Charlie Joe Jackson Series by Tommy Greenwald
Charlie Joe Jackson's Guide to Not Reading
Charlie Joe Jackson's Guide to Not Reading by Tommy Greenwald is the hilarious story of an avid non-reader and the extreme lengths to which he'll go to get out of reading a book. Charlie Joe Jackson may be the most reluctant reader ever born.
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Charlie Joe Jackson's Guide to Extra Credit
Charlie Joe Jackson, the most reluctant reader ever born, made it his mission in the first book to get through middle school without reading a single book from cover to cover. Now he's back—and trying desperately to get straight As in order to avoid going to academic camp for the summer.
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Jack Strong Takes a Stand
Jack Strong just wants to be a regular kid. But his parents have overscheduled his week with every extracurricular activity under the sun: tennis, baseball, cello, karate, tutoring, and Chinese language lessons—all on top of regular homework.
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Charlie Joe Jackson's Guide to Making Money
Charlie Joe's weekly allowance just isn't cutting it and he desperately needs money to buy a Botman, the latest gadget to sweep his middle school. Only catch is, he wants to earn the money by doing the least amount of work possible.
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Katie Friedman Gives Up Texting! (And Lives to Tell About It.)
When a text goes wrong, Katie Friedman learns the hard way that sometimes you need to disconnect to connect. Here are a few things you need to know about Katie Friedman: 1. Katie is swearing off phones for life! (No, seriously. She just sent the wrong text to the wrong person!) 2.
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Charlie Joe Jackson's Guide to Summer Vacation
In this middle-grade novel, a reluctant reader faces a his worst fear: academic summer camp. Despite all attempts to avoid reading and extra work, Charlie Joe Jackson finds himself in a terrible dream he can't wake up from: Camp Rituhbukkee (pronounced "read-a-bookie")—a place filled with grammar…
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Charlie Joe Jackson's Guide to Planet Girl
Look out for make-ups, break-ups, and hilarious romance tips in this illustrated middle-grade novel, as Charlie Joe figures out this crazy little thing called love. There's a crisis at Eastport Middle School! It appears that everyone has a boyfriend or girlfriend except . . .
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Pete Milano's Guide to Being a Movie Star
In this middle-grade novel—a hilarious spin-off of writer Tommy Greenwald and illustrator Rebecca Roher's Charlie Joe Jackson series—the class clown is suddenly a big-time movie star. Pete Milano has always been the class clown and proud of it.
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Charlie Joe Jackson's Guide to Not Growing Up
The hilarious, final installment of the illustrated Charlie Joe Jackson series. As graduation day approaches, Charlie Joe is starting to realize being a kid isn't so bad after all.
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