When grade-eight science-project time rolls around JJ Murphy skips the beakers and the papiermache and dives into research about jerks And idiots But mostly jerks By his own estimation his science project On a Scale from Idiot to Complete Jerk is groundbreaking exhaustive highly scientific and seriously worthy of bonus marks Beginning with the dawn of humankind and concluding conclusively with a very cool pie chart the project dissects the elements of jerkosity through extensive case studies and scientific illustrations It explores the who what when why and how of jerks and more important peppers the lively research with sciencey-looking graphs and charts that reveal a lot about JJ his family and friends and the jerks of this world
