Who stole all the bake sale goodies? Was it the disapproving health teacher, the grouchy janitor, the disgruntled bus driver--or someone else? Once again the Breakfast Bunch hits the clue trail with Lunch Lady to solve the mystery (readers paying attention will have guessed the culprit early on). Fans of this comic-style series will be entertained by the antics. (c) Copyright 2011. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

The clever and inventive Lunch Lady along with her proteges, elementary-school students Dee, Hector, and Terrence, take on the titular bad guy in another satisfying episode of schoolwide politics, derring-do, and a bit of appealing fantasy, culminating in the attack of the villain's supercharged Buszilla. A know-it-all fellow student, a crusading health teacher, and a maniacal bus driver are among Krosoczka's funny and over-the-top red herrings. The high action of the yellow-washed, black-and-white cartoon panels is echoed in the narrative's pacing. The end clearly sets up the gang's next adventure.--Goldsmith, Francisca Copyright 2010 Booklist