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Atheneum Books for Young Readers, November 2011
eBook, 208 pages
ISBN-10: 1442449438
ISBN-13: 9781442449435
Grades: 5 and up
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Description
"Everybody says you and Colin were kissing."
"What? That's ridiculous!"
"For heaven's sake, Joe, if you and Colin want to kiss, you have every right to."
"We did not kiss," I told her.
Addie shrugged. "Whatever."
What was it with my friends?
From the creator of The Misfits, the book that inspired NATIONAL NO NAME-CALLING WEEK, comes the story of Joe Bunch....
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* “The welcome return of the Gang of Five (though there are really only four) introduced in The Misfits…. This narrator is anything but an average Joe: he’s candid, memorable and--though he might find this hard to believe--totally charismatic.”
-- Publishers Weekly, *STAR
"Joe's voice is both real and funny, ensuring accessibility to a wide range of students, male or female, gay or straight."
-- School Library Journal, February 2011
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