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Books in Charlie Joe Jackson Series series

  • Charlie Joe Jackson's Guide to Making Money

    Tommy Greenwald, MacLeod Andrews, Cassandra Campbell

    Audio CD (Brilliance Audio, Aug. 9, 2016)
    Loveable slacker Charlie Joe Jackson is back. This time he’s trying to devise ways to make money—and fast.Charlie Joe’s weekly allowance just isn’t cutting it and he desperately needs money to buy a Botman, the latest gadget to sweep his middle school. Only catch is, he wants to earn the money by doing the least amount of work possible. After several failed attempts, including a near disastrous day of dog-walking, Charlie Joe hatches a plan to throw his own bar mitzvah (no gifts please—checks only) even though he’s not Jewish. Hilarity ensues when throwing a fake coming-of-age party turns out to be much harder than it looks.
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  • Charlie Joe Jackson's Guide to Not Reading

    Tommy Greenwald, MacLeod Andrews

    MP3 CD (Brilliance Audio, Aug. 11, 2015)
    Charlie Joe Jackson may be the most reluctant reader ever born. And so far, he’s managed to get through life without ever reading an entire book from cover to cover. But now that he’s in middle school, avoiding reading isn’t as easy as it used to be. And when his friend Timmy McGibney decides that he’s tired of covering for him, Charlie Joe finds himself resorting to desperate measures to keep his perfect record intact. This is the hilarious story of an avid non-reader and the extreme lengths to which he’ll go to get out of reading a book.
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  • Charlie Joe Jackson's Guide to Making Money

    Tommy Greenwald, MacLeod Andrews, Cassandra Campbell

    Audio CD (Brilliance Audio, Aug. 26, 2014)
    Loveable slacker Charlie Joe Jackson is back. This time he’s trying to devise ways to make money—and fast.Charlie Joe’s weekly allowance just isn’t cutting it and he desperately needs money to buy a Botman, the latest gadget to sweep his middle school. Only catch is, he wants to earn the money by doing the least amount of work possible. After several failed attempts, including a near disastrous day of dog-walking, Charlie Joe hatches a plan to throw his own bar mitzvah (no gifts please—checks only) even though he’s not Jewish. Hilarity ensues when throwing a fake coming-of-age party turns out to be much harder than it looks.
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  • Charlie Joe Jackson's Guide to Summer Vacation

    Tommy Greenwald, MacLeod Andrews

    Audio CD (Brilliance Audio, May 7, 2013)
    It’s finally summer vacation! But instead of hanging out with his friends and playing with his dogs, Charlie Joe Jackson has to face his worst fear: academic summer camp. Camp Rituhbukkee is exactly how Charlie Joe pictured it: books and nerds as far as the eye can see. It’s like permanent opposite day, where the dorks are the cool kids and the cool kids are the losers. But Charlie Joe is determined to convince the entire camp to hate reading and writing — one genius at a time. Can he pull it off? Or will he — gasp! — turn into one of them?!?!
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  • Charlie Joe Jackson's Guide to Not Growing Up

    Tommy Greenwald, MacLeod Andrews

    MP3 CD (Brilliance Audio, Aug. 1, 2017)
    As graduation day approaches, Charlie Joe is starting to realize being a kid isn’t so bad after all, in this hilarious, final installment of the Charlie Joe Jackson series.Yes! Graduation day is finally here! Charlie Joe has been waiting for this moment his entire middle school career. This might even be the best day of his life. No more teachers! No more books! Just make it through the ceremony and he’s free. But suddenly things around him are starting to change. Words like responsibility and college prep keep popping out of his friend’s mouths. What happened to words like fun and pool party? And come to think of it, doesn’t high school bring more teachers and more books? Maybe this whole growing up thing isn’t such a good idea after all. Actually, being a kid is pretty darn fun! Surely Charlie Joe can figure out a way to put the brakes on growing up—and fast!
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  • Charlie Joe Jackson's Guide To Extra Credit

    Tommy Greenwald, J. P. Coovert

    Library Binding (Turtleback Books, April 2, 2013)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Bright but unenthusiastic middle school student Charlie Joe Jackson signs up for the school play in an attempt to get straight As on his last quarter report card in order to avoid having to attend an academic camp over the summer. Black-and-white illustrations throughout.
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  • Charlie Joe Jackson's Guide to Extra Credit

    Tommy Greenwald, MacLeod Andrews

    Preloaded Digital Audio Player (Brilliance Audio, Aug. 7, 2012)
    Charlie Joe Jackson, the most reluctant reader ever born, made it his mission in the first book to get through middle school without reading a single book from cover to cover. Now he's back, and trying desperately to get straight A's in order to avoid going to academic camp for the summer. In order to do this, he will have to betray his friend, lose the girl of his dreams, and end up acting in a school play about the inventor of paper towels. Charlie Joe's not exactly the "school play kind of guy," but desperate times call for desperate measures.
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  • Charlie Joe Jackson's Guide to Not Reading

    Tommy Greenwald, MacLeod Andrews

    Audio CD (Brilliance Audio, July 5, 2011)
    Charlie Joe Jackson may be the most reluctant reader ever born. And so far, he’s managed to get through life without ever reading an entire book from cover to cover. But now that he’s in middle school, avoiding reading isn’t as easy as it used to be. And when his friend Timmy McGibney decides that he’s tired of covering for him, Charlie Joe finds himself resorting to desperate measures to keep his perfect record intact. This is the hilarious story of an avid non-reader and the extreme lengths to which he’ll go to get out of reading a book.
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  • Charlie Joe Jackson's Guide to Planet Girl

    Tommy Greenwald, MacLeod Andrews

    MP3 CD (Brilliance Audio, Aug. 25, 2015)
    There's a crisis at Eastport Middle School! It appears that everyone has a boyfriend or girlfriend except . . . Charlie Joe Jackson??!? Yup-he's the only single guy out of all his friends. How is this possible? Even Pete Milano snagged a girl! Well, Charlie Joe refuses to be left out. He quickly goes looking for help in the last place anyone would think to find him-the library. And what he finds is the gem of all gems, the guidebook of all guidebooks, the key to finally getting a girl! Now, everyone is suddenly coming to him for love advice. (Oh, how the tables have turned.) But Charlie Joe's world is swiftly turned upside down when he realizes the girl he actually likes... might not actually be the girl he likes. The fifth book in the acclaimed Charlie Joe Jackson series, Charlie Joe Jackson's Guide to Planet Girl by Tommy Greenwald, returns to give young readers a hilarious and engaging story about trouble, failure, and awkward middle school romance.
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  • Charlie Joe Jackson's Guide to Planet Girl

    Tommy Greenwald, MacLeod Andrews

    MP3 CD (Brilliance Audio, Aug. 8, 2017)
    There's a crisis at Eastport Middle School! It appears that everyone has a boyfriend or girlfriend except . . . Charlie Joe Jackson??!? Yup-he's the only single guy out of all his friends. How is this possible? Even Pete Milano snagged a girl! Well, Charlie Joe refuses to be left out. He quickly goes looking for help in the last place anyone would think to find him-the library. And what he finds is the gem of all gems, the guidebook of all guidebooks, the key to finally getting a girl! Now, everyone is suddenly coming to him for love advice. (Oh, how the tables have turned.) But Charlie Joe's world is swiftly turned upside down when he realizes the girl he actually likes... might not actually be the girl he likes.The fifth book in the acclaimed Charlie Joe Jackson series, Charlie Joe Jackson's Guide to Planet Girl by Tommy Greenwald, returns to give young readers a hilarious and engaging story about trouble, failure, and awkward middle school romance.
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  • Charlie Joe Jackson's Guide to Not Reading

    Tommy Greenwald, MacLeod Andrews

    MP3 CD (Brilliance Audio, July 5, 2011)
    Charlie Joe Jackson may be the most reluctant reader ever born. And so far, he’s managed to get through life without ever reading an entire book from cover to cover. But now that he’s in middle school, avoiding reading isn’t as easy as it used to be. And when his friend Timmy McGibney decides that he’s tired of covering for him, Charlie Joe finds himself resorting to desperate measures to keep his perfect record intact. This is the hilarious story of an avid non-reader and the extreme lengths to which he’ll go to get out of reading a book.
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  • Charlie Joe Jackson's Guide to Not Growing Up

    Tommy Greenwald, MacLeod Andrews

    Audio CD (Brilliance Audio, Aug. 1, 2017)
    As graduation day approaches, Charlie Joe is starting to realize being a kid isn’t so bad after all, in this hilarious, final installment of the Charlie Joe Jackson series.Yes! Graduation day is finally here! Charlie Joe has been waiting for this moment his entire middle school career. This might even be the best day of his life. No more teachers! No more books! Just make it through the ceremony and he’s free. But suddenly things around him are starting to change. Words like responsibility and college prep keep popping out of his friend’s mouths. What happened to words like fun and pool party? And come to think of it, doesn’t high school bring more teachers and more books? Maybe this whole growing up thing isn’t such a good idea after all. Actually, being a kid is pretty darn fun! Surely Charlie Joe can figure out a way to put the brakes on growing up—and fast!
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