Regarding the Fountain

The Dry Creek Middle School drinking fountain has sprung a leak, so principal Walter Russ dashes off a request to Flowing Waters Fountains, Etc.

...We need a new drinking fountain. Please send a catalog.

Designer Flo Waters responds:

I'd be delighted...but please understand that all of my fountains are custom-made.

Soon the fountain project takes on a life of its own, one chronicled in letters, postcards, memos, transcripts, and official documents. The school board president is up in arms. So is Dee Eel, of the water-supply company. A scandal is brewing, and Mr. Sam N.'s fifth grade class is turning up a host of hilarious secrets buried deep beneath the fountain.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 03/09/1999
ISBN: 9780380793471
Pages: 144
Weight: 0.22lbs
Size: 7.60h x 5.12w x 0.35d
Award: Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award - Nominee
Award: Georgia Children's Book Award - Nominee
Award: Golden Sower Award - Honor Book
Award: Nutmeg Book Award - Nominee
Award: California Young Reader Medal - Nominee
Award: Sunshine State Young Reader's Award - Nominee
Award: Sunshine State Young Reader's Award - Nominee
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 27919 / Regarding the Fountain: A Tale in Letters, of Liars, and Leaks
Reading Level: 5.8 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 2