{"product_id":"9780399557583","title":"The Losers Club","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe beloved \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of the modern classic \u003ci\u003eFrindle\u003c\/i\u003e celebrates books and the joy of reading with a new school story to love!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Sixth grader Alec can’t put a good book down.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e So when Principal Vance lays down the law—pay attention in class, or \u003ci\u003eelse\u003c\/i\u003e—Alec takes action. He can’t lose all his reading time, so he starts a club. A club he \u003ci\u003eintends\u003c\/i\u003e to be the only member of. After all, reading isn’t a team sport, and no one would want to join something called the Losers Club, right? But as more and more kids find their way to Alec’s club—including his ex-friend turned bully \u003ci\u003eand\u003c\/i\u003e the girl Alec is maybe starting to like—Alec notices something. Real life might be messier than his favorite books, but it’s\u003ci\u003e just \u003c\/i\u003eas interesting.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e With \u003ci\u003eThe Losers Club,\u003c\/i\u003e Andrew Clements brings us a new school story that’s a love letter to books and to reading and that reminds us that sometimes the best stories are the ones that happen off the page—our own!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Rhode Island Children's Book Award (2019)\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the International Reading Association and Children's Book Council: Children's Choices List (2018)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Garden State Children's Book Award (2020)\u003cbr\u003e2021 Grand Canyon Reader Award Nominee\u003cbr\u003eA Kansas William White Master List Selection (2018 \u0026amp; 2019)\u003cbr\u003eAn Arkansas Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award Nominee (2019)\u003cbr\u003eA California Young Reader Medal Nominee (2019)\u003cbr\u003eA Nebraska Golden Sower Award Nominee (2019)\u003cbr\u003eA Virginia Young Readers Program Award Nominee (2019)\u003cbr\u003eA Minnesota Maud Heart Lovelace Award Nominee (2019) \u003cbr\u003eA Missouri Mark Twain Award Nominee (2019)\u003cbr\u003eAn Oregon Reader’s Choice Award Nominee (2019)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Losers Club\u003c\/i\u003e!\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e* \"Clements’s latest is engaging and funny. A laugh-out-loud first purchase for all middle grade collections, and a solid read-aloud choice for classrooms.\"\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, Starred Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Clements is out to celebrate reading in all its obsessiveness, and...tosses in shout-outs to a passel of other writers. [The Losers Club] gives fried bookworms everywhere the satisfaction of knowing that friends may desert them (if only temporarily) but books never will. \"—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Andrew Clements!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Clements is a genius.” —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “We have never read an Andrew Clements book that we haven’t loved.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Andrew Clements","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Digest format paperback","offer_id":45893276598484,"sku":"9780399557583","price":12.49,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/9208\/files\/BNCImageAPI_e32f4088-5033-45bd-9a0e-ea752d9ee8d5.jpg?v=1732376124","url":"https:\/\/penguinshop.ca\/products\/9780399557583","provider":"Penguin Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}