Almost Starring Skinnybones Paperback - 2006
by Barbara Park
The funniest runt in school is back in the spotlight! How "Skinnybones" Alex salvages his self-respect after being cast as a six-year-old on TV and then Tiny Tim in the class play makes for a "laugh-out-loud" (Booklist) novel.
From the jacket flap
"Alex 'Skinnybones' Frankovitch is back, this time starring in a TV commercial after sending a prizewinning letter to a cat food company. Alex is signing autographs in preparation for his newfound celebrity, but things don't work out the way he hoped. Onscreen, he plays a six-year-old running away from home--quite an insult for a 12-year-old. Alex has one more chance at fame when he wins a role in "A Christmas Carol, but it's as Tiny Tim, not Scrooge as Alex would have liked. As always, Park is laugh-out-loud funny and kids will have a wonderful time with this story."--"Booklist.
Details
- Title Almost Starring Skinnybones
- Author Barbara Park
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Bullseye ed
- Pages 160
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Yearling Books, Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A
- Date March 28, 2006
- ISBN 9780394825915 / 0394825918
- Weight 0.19 lbs (0.09 kg)
- Dimensions 7.66 x 5.26 x 0.28 in (19.46 x 13.36 x 0.71 cm)
- Ages 08 to 12 years
- Grade levels 3 - 7
- Reading level 620
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Themes
- Topical: Coming of Age
- Topical: Friendship
- Library of Congress subjects Humorous stories, Schools
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 87028752
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
Media reviews
Citations
- Publishers Weekly, 11/24/1989, Page 0
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