No More Nice by Amy MacDonald is a 1998-99 Hoosier Award Nominee for Fourth through Sixth Grades.

Simon wasn't at all sure his Aunt Mattie and Uncle Philbert wanted him as a guest during Spring Vacation. It wasn't as if Aunt Mattie and Uncle Philbert had invited him. His mother called them and asked if he could stay with them for a while. Simon was sure his vacation would be very boring with some old aunt and her husband. He was sure he would have to remember all his manners. Did he ever have a surprise! Aunt Mattie was full of fun and surprises and Uncle Philbert spent hours teaching Simon "un-lessons."

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This is a hilarious book with the craziest "figures of speech" you will ever hear, like "mangy, mucculent misfit!" I have tried some "un-lessons" at home, but I got "raised eyebrow" looks - enough to know not to do it again! But sometimes we can get so hung up on manners, we forget to have a good time in life. You can purchase Just Call Me Stupid through Amazon.