Jake the Fake Keeps His Cool
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Chapter Book · Ages 8–12 · 2020 · Est. 3 hour read

Jake the Fake Keeps His Cool

By Craig Robinson, Adam Mansbach, Keith Knight (Illustrator)

Part of the Jake the Fake series

Jake fakes his way through school and family surprises. Can he keep his cool?

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176 pages· 20,034 words· Est. 3 hour read
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Jake, a budding comedian at Music and Arts Academy, faces a new challenge: impressing a girl by pretending to be a master chef and barber. At home, his mom's pregnancy news means he's about to become the middle child, a role he's not thrilled about. As the King of Cool, Jake must navigate these changes without losing his chill. With good friends and plenty of laughs, can Jake juggle his fake personas and family dynamics, or will his comedic facade crumble?

From the publisher

For fans of Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Big Nate comes the third book in this laugh-out-loud series about a class clown faking his way through middle school from comedian and film star Craig Robinson, #1 New York Times bestselling author Adam Mansbach, and NAACP History Maker recipient and cartoonist Keith Knight. Life couldn’t be better for Jake. He’s a student at Music and Arts Academy and a budding comedian, and he finally put an end to his fake-ster ways . . . or so he thought. There’s a new girl at school, and Jake would do anything to impress her, even pretending to be a master chef. And a world-renowned barber? But at home, Jake is less impressed with his mom’s news: she’s pregnant. Now Jake has to fake being happy about becoming the Middle Child. The King of Cool is about to drop his chill. Luckily, he has good friends and laughs on his side, along with more than two hundred illustrations–all about him!

At a glance
Format
Paperback
Pages
176
Words
20,034
Reading age
8–12
Audience
Juvenile Reader
Lexile
790L
Themes & topics
Books about schoolBooks about performing artsBooks about family lifeBooks about pregnancy
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Book details

Reading levels
ATOS
5
F&P level
~S
AR points
3
AR interest level
MG
AR quiz
511725
Publication
Published
August 10, 2021
First published
June 16, 2020
Publisher
Yearling
Edition
Language
English
Type
Chapter Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9780553523621

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