Dogs Don't Tell Jokes

by Louis Sachar (Author)

Dogs Don't Tell Jokes
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Reading Level: 4th − 5th Grade
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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.

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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
Newbery Award winner Louis Sachar is the author of The Boy Who Lost His Face, the Marvin Redpost books, and the much-loved There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom, winner of 19 child-voted state awards.

Louis Sachar's book Holes, winner of the 1999 Newbery Medal, the National Book Award, and the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, is also an ALA Best Book for Young Adults, an ALA Quick Pick, and an ALA Notable Book, and was made into a major motion picture.
Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780679833727
Lexile Measure
560
Guided Reading Level
N
Publisher
Yearling Books
Publication date
August 11, 1992
Series
-
BISAC categories
JUV019000 - Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories
JUV035000 - Juvenile Fiction | School & Education
JUV039140 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance
Library of Congress categories
Schools
Self-perception
Black-Eyed Susan Award
Nominee 1993 - 1994

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