Dudes Hard Target

Fun on an epic scale for tweens!  Zany, neighborhood adventure for middle grade readers.  Read this hilarious series in any order!

Dudes Lock Down:
It’s a new school year, and the Dudes have got security work to do.  See how they give their parents an online security lesson, thwart package bandits, and combat snack bullies.  See how the Dudes take on:
An ex-Special Forces Sensei
A Pizza Gun, and
Snowman Decapitation!
To make the school a hard target, the Dudes will have to outwit Teresa and lend a hand with the Social Media Club. On the way, they'll learn how to recycle a tank, how to dodge a Dibbly Dobbly, and what Deven does with a Talking Stick! The Dudes take on school security with their own brand of enthusiasm. And, when they aim for fun, they always hit the mark!

Middle grade boys read for adventure and laughs, and the Dudes Adventure Chronicles have plenty of both.
The Dudes are a diverse group of preteen boys with awesome ideas for IRL action.  The Dudes Adventure Chronicles is a modern series for intermediate readers 8-14 who love humor.    Each chapter book provides several realistic capers that keep kids reading to find out how it all comes out--or doesn't, with hilarious consequences!

Praise for (series starter) Save the Dudes:

"With one priceless, laugh-out-loud scenario after another, the mother and son team of Johnson and Reynolds delivers a fine tale...
"...the story is given depth by emotional challenges each friend must face, described with subtlety.
"Readers will likely be eager to read the next adventure.
"Hilarious comic mayhem, rounded out by affection and insight."  --Kirkus Reviews

Spoilers: Classic humor without movie tie-ins or fart jokes! Appeals to kids who like funny, realistic fiction without a tacked-on message or ripped-from-the-headlines problem.  
If they like Beverly Cleary's Henry Huggins or Barbara Robinson's The Worst Best Christmas Pageant Ever, they'll love the Dudes!
This diary of Dude-approved adventures is filled with classic boy fun like: battles, corny jokes, zombies, treehouses, secret codes, and summer fun!
Lacking in butts, farts, and crude humor, this series is perfect for fans of Gordon Korman, Dave Pilkey, Jeffrey Brown, Mike Lupica, Gary Paulsen, and Kwame Alexander.
Classic summer reading.  Read the series in any order.  Lends itself to read-a-louds that have the whole family cracking up. Makes a Great Gift or a Perfect Stocking Stuffer.