Hardcover
(Knopf Books for Young Readers, March 12, 1988)
Irrepressible, twelve-year-old Alex is convinced that he will be a star and impress his schoolmates when, as the winner of a cat food essay contest, he is asked to make a commercial for national television.
Alex "Skinnybones" Frankovitch is about to become a HUGE STAR - in his very own TV commercial! But Alex's big plans for stardom go terribly wrong. Are Alex's days as a big celebrity over?
Skinnybones: Alex Frankovitch is the smallest kid on his team. But he has a MAJOR-LEAGUE sized mouth. And it gets him into MAJOR-LEAGUE trouble! Alex knows he's gone too far when he brags his way into a pitching contest with the best player - and BIGGEST jerk - in the whole school. Can Alex talk his way out of this mess? Or is he in for the GRAND SLAM of all humiliations? Almost Starring Skinnybones: Alex "Skinnybones" Frankovitch is about to become a HUGE STAR - in his very own TV commercial! But Alex's big plans for stardom go terribly wrong. Are his days as a big celebrity over?