I Funny: A Middle School Story
Illustrator
Laura Park
Publisher
Little Brown and Company
Publication Year
2012
ISBN
9780316206938
Pages
303 pages
Genre
Realism
Format
Novel
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
Resolving to become the world's greatest stand-up comedian despite less-than-funny challenges in his life, wheelchair-bound middle school student Jamie Grimm endures bullying from his mean-spirited cousin and hopes he will be fairly judged when he enters a local comedy contest.
Grade Level
3-5; 6-8
Lexile Measure
610L
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Disability and Health; Family Member Death; Legal Gurdianship; Physical Disability; family tragedy; accident; loss; child living with relatives; aunt raising nephew; wheelchair user; paralysis; paraplegia; spinal injury; child with a physical disability
Main Character
Male child
Race/Ethnicities
White
Awards
Cybils Awards, 2013, Nominee, Middle Grade Fiction
Kiddo Award, 2013, Winner, Pageturner
Keywords
comedians; humor; middle school; self-esteem; bullying; stand-up comedy
Diversity Impact
indirect
STARS Citation
Patterson, James and Grabenstein, Chris, "I Funny: A Middle School Story" (2012). Diverse Families. 2083.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/2083