From the Publisher:Eleven-year-old David Greenberg dreams of becoming a TV superstar like his idol, Jon Stewart. But in real life, David is just another kid terrified of starting his first year at Harman Middle School. With a wacky sense of humor and hilarious Top 6½ Lists, David spends his free time making TalkTime videos, which he posts on YouTube.
But when David and his best friend have a fight, David is lucky enough to make a pretty cool new friend, Sophie—who just (gulp) happens to be a girl. Sophie thinks David's videos are hilarious, and she starts sending out the links to everyone she knows. Sophie's friends tell their friends, and before David knows it, thousands of people are viewing his videos—including some of the last people he would have expected.
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Starting Harman Middle School is like entering the Thunderdome for 11-year-old David Greenberg. Good and scared due to stories from his cousin, David has lost his best friend Elliot, and is struggling to make it through the day without endless embarrassment. Planning on fame as an anchor on THE DAILY SHOW, David creates videos that get really popular once his new friend, the delicious-smelling Sophie, starts emailing them to everyone. Perhaps middle school isn't going to be quite as torturous after all.
Praise
"Gephart maps the hormonal, emotionally torturous terrain of pubescent boyhood with realistic dialogue, well-developed secondary characters and age-appropriate humor and insight...."
03/15/2010
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