How to Be Cool in the Third Grade

by Betsy Duffey, Janet Wilson (Illustrator)

Overview

It's not easy to seem cool when the whole class knows you wear superhero underwear and your mom still kisses you goodbye at the bus stop. But Robbie York has a plan. 1) Get rid of the name Robbie. 2) Get jeans. 3)Avoid bullies like Bo Haney. If only it were that simple!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780141304663
Publisher:	Penguin Young Readers Group
Publication date:	07/01/1999
Series:	Puffin Chapter Book Series
Edition description:	REPRINT
Pages:	80
Sales rank:	158,198
Product dimensions:	5.13(w) x 7.75(h) x 0.23(d)
Lexile:	600L (what's this?)
Age Range:	7 - 10 Years

About the Author

Betsy Duffey is the author of numerous books for young readers, including Hey, New Kid!; The Gadget War; The Math Wiz; and Utterly Yours, Booker Jones (all Viking and Puffin). Her books have been Junior Library Guild selections, Crown Award nominees, and have been nominated for state awards in over twenty states including the California Young Reader Medal, the Texas Bluebonnet Award and the Florida Sunshine State Young Reader Award, while having been Parent's Choice and Children's Choice selections. She lives in Atlanta, Georgia.

Janet Wilson is an established and award-winning Canadian author and illustrator of books for young readers. Her presentations are raising awareness of social, environmental, indigenous, economic, and intergenerational injustice, while inspiring and motivating readers to choose actions to make the world better.

Editorial Reviews

"Readers Robbie's age will be glad to find their own concerns on nearly every page,"—Kirkus Reviews

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