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Jake Drake, Bully Buster

Book #1 of Jake Drake
Illustrated by Amanda Harvey

About The Book

Jake recounts his second grade introduction to Link Baxter, SuperBully, who becomes his class project partner, with surprising results.

When Jake was three years old at Miss Lulu's Dainty Diaper Day Care Center, what did he know about bullies? Nothing. But he learned fast! Why? Because Jake was kind of smart and not a tattletale, and he had no big brother to protect him. He was a perfect bully magnet.
But everything changed the year Jake was in second grade. That's when SuperBully Link Baxter moved to town. Jake had his hands full just trying to survive, until class project time. Who did the teacher assign to be Link's partner? You guessed it.
Jake has to use all his smarts -- and his heart as well -- to turn himself from Jake Drake, Bully Magnet, to Jake Drake, Bully Buster.

About The Author

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Andrew Clements has written a number of books for children, including three novels about school life. He taught in public schools near Chicago for seven years before moving east to begin a career in publishing. The idea for Frindle grew out of a talk that he gave to second graders. He says that "Frindle is about discovering the true nature of words, language, thought, community and learning, and about the life that surges through the corridors and classrooms every day." Andrew Clements now writes full-time and lives in central Massachusetts with his wife and their four children.

About The Illustrator

Amanda Harvey has illustrated more than thirty-five books for children, including My Friend John by Charlotte Zolotow. She and her family make their home in Kent, England.

Product Details

  • Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers (July 24, 2012)
  • Length: 80 pages
  • ISBN13: 9781442462311
  • Ages: 7 - 10

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