I Funny: School of Laughs (I Funny #5)
Illustrator
Jomike Tejido
Publisher
Little Brown and Company
Publication Year
2017
ISBN
9780316349604
Pages
299 pages
Genre
realism
Format
chapter book
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
When a new principal threatens to close the school library, Jamie Grimm tries to save the day by teaching a comedy class for his fellow students.
Grade Level
3-5; 6-8
Lexile Measure
650L
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Disability and Health; Adoption; Family member death; Physical disability; adopted child; adoptive family; death of a mother; death of a father; death of a sister; paraplegia; wheelchair user
Main Character
male child
Race/Ethnicities
White
Family Formation
adoptive mother and father
Keywords
bullying; accident; humor; acting; stand-up comedy; school administrators; middle school; library
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Patterson, James and Grabenstein, Chris, "I Funny: School of Laughs (I Funny #5)" (2017). Diverse Families. 1617.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/1617