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378 pp.
| Candlewick
| April, 2016
|
TradeISBN 978-0-7636-7071-9$17.99
(4)
YA
Dan is blindsided when his mom announces her engagement to the too-perfect Hank and sends the pair out on a wilderness survival trip to bond. Determined to prove Hank unfit for his mother, Dan plans several pranks that backfire spectacularly. South Park levels of gross-out humor mesh awkwardly with Dan's genuine fears and sadness about gaining a stepfather.
458 pp.
| Candlewick
| September, 2012
|
TradeISBN 978-0-7636-5556-3$16.99
(3)
YA
Sensing that his friend Coop's plan to get rich by making a low-budget horror film might actually attract potential girlfriends, Sean agrees to write the script. But Sean has to stop being a doormat if he wants girls to take him seriously. The returning characters (Swim the Fly; Beat the Band) are authentically raunchy, insecure, and humorously drawn, with spot-on dialogue to match.
394 pp.
| Candlewick
| September, 2010
|
TradeISBN 978-0-7636-4633-2$16.99
(3)
YA
In this companion to Swim the Fly, Cooper is partnered in health class with Helen, a girl with a loser reputation. He decides the only way to regain his cache of cool is to win the Battle of the Bands; too bad he and his friends don't play any instruments. Interwoven into this humorous romp are lessons about social status and individuality.
346 pp.
| Candlewick
| April, 2009
|
TradeISBN 978-0-7636-4157-3$16.99
(4)
YA
Matt and a pair of swim team buddies have given themselves the summer goal of seeing a live naked girl. Their attempts are alternately predictable and absurd. Raunchy boy talk and wacky hijinks are standard fare for teen sex comedies, but Matt's attempts to swim the butterfly to impress a girl give the story some depth and are actually funny.