"Max Stone hated school. He was always in trouble with a capital T. But one day Max's teacher, Mrs. What-a-Shocker, is away. The new teacher tells the class that they're going to compete on THE BRAIN, a TV survivor show. Who will win: Max and his buddy Ruby, or James Snitch and Priscilla Pumpkin, the brainiest kids at school?" -- Page 4 of Cover.