Jake the Fake Keeps His Cool (Jake the Fake #3)

by Craig Robinson (Author) Keith Knight (Illustrator)

Reading Level: 4th − 5th Grade
Series: Jake the Fake

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!

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Praise for Jake the Fake:
A Publishers Weekly African-American Young Readers selection!

A fast and funny alternative to the Wimpy Kid. —Kirkus Reviews

Robinson and Mansbach amp up the laughs in this wry novel. —Booklist

Jake showcases an unforgettable kid whose imagination will blow your mind. —Essence

Jake wouldn't worry about making it through sixth grade if he knew the all-star team he has behind his adventures. The laughs you'll have reading this book are definitely not fake! —Jeffrey Brown, author of Lucy & Andy Neanderthal and Jedi Academy

Everything about this book is funny. OK, maybe not the page numbers. But the words and pictures are hilarious; I laughed until boogers came out of my nose. (Don't worry, I put them back.) —Dave Barry, author of Worst Class Trip Ever
Craig Robinson
Comedian, musician, and actor Craig Robinson transitions his flair for humor from the screen to the page in his authorial debut. He is best known for his work on NBC's The Office, Hollywood comedy blockbusters This Is the End, Hot Tub Time Machine, and Pineapple Express, and the upcoming drama Morris from America. Robinson pulls from his life's most hilarious moments and his experience attending Chicago's first public magnet school to bring Jake the Fake to life. Robinson continues to act, perform, and cheer on the White Sox.

Adam Mansbach is a novelist, screenwriter, cultural critic, and humorist. The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Go the F*ck to Sleep and You Have to F*cking Eat, Mansbach has recently expanded his writing repertoire to include his debut thriller The Dead Run and middle-grade novel Benjamin Franklin: Huge Pain in My . . . His novel Rage Is Back was an NPR Best Book of the Year. Mansbach's work has also appeared on NPR's All Things Considered.

Keith Knight is mapping out a previously unknown vector of the vast cartoon universe. --Garry Trudeau, creator of Doonesbury

It's hard to make a comic that is this funny while also so frequently profound.... This is the work of a master. --Dave Eggers, author of A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius

Keith Knight
is a rapper, social activist, father, and educator. He's also one of the most highly regarded cartoonists in America, and the creator of three popular comic strips: the Knight Life, (th)ink, and the K Chronicles. Knight is also the recipient of the the NAACP History Maker award. His art has appeared in various publications worldwide, including the Washington Post, Daily KOS, San Francisco Chronicle, Salon.com, Ebony, ESPN the Magazine, L.A. Weekly, MAD Magazine, and The Funny Times.
Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780553523621
Lexile Measure
790
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Crown Books for Young Readers
Publication date
April 20, 2021
Series
Jake the Fake
BISAC categories
JUV019000 - Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories
JUV035000 - Juvenile Fiction | School & Education
JUV031000 - Juvenile Fiction | Performing Arts | General
Library of Congress categories
Humorous stories
African Americans
Family life
Schools
Conduct of life
Humorous fiction
Pregnancy
African American families
Comedians

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