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The Funny, Doofy Weirdos Jam celebrates the differences that make people truly unique. These three novels employ plenty of humor and engaging main characters to keep readers turning pages, but don’t let them fool you. The stories still delve into tough moral questions and tricky situations.
Featuring the books:
Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney
Acclaimed debut author Jeff Kinney brilliantly re-creates the typical humor and logic of middle school boys sidling into adolescence. Sixth grader Greg Heffley doesn’t understand his annoying younger brother, obnoxious older one, or well-meaning parents. But he knows enough to record his daily thoughts in a manly journal—not some girly diary. In a unique novel brimming with laugh-out-loud moments, Greg chronicles his first turbulent year of middle school.
Son of the Mob by Gordon Korman
"The Sopranos (minus the vulgarity and violence) meets Leave It to Beaver (minus the "aw-shucks" tone and dated sensibility) in Korman's (No More Dead Dogs) brassy, comical caper. With its razor-sharp dialogue and bullet-fast pace, this tale could fly on either the small or big screen, yet it makes a page-turner of a novel. Korman shapes a believable and likable crew-despite the less than reputable profession of some. Many of the novel's conflicts revolve around the fact that the affable narrator, 17-year-old Vince Luca, refuses to become involved in the family "vending machine business." But of course, since his father is the Mob boss, and his older brother serves as their father's loser lackey, Vince cannot avoid being tainted (e.g., he lands in jail "because my sixteenth-birthday present [a Porsche] turns out to be hot"). [...] Things heat up when Vince begins dating-and eventually falls in love with-the daughter of the FBI agent determined to bring down Vince's father. The boy also gets sucked into the maelstrom when he loans money to one of his father's underlings for whom he feels sorry. Funny and unexpectedly affecting, this will grab-and hold onto-even the most reluctant of readers."—Publishers Weekly
Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick
Maxwell Kane is enormous and has always been in special classes at school and had to put up with mean-spirited classmates. But this year things are going to be different. His new friend Kevin—known as Freak—is a genius, but a birth defect has left him with a small, twisted body. When Max hoists Freak onto his shoulders, the two outcasts become invincible. Together, they are Freak the Mighty.
