My Life as a Fifth-Grade Comedian
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- Synopsis
- Life as the class clown may seem like a laugh a minute, but Bobby's situation is no joke: His constant misbehavior is about to send him to the School for Intervention -- two steps from reform school. Bobby's older brother went there. That is, before he got kicked out of school altogether and then kicked out of the house. Their father calls it tough love, but to Bobby it seems more like tough luck. And he knows he could be next. Bobby's got one last chance to prove to his teachers, his parents, and himself that comedy is no joke. His assignment: to put on a school-wide laugh-off. It'll be a stand-up standoff between the teachers and the students -- and may the best comic win. But being the King of Comedy isn't Bobby's only goal. The Great Laugh-Off is also his chance to teach his sarcastic father an important lesson: that jokes can have the power to hurt-and also to heal.
- Copyright:
- 1997
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 184 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780060266028
- Publisher:
- HarperCollins Canada, Limited
- Date of Addition:
- 08/12/09
- Copyrighted By:
- Elizabeth Levy
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Children's Books, Literature and Fiction, Parenting and Family, Education, Humor
- Submitted By:
- Daproim Africa
- Proofread By:
- Daproim Africa
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
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