Skinnybones / Barbara Park.

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Title:

Skinnybones / Barbara Park.

Author:

Park, Barbara

ISBN:

9780679887928

Edition:

First Yearling edition

Publication Information:

New York : Yearling, c1997.

Physical Description:

131 p.

Abstract:

Alex's active sense of humor helps him get along with the school braggart, make the most of his athletic talents, and simply get by in a hectic world.

Reading Level:

"RL: 4.3."

"008-012"--P. [4] of cover.

Subject Term:

Baseball -- Juvenile fiction.

Schools -- Juvenile fiction.

Humorous stories -- Juvenile fiction.

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If you thought Junie B. Jones was FUNNY--catch more laughs from New York Times bestselling author Barbara Park with Skinnybones ! Just right for fans of Diary of a Wimpy Kid and I Funny, Skinnybones has been a kid and teacher favorite for almost thirty years and has sold over 1 MILLION copies!

Play ball? Alex Frankovitch is the smallest, second-worst kid on his team. But he has a MAJOR-LEAGUE-sized mouth. And it gets him into MAJOR-LEAGUE trouble! Even Alex knows he's gone too far when he brags his way into a pitching contest with T.J. Stoner, the best player--and BIGGEST jerk--in the whole school (and maybe the whole world!). Can Alex talk his way out this mess? Or is he in for the GRAND SLAM of all humiliations? Find out in the award-winning, laugh-out-loud novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Junie B. Jones!

"Park is one of the funniest writers around. Skinnybones equals tickled funnybones." -- Booklist

"Hilarious! Even if you don't know center field from first base this story will keep you laughing." -- Children's Book Review Service

"Park writes...in a way that touches reality, but makes the reader double over with laughter." -- Chicago Sun-Times

Reviews (2)

Publisher's Weekly Review

Kirkus Review

This opens with sixth-grader Alex sending off a smart-alee entry to a Kitty Fritters commercial contest, but it soon settles into his problem as the smallest, poorest, most humiliated player in the local Little League--as he puts it, referring to his repeated winning of the ""most improved player"" award, ""the only one to go from stinko to smelly six years in a row."" Alex's response to embarrassment is show-off quipping and clowning, and even if you can't accept the motivation--Alex says he goes through all this for the caps, which make him look like a real ballplayer--you're bound to give in to a few laughs at his retorts. Alex's chief bane is T. J. Stoner, whose older brother is a major leaguer and who, himself, is the best Little Leaguer any coach has laid eyes on. Because Alex can't keep from heckling T.J., T.J. delights in challenging Alex to contests, and consistently shows him up. But on the day that T.J. becomes National Little League Champion, Alex shares a bit of the glory--winning the Kitty Fritters contest he had entered as a joke. Whereas T.J. will get into the Guinness Book of World Records, Alex will go on TV. He's already off and dreaming about his future as a comic. It's a neat enough outcome for this sort of easy walk. Copyright ©Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

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