Dogs Don't Tell Jokes
by Louis Sachar (Author)
Twelve-year-old jokester Gary Boone knows he was born to be a comedian, it's
the kids in his class who think he's just a goon. Winning the school talent
show would be Gary's dream come true, but on the big night his dream nearly
backfires--with hilarious results. "With its strong, realistic
characterization, Sachar's gracefully told story will please his longtime fans
and gain him new followers as well"-- "Publishers Weekly."
An IRA/CBC Children's Choice.
the kids in his class who think he's just a goon. Winning the school talent
show would be Gary's dream come true, but on the big night his dream nearly
backfires--with hilarious results. "With its strong, realistic
characterization, Sachar's gracefully told story will please his longtime fans
and gain him new followers as well"-- "Publishers Weekly."
An IRA/CBC Children's Choice.
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PW praised the "strong, realistic characterization" in this "gracefully told story" of a compulsive comic, the scourge of his seventh-grade class. Ages 8-12. (Sept.)
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"With its strong, realistic characterization, Sachar's gracefully told story will please his longtime fans and gain him new followers as well"— Publishers Weekly.
Louis Sachar
Louis Sachar is the bestselling author of the award-winning novel Holes, as well as Small Steps, The Cardturner, Stanley Yelnats' Survival Guide to Camp Green Lake, There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom, The Boy Who Lost His Face, Dogs Don't Tell Jokes, and the rest of the Marvin Redpost series, among many others. Visit him at louissachar.com.
Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780679833727
Lexile Measure
560
Guided Reading Level
N
Publisher
Yearling Books
Publication date
August 19, 1992
Series
-
BISAC categories
JUV019000 - Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories
JUV035000 - Juvenile Fiction | School & Education
JUV039140 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance
JUV035000 - Juvenile Fiction | School & Education
JUV039140 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance
Library of Congress categories
Schools
Self-perception
Self-perception
Black-Eyed Susan Award
Nominee 1993 - 1994
