Charlie Joe Jackson's Guide to Summer Vacation: 3 - Softcover

"In author Tommy Greenwald's raucous debut...this comedy of comeuppance shows its true colors, and, irony of ironies, is impossible to put down!" --Disney's "Family Fun""A perfect book for the non-reader or reluctant reader in your life...Laugh-out-loud funny, clever, and relevant, I believe Tommy Greenwald has written a book that will appeal to kids of all reading tastes." --ReadKiddoRead.com "This is a fun, fast-moving look at middle-school life through the eyes of a kid who would rather clean his room than pick up a book. Reluctant readers will be pleased." --"SLJ" "A delightful choice for reluctant readers...Tommy Greenwald's writing style is breezy and accessible without being too easy. It is also extremely funny and hard to put down. If the book's cover showed something blowing up, every reluctant boy reader in middle school would be proud to carry it around while secretly enjoying the nonviolent, straightforward story. Bookworms won't care; they'll love it either way." --"Boo

"No middle schooler wants to face a month at summer enrichment camp, but many will enjoy watching Charlie Joe work harder than he has ever worked before to avoid it . . . even if he fails." --"Kirkus Reviews"

"No middle schooler wants to face a month at summer enrichment camp, but many will enjoy watching Charlie Joe work harder than he has ever worked before to avoid it...even if he fails."--"Kirkus"

"Fans of "Joey Pigza" and "Big Nate" will find a lot to love here. . . A series that improves with each offering." -- "Kirkus Reviews"

"Charlie Joe Jackson's Guide to Summer Vacation"

This book is so fast-paced and funny that even reluctant readers like Charlie Joe claims to be should find themselves enjoying reading, after all. -Claudia Mills, "Children's Literature"

If they're not convinced, kids with an aversion to books still have a character they can relate to. An ideal choice for summer reading lists. -"School Library Journal"

Fans of "Joey Pigza" and "Big Nate" will find a lot to love here. . . A series that improves with each offering. "Kirkus Reviews"

A great read for reluctant readers or readers just looking for a little harmless fun. "Booklist""

Charlie Joe Jackson's Guide to Summer Vacation

This book is so fast-paced and funny that even reluctant readers like Charlie Joe claims to be should find themselves enjoying reading, after all. -Claudia Mills, Children's Literature

If they're not convinced, kids with an aversion to books still have a character they can relate to. An ideal choice for summer reading lists. -School Library Journal

Fans of Joey Pigza and Big Nate will find a lot to love here. . . A series that improves with each offering. Kirkus Reviews

A great read for reluctant readers or readers just looking for a little harmless fun. Booklist

Charlie Joe Jackson's Guide to Summer Vacation

"This book is so fast-paced and funny that even reluctant readers like Charlie Joe claims to be should find themselves enjoying reading, after all." -Claudia Mills, Children's Literature

"If they're not convinced, kids with an aversion to books still have a character they can relate to. An ideal choice for summer reading lists." -School Library Journal

"Fans of Joey Pigza and Big Nate will find a lot to love here. . . A series that improves with each offering." --Kirkus Reviews

"A great read for reluctant readers or readers just looking for a little harmless fun." --Booklist

Tommy Greenwald has enjoyed reading all his life, which is why he's appalled that his kids Charlie, Joe and Jack, would prefer getting a dental check-up to checking out a book. After years of pleading, threatening, and bribing, Tommy finally decided the only way to get his kids to read was to write a book about how to get out of reading. The Charlie Joe Jackson series is the result. And they read it! (So they say.) The Executive Creative Director at SPOTCO, an entertainment advertising agency in New York City, Tommy lives in Connecticut with his wife, Cathy; his non-reading sons, Charlie, Joe and Jack; and his dogs, Moose and Coco.

Illustrated by J.P. COOVERT.