Published by Parachute Press in 2005, Lose, Team, Lose! centers on Bernie Bridges, a forth-grader troublemaker who is living at the private school called Rotten School. Being the coolest and best-looking student (according to Bernie), he has become the quarterback for the school's football team, the Fighting Apples. Unfortunately, the team has a losing record of 1,500 straight losses!
Bernie has a crush on the prettiest girl at the school, April-May-June, but sadly she barely notices him at all. She is one of the school's cheerleaders, but they never attend the Fighting Apple's games due the long losing streak. Instead they cheer on the soccer team, which mostly consists of students from the Nyce House, including Bernie's archenemy, Sherman Oaks.
Bernie is desperate to get April-May-June's attention, and to do so, he must find a secret weapon for the Fighting Apples. Or in other the words he needs to persuade the tallest and biggest student to join the team - Jennifer Ecch.
Yep, despite the fact that Jennifer is a girl and that she has a huge crush on Bernie, he finds a way to get her on the team, which leads them to win their first game ever! Sadly, this means the Fighting Apples have a chance to play in the championship against The Bone-Breakers.
Final Thoughts: Unlike the first three books in the series, Bernie doesn't have very many schemes up his sleeves in Lose, Team, Lose!, besides for getting a girl to join the football team. The plot has a faster pace than the third entry, but while there are a few jokes here and there, I thought the humor was lacking. Nevertheless, Rotten School: Lose, Team, Lose! is still a fun read (well, a reread for me) for both kids and adults.
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