| Skinnybones Contributor(s): Park, Barbara (Author) |
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ISBN: 067988792X ISBN-13: 9780679887928 Publisher: Yearling Books OUR PRICE: $7.19 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 1997 Annotation: To celebrate the 15th anniversary of the first publication of Skinnybones, bestselling author Barbara Park has updated the text of this award-winning novel and made it even more hilarious. A whole new generation of kids will meet Alex "Skinnybones" Frankovich, the smallest player on his baseball team, who is famous for his big mouth. Alex knows he's gone too far when he brags his way into a battle of skills with T.J. Stoner, a cocky Little League legend with a perfect hitting record. Can blabbermouth Alex talk his way out of "this mess? |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Adolescence & Coming Of Age - Juvenile Fiction | Sports & Recreation - Baseball |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 97065624 |
| Lexile Measure: 590 |
| Series: Skinnybones |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.1" W x 7.4" (0.25 lbs) 160 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Secular - Topical - Adolescence/Coming of Age |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 342 Reading Level: 4.1 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 3.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 |