'Why did the guy eat two dead skunks for breakfast?' 'Because dead ones squeal when you stick the fork in.' Gary W. Boone knows he was born to be a stand-up comedian. It is the rest of the kids in the class who think he is a fool. Then the Floyd Hicks Junior High School Talent Show is announced, and he starts practising his routine non-stop to get it just right. Gary's sure that this will be his big break - he'll make everyone laugh and will win the $100 prize money. But when an outrageous surprise threatens to turn his debut into a disaster, it looks as if the biggest joke of all may be on Gary himself.
| ISBN: | 9780747589785 |
| Publication date: | 5th March 2007 |
| Author: | Louis Sachar |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 224 pages |