Skinnybones

If you thought Junie B. Jones was FUNNY - catch more laughs from New York Times bestselling author Barbara Park with Skinnybones! Just right for fans of Diary of a Wimpy Kid and I Funny, Skinnybones has been a kid and teacher favorite for almost thirty years and has sold over 1 MILLION copies! Play ball??? Alex Frankovitch is the smallest, second-worst kid on his team. But he has a MAJOR-LEAGUE-sized mouth. And it gets him into MAJOR-LEAGUE trouble! Even Alex knows he's gone too far when he brags his way into a pitching contest with T.J. Stoner, the best player - and BIGGEST jerk - in the whole school (and maybe the whole world!) . Can Alex talk his way out this mess? Or is he in for the GRAND SLAM of all humiliations? Find out in the award-winning, laugh-out-loud novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Junie B. Jones! "Park is one of the funniest writers around. Skinnybones equals tickled funnybones." - BOOKLIST "Hilarious! Even if you don't know center field from first base this story will keep you laughing." - Children's Book Review Service "Park writes ... in a way that touches reality, but makes the reader double over with laughter." - Chicago Sun-Times