ABOUT THIS BOOK

For the smallest kid on the baseball team, Alex “Skinnybones” Frankovitch has a major-league big mouth! But when he brags his way into a pitching contest, this might be one mess that not even Alex can talk his way out of.


REVIEWS

"Barbara Park is one of the funniest writers around"-Booklist


From the Paperback edition.


ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Barbara Park is one of today's funniest, most popular writers for middle grade readers. Her novels, which include Skinnybones,  Mick Harte was Here, Maxie, Rosie, and Earl-Partners in Grime, Rosie Swanson: Fourth-Grade Geek for President, and The Graduation of Jake Moon have won just about every award given by children. She is also the author of the hilarious and bestselling Junie B. Jones chapter books. Recent books about Junie include Junie B., First Grader (at last!)  and Junie B., First Grader: Boss of Lunch.

Ms. Park earned a B.S. degree in education at the University of Alabama. She lives in Arizona with her husband and has two grown sons.


AWARDS

WINNER 1984 - Texas Bluebonnet Master List
WINNER 1985 - Texas Bluebonnet Award Winner
WINNER 1986 - Minnesota Maud Heart Lovelace Award
WINNER 1984 - Georgia Children's Book Award
WINNER 1987 - Utah Children's Book Award
WINNER 1986 - Tennessee Volunteer State Book Award