The Kid Who Ran For President

Just in time for election season Dan Gutmans hugely popular THE KID WHO RAN FOR PRESIDENT is back. Humor adventure and excitement will draw kids into the world of elections and politics. “Hi! My name is Judson Moon. Im 12 years old and Im running for President of the YOU-nited States.” So begins this fast-paced funny and surprising account of a boys run for the Oval Office in the year 2000. Under the tutelage of Lane his brainy friend and self-appointed campaign manager the affable sixth-grader from Madison Wisconsin takes on the Democrats and Republicans as a Third Party candidate who can make waves. “Grown-ups have had the last one thousand years to mess up the world ” Judd tells a reporter. “Now its our turn.”