Someday Angeline Books
Book #2
Dogs Don't Tell Jokes
Written by Louis Sachar
8 - 12
Reading
age
240
Page
count
32,381
Word
count
Sep 3, 1991
Publication
date
Paperback
$8.99
$8.58
Summary
Twelve-year-old jokester Gary Boone knows he was born to be a comedian, it’sthe kids in his class who think he’s just a goon. Winning the school talentshow would be Gary’s dream come true, but on the big night his dream nearlybackfires–with hilarious results. “With its strong, realisticcharacterization, Sachar’s gracefully told story will please his longtime fansand gain him new followers as well”– “Publishers Weekly.”An IRA/CBC Children’s Choice.
The Creative Behind the Book
Author
Louis Sachar is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Holes, which won the Newbery Medal, the National Book Award, and the Christopher Award, as well as Stanley Yelnats’ Survival to Camp Green Lake; Small Steps, winner of the Schneider Family Book Award; and The Cardturner, a Publishers Weekly Best Book, a Parents’ Choice Gold Award recipient, and an ALA-YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults Book. His books for younger readers include There’s a Boy in the Girls’ Bathroom, The Boy Who Lost His Face, Dogs Don’t Tell Jokes, and the Marvin Redpost series, among many others.
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