directory scrolls by too quickly for Hank to know what s on he decides to take apart the cable box to try to slow down the crawl Great Now Hank has found the perfect science project But what he wasn t counting on was his sister s pet iguana laying eighteen eggs in the disassembled cable box How is Hank going to get out of this one Illustrated by Carol Heyer For Hank fourth grade does not start out on the right foot First of all he gets called to the principal s office on the very first day of school Then the first assignment his teacher gives him is to write five paragraphs on What You Did This Summer Hank is terrified writing one good sentence is hard for him so how in the world is he going to write five whole paragraphs Hank comes up with a plan instead of writing what he did on vacation he ll show what he did But when Hank s living essay becomes a living disaster he finds himself in detention Strangely enough however detention ends up becoming a turning point in his life - from Amzon