Thursday, June 27, 2013

Charlie Joe Jackson's Guide to Not Reading / Tommy Greenwald 220 p. First in Series

Charlie Joe Jackson hates to read; he's yet to read a book cover to cover.  By the time he gets to middle school he has a system.  His friend Timmy McGibney reads and writes annotations in return for snacks.  But this year Timmy had enough.  Charlie Joe is on his own.  And now Charlie Joe has to go to extreme lengths to keep his record perfect.  His big project, a position paper, is due.  So Charlie Joe goes to great lengths to get the class nerd to provide annotations.  How?  By getting the nerd a date with the class cheerleader.  He convinces them it for his position paper on school cliques.  This is laugh out loud at times especially the tips about reading Charlie Joe provides. 

First in the Charlie Joe Jackson's guide to--

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