The bestselling harlie Joe Jackson’s Guide series has everything kids want: a whip-smart protagonist, relatable situations at school and home, short chapters and a few illustrative cartoons thrown into the mix. Charlie’s a reluctant reader, but he might not be if he’d ever had a series with such fun, funny adventures as these!
Charlie Joe Jackson’s Guide to Not Reading (4.5/5 stars, currently priced at $4.98)
Charlie Joe Jackson may be the most reluctant reader ever born. And so far, he’s managed to get through life without ever reading an entire book from cover to cover.
But now that he’s in middle school, avoiding reading isn’t as easy as it used to be. And when his friend Timmy McGibney decides that he’s tired of covering for him, Charlie Joe finds himself resorting to desperate measures to keep his perfect record intact.
Charlie Joe Jackson’s Guide to Not Reading by Tommy Greenwald is the hilarious story of an avid non-reader and the extreme lengths to which he’ll go to get out of reading a book.
Charlie Joe Jackson’s Guide to Extra Credit (5/5 stars, currently priced at $4.98)
Charlie Joe Jackson, the most reluctant reader ever born, made it his mission in the first book to get through middle school without reading a single book from cover to cover.
Now he’s back, and trying desperately to get straight A’s in order to avoid going to academic camp for the summer.
In order to do this, he will have to betray his friend, lose the girl of his dreams, and end up acting in a school play about the inventor of paper towels.
Charlie Joe’s not exactly the “school play kind of guy”, but desperate times call for desperate measures.
Charlie Joe Jackson’s Guide to Summer Vacation (4.5/5 stars, currently priced at $9.49)
Despite all attempts to avoid reading and extra work, Charlie Joe Jackson finds himself in a terrible dream he can’t wake up from: Camp Rituhbukkee (pronounced “read-a-bookie”)–a place filled with grammar workshops, Read-a-Ramas, and kids who actually like reading.
But Charlie Joe is determined to convince the entire camp to hate reading and writing–one genius at a time.
Tommy Greenwald’s Charlie Joe Jackson’s Guide to Summer Vacation is another fun installment in the life of a reluctant reader.
Charlie Joe Jackson’s Guide to Making Money (4.5/5 stars, currently priced at $9.49)
Charlie Joe’s weekly allowance just isn’t cutting it and he desperately needs money to buy a Botman, the latest gadget to sweep his middle school.
Only catch is, he wants to earn the money by doing the least amount of work possible.
After several failed attempts, including a near disastrous day of dog-walking, Charlie Joe hatches a plan to throw his own bar mitzvah (no gifts please–checks only) even though he’s not Jewish.
Hilarity ensues when throwing a fake coming-of-age party turns out to be much harder than it looks.
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