The Boy Who Failed Show and Tell

Another Great Stone Face nominee for 21-22, this one wasn't my favorite.  I found it lacking in a real story-line.  The main character had attention issues, so I wonder if the author tried to make the novel read that way.  He is a fourth grader, stuck with a horrible teacher who belittles him constantly.  She ultimately smacks him and he leaves that school and ends up, happily, in a great school with a wonderful teacher.   He plays the drums and has pet snakes, but I found neither detail integral to the story.  It was funny at times.   (FIC SON)