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ALL SHOOK UP Shelley Pearsall Hardcover | Knopf Books for Young Readers | 978-0-375-83698-5 | May 2008 | $15.99 | Ages 8-12 Hardcover Library Binding | Knopf Books for Young Readers | 978-0-375-93698-2 | May 2008 | $18.99 | Ages 8-12

What’s the most embarrassing thing your parents have ever done? Cleaned your face with a wet finger? Yelled at you in front of your friends? Insisted on walking with you at the mall? Although these are bad, they’re nothing compared to what Josh faces when he spends a few months with his divorced father, Elvis. Yes, you read that right. Josh’s dad has become Elvis, complete with bushy sideburns and a sparkly jumpsuit. Performing local gigs to earn money since losing his shoe-selling job, Jerry Denny’s next performance as The King of Rock & Roll is scheduled at Josh’s new school. Josh is already worried about fitting in at school, and the last thing he needs is to be known as The King’s son. Will Josh ever accept his fathers new job, or will he forever be remembered as Josh Presley?

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Prepared by Brenda Day, Library Media Specialist, Aledo Middle School, Aledo, Texas

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