The Losers Club

<b>The beloved <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of the modern classic <i>Frindle</i> celebrates books and the joy of reading with a new school story to love!</b><br> <br> Sixth grader Alec can't put a good book down.<br> <br> So when Principal Vance lays down the law - pay attention in class, or <i>else</i> - Alec takes action. He can't lose all his reading time, so he starts a club. A club he <i>intends</i> to be the only member of. After all, reading isn't a team sport, and no one would want to join something called the Losers Club, right? But as more and more kids find their way to Alec's club - including his ex-friend turned bully <i>and</i> the girl Alec is maybe starting to like - Alec notices something. Real life might be messier than his favorite books, but it's<i> just </i>as interesting.<br> <br> With <i>The Losers Club,</i> Andrew Clements brings us a new school story that's a love letter to books and to reading and that reminds us that sometimes the best stories are the ones that happen off the page - our own!<br> <br> <b>Praise for Andrew Clements!</b><br> &quot;Clements is a genius.&quot; - <i>The New York Times</i><br> <br> &quot;We have never read an Andrew Clements book that we haven't loved.&quot; - <i>The Washington Post</i>