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I really liked this! I don't read enough books for boys (mostly because they tend to like sci-fi/fantasy and I really struggle with that genre) so I'm glad I have a book to recommend to some of my male students. Loved the movie references, and I also liked how it was a slice of life kind of a story. No clear endgame, just a snapshot of a kid's life. I read it on my iPad, checked out from my library's Overdrive app, so I don't know if the comic panels are better in print. But I did also like the hybrid of comics in the story. ( ) Very funny account of Larkin Pace's freshman year in high school, a la "Diary of a Wimpy Kid," but with more introspection and less snark. Larkin is sensitive, a bit gifted, and flies under the high school radar. Like "Wimpy Kid," there are comic illustrations throughout (Detorie does a comic strip called "One Big Happy"). Looking for something similar to the Diary of a Wimpy Kid books? This just may be the book for you! Larkin Pace is an aspiring movie-maker. Or at least he will be once he earns enough money to get the camcorder he wants. In the meantime, he can tell you everything about every movie he has ever seen, including the director, the cast, the plot and more. He can even recite large pieces of dialog from his favorite scenes. While he’s waiting to make his own movies, he shares his stories through his personal notebook blog. Some of the people he writes about include: -Kelly, his thug-of-a-sister, who makes his life miserable -Brooke, his best friend who he thought might be his girlfriend. Turns out she doesn’t like him that way -Freddie, his weird, non-verbal friend who eats pickle cracker sandwiches and dresses like an old man -and Dalton Cooke, his nemesis and the school bully, who seems to have captured the attention of Brooke This is a great book for the sixth and seventh grade set. Larkin chronicles his freshman year through a couple of lists, short journal entries and cartoon strips. I really loved the combination of cartoon strips and prose. I thought the strips did a really good job hi lighting what was going on in the story. This is a great book for the sixth and seventh grade set. Larkin chronicles his freshman year through a couple of lists, short journal entries and cartoon strips. I really loved the combination of cartoon strips and prose. I thought the strips did a really good job hi lighting what was going on in the story.
Meet Larkin Pace. He hates his name. He doesn’t get along with his sister. His friend Freddie is really weird. He has a crush on his friend Brooke. Schoolyard bully Dalton Cooke is his nemesis. When he grows up, he wants to be a filmmaker. By his own definition, Larkin’s unique ability to memorize every line in every movie he’s ever seen makes him an “accidental genius.” The book is divided into several mini-chapters, as though Larkin were keeping a journal for a class. Spaced throughout these entries are amusing and sometimes poignant comic strips that illustrate the boy’s often-painful adolescence. Of note is Larkin’s unreciprocated crush on Brooke and his burgeoning friendship with an elderly neighbor for whom he does chores, charming retired actress Miss Sadie. Larkin serves as a relatable “everykid,” and many readers will enjoy spending some time with him. Marketed as “a book for the Wimpy Kid who has grown up,” it will nevertheless appeal both to tweens and young adults. Awards
Comic and Graphic Books.
Humor (Fiction.)
Young Adult Fiction.
HTML:A book for the Wimpy Kid who has grown into a Wimpy Teen Larkin Pace desperately wants a new camcorder. How else is he going to become the next great filmmaker? But his dad wonâ??t give him any money, his sister is determined to make his life miserable, and his nemesis Dalton Cooke is trying to steal his girlfriend. Now this height-challenged aspiring director must chronicle his wacky life for a freshman English assignme No library descriptions found. |
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