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Series: Charlie Joe Jackson


Cover art for CHARLIE JOE JACKSON'S GUIDE TO SUMMER VACATION
CHILDREN'S
Released: May 14, 2013
by Tommy Greenwald, illustrated by J.P. Coovert

"A series that improves with each offering. (Fiction. 9-14)"
Attending camp, especially an academic enrichment camp, turns out to be more than notorious slacker Charlie Joe Jackson bargained for. Read full book review >
Cover art for CHARLIE JOE JACKSON'S GUIDE TO EXTRA CREDIT
CHILDREN'S
Released: Aug. 7, 2012
by Tommy Greenwald, illustrated by J.P. Coovert

"No middle schooler wants to face a month at summer enrichment camp, but many will enjoy watching Charlie Joe work harder than he has ever worked before to avoid it…even if he fails. (Fiction. 8-12)"
Charlie Joe Jackson learns that "being a perfect student is just really, really hard." Read full book review >
Cover art for CHARLIE JOE JACKSON'S GUIDE TO NOT READING
CHILDREN'S
Released: July 5, 2011
by Tommy Greenwald, illustrated by J.P. Coovert

"That aside, slackers everywhere have a new, likable hero in Charlie Joe Jackson. (Fiction. 10-12)"
Charlie Joe will do just about anything to avoid reading in this humorous cautionary tale for book-hating middle-grade students. Read full book review >