Jacky Ha-Ha : my life is a joke

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Label

Jacky Ha-Ha : my life is a joke

Title remainder

my life is a joke

Statement of responsibility

James Patterson, Chris Grabenstein ; illustrated by Kerascoèet

Title variation

My life is a joke

Title variation remainder

my life is a joke

Creator

• truePatterson, James, 1947-

Contributor

• Kerascoèet
• trueGrabenstein, Chris

Author

• trueGrabenstein, Chris
• truePatterson, James, 1947-

Illustrator

• Kerascoèet

Subject

• Family life -- New Jersey -- Fiction
• trueHart, Jacky (Fictitious character)
• trueHumorous stories
• trueNew Jersey
• New Jersey -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
• trueResponsibility
• trueStuttering
• Stuttering -- Fiction
• Stuttering -- Juvenile fiction
• trueSummer
• trueSummer employment
• Summer employment -- Fiction
• Summer employment -- Juvenile fiction
• trueTheater
• Theater -- Fiction
• Theater -- Juvenile fiction
• trueFamilies -- New Jersey
• Families -- New Jersey -- Juvenile fiction

Genre

• Juvenile fiction
• Fiction

Language

eng

Summary

"Jacky Hart has found a hidden talent in the performing arts, and she's a triple threat onstage! She wants nothing more than to act and sing all summer--but her parents have other plans for her"--

Member of

• Jacky Ha-Ha, bk. 2
• trueJacky Ha-Ha

Storyline

• trueCharacter-driven

Tone

• trueAmusing

Character

• trueAbility diverse
• trueLikeable

Review

Grades 4-6 In 1991, 12-year-old Jacky and her older sisters must find summer jobs to help support the family. Soon she’s running the Balloon Race game on the Jersey Shore boardwalk. Though she never stutters while amusing customers with her wisecracking carny patter, her tryout for A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a near disaster. Still, she lands a small part. Later, after the Balloon Race booth is robbed and she loses her job, she puts her acting skills to practical use, setting a “mousetrap” to catch the thief. Lines from Shakespearean dialogue, along with facts about his plays and Elizabethan stagecraft, are woven into the story. As in Jacky Ha-Ha (2016), the framework introduces Jacky as an adult, a successful actress reminiscing for her two daughters. Black-and-white drawings with speech balloons illustrate the narrative and underscore its humor. Often impulsive but later reflective, the young Jacky makes mistakes and learns from them. Whether she’s helping a sister, solving a crime, or dealing with a boy’s first stumbling steps toward romance, this chapter book is engaging from start to finish. HIGH-DEMAND BACKSTORY: Patterson and Grabenstein’s latest big-time series will fly off the shelves, and that’s no joke. -- Phelan, Carolyn (Reviewed 9/1/2017) (Booklist, vol 114, number 1, p108)

Assigning source

Provided by publisher

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

[Fic]

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

LC call number

PZ7.P27653

LC item number

Jaf 2017

Literary form

fiction

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel

• 4
• 6

Series statement

Jacky Ha-Ha

Series volume

2

Target audience

pre adolescent