Age
8-12
Grade
3-7
Shelley Pearsall
All Shook Up
Paperback
(Yearling Oct. 13, 2009)
, Illustrated Edition
The King of Rock ’n’ Roll lives! And he’s Josh’s dad.
When 13-year-old Josh finds out that he has to stay with his dad in Chicago for a few months, he’s not too thrilled. But when he arrives at the airport, he’s simply devastated. His father—who used to be a scatterbrained but pretty normal shoe salesman—has become . . . Elvis. Well, a sideburnwearing, hip-twisting, utterly-embarrassing Elvis impersonator.
Josh is determined to keep his dad’s identity a secret, but on his very first day at his new school, a note appears on his locker. It’s signed Elvisly Yours, and instead of a name, a sneering purple smiley face. The secret is out, and when his dad is invited to perform at a special 50s concert at his school, Josh is forced to take drastic action. From award-winning author Shelley Pearsall comes a hilarious novel about discovering the important (and sometimes painful) difference between who you want to be—and who you really are.
“Alternately wry, silly, thoughtful and laugh-out-loud funny.”—BookPage
- ISBN
- 044042139X / 9780440421399
- Pages
- 272
- Weight
- 6.9 oz.
- Dimensions
- 5.19 x 0.54
in.