Stand Up

Written and illustrated by Matt Stanton

Part of the Funny Kid series

Max must win a talent quest to reclaim his funny reputation.

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272 pages· ~560L

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Bookroo's summary

Max's joke flops, earning him the title of Un-Funny Kid. To redeem himself, he must win the town talent quest with a killer stand-up routine. With his friend Hugo and pet Duck by his side, Max faces a heckling clown and his own nerves. Can he prove he's the funniest kid around?

From the publisher

Big Nate meets Timmy Failure in Funny Kid #2: Stand Up, the second book in an uproarious new middle grade series by Matt Stanton, Australia’s bestselling children’s book author.

Max may not be the strongest, or the smartest, or the handsomest kid in his class—but he may well be the funniest! Except when Max’s classroom joke lands flat, he suddenly becomes the Un-Funny Kid!

The only way to make everyone forget Max’s comedy catastrophe is for him to win the town talent quest with his very own stand-up comedy routine. Max is ready to bring comedy gold to his audition, but thanks to a heckling clown, Max can’t even remember his first joke!

With the help of his best friend Hugo and their feathered pet, Duck, Max thinks he has everything he needs to come up the greatest stand-up comedy routine of all time—but will it be enough? Max will need all the advice he can get to prove that he is the kid who can make everyone laugh!

Matt Stanton brings his veteran children’s book chops to this hilarious series, perfect for early middle grade readers looking for side-splitting laughs!

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