Rick Detorie

I really liked this! I don't read enough books for boys (mostly because they tend to like sci-fi/fantasy and I really struggle with that genre) so I'm glad I have a book to recommend to some of my male students. Loved the movie references, and I also liked how it was a slice of life kind of a story. No clear endgame, just a snapshot of a kid's life. I read it on my iPad, checked out from my library's Overdrive app, so I don't know if the comic panels are better in print. But I did also like the hybrid of comics in the story.… (mais)

Looking for something similar to the Diary of a Wimpy Kid books? This just may be the book for you!

Larkin Pace is an aspiring movie-maker. Or at least he will be once he earns enough money to get the camcorder he wants. In the meantime, he can tell you everything about every movie he has ever seen, including the director, the cast, the plot and more. He can even recite large pieces of dialog from his favorite scenes.

While he’s waiting to make his own movies, he shares his stories through his personal notebook blog. Some of the people he writes about include:
-Kelly, his thug-of-a-sister, who makes his life miserable
-Brooke, his best friend who he thought might be his girlfriend. Turns out she doesn’t like him that way
-Freddie, his weird, non-verbal friend who eats pickle cracker sandwiches and dresses like an old man
-and Dalton Cooke, his nemesis and the school bully, who seems to have captured the attention of Brooke
… (mais)