Crying Laughing Contributor(s): Rubin, Lance (Author) |
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ISBN: 0525644687 ISBN-13: 9780525644682 Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers OUR PRICE: $19.94 Product Type: Library Binding - Other Formats Published: November 2019 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Humorous - General - Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Death, Grief, Bereavement - Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - New Experience |
Dewey: FIC |
Lexile Measure: 740 |
Physical Information: 1.2" H x 5.7" W x 8.3" (0.95 lbs) 336 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: A tragicomic story of bad dates, bad news, bad performances, and one girl's determination to find the funny in high school from the author of Denton Little's Deathdate. Winnie Friedman has been waiting for the world to catch on to what she already knows: she's hilarious. It might be a long wait, though. After bombing a stand-up set at her own bat mitzvah, Winnie has kept her jokes to herself. Well, to herself and her dad, a former comedian and her inspiration. Then, on the second day of tenth grade, the funniest guy in school actually laughs at a comment she makes in the lunch line and asks her to join the improv troupe. Maybe he's even . . . flirting? Just when Winnie's ready to say yes to comedy again, her father reveals that he's been diagnosed with ALS. That is . . . not funny. Her dad's still making jokes, though, which feels like a good thing. And Winnie's prepared to be his straight man if that's what he wants. But is it what he needs? Caught up in a spiral of epically bad dates, bad news, and bad performances, Winnie's struggling to see the humor in it all. But finding a way to laugh is exactly what will see her through. **A Junior Library Guild Selection** |