Jake Drake, Class Clown

By Andrew Clements

Book Overview

Meet Jake Drake. He's ten years old and he already has a full-time job. Because that's how he treats school. Like it's a job. And his teachers are his bosses. Up until now -- fourth grade -- Jake has lucked out in the boss department. All of his teachers have been pretty nice. But Jake is about to have the grumpiest teacher yet, and the worst thing is, she's not even a real teacher. She's a student teacher. How can Jake make his grumphead student teacher, Miss Bruce, lighten up enough to crack even the littlest smile? Why, by becoming the class clown, that's how. But will Jake take his new act too far? In this series by the best-selling author of Frindle, The Landry News, The Janitor's Boy, and The School Story, Jake Drake confronts the problems of school life and finds some surprising solution

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0689839219
• ISBN13: 9780689839214
• Release Date: February 2002
• Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.7" x 8.6"
• Age Range: 7 to 9 years
• Grade Range: Grades 2 to 4

Customer Reviews

Even my girls liked it...

Most books with boys on the cover don't appeal to my 9 and 6 yr old girls. However this wasn't necessarily a "boys" book. The moral of the story is clear and positive. I now think of Andrew Clements as a sort of modern day Aesop.

I loved this book!

When I started this book, I had no idea how funny it would be. I almost fell down laughing when I read it. I thought I would explode each time Jake made the techer SO mad. It made me feel diferent ways. In the begining it really made me laugh; but in the end, I had sympathy for Jake. I could tell the author put a lot of hard work into this story. Evreybody should read JAKE DRAKE, CLASS CLOWN.