The Next Great Paulie Fink

The Next Great Paulie FinkIn this acclaimed novel by the author of the award winning, bestselling The Thing About Jellyfish, being the new kid at school isn't easy, especially when you have to follow in the footsteps of a legendary classroom prankster. When Caitlyn Breen begins her disorienting new life at Mitchell School where the students take care of real live goats and study long dead philosophers, and where there are only ten other students in the entire seventh grade it

In this acclaimed novel by the author of the award-winning, bestselling The Thing About Jellyfish, being the new kid at school isn't easy, especially when you have to follow in the footsteps of a legendary classroom prankster.

When Caitlyn Breen begins her disorienting new life at Mitchell School--where the students take care of real live goats and study long-dead philosophers, and where there are only ten other students in the entire seventh grade--it seems like nobody can stop talking about some kid named Paulie Fink.

Depending on whom you ask, Paulie was either a hilarious class clown, a relentless troublemaker, a hapless klutz, or an evil genius. One thing's for sure, though: The kid was totally legendary. Now he's disappeared, and Caitlyn finds herself leading a reality-show-style competition to find the school's next great Paulie Fink. With each challenge, Caitlyn struggles to understand a person she never met...but it's what she discovers about herself that most surprises her.

Told in multiple voices, interviews, and documents, this funny, thought-provoking novel from the bestselling author of The Thing About Jellyfish is a memorable exploration of what makes a hero--and if anyone, or anything, is truly what it seems.


Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Published: 04/16/2019
ISBN: 9780316380881
Pages: 368
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.60w x 1.20d

Review Citations: School Library Journal 02/01/2019 pg. 57
Kirkus Reviews 01/15/2019 pg. 82
Booklist 03/01/2019 pg. 56
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 04/01/2019
Horn Book Magazine 05/01/2019 pg. 137
Shelf Awareness 04/30/2019
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2019 - Superior,Well Above Average

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 500764 / Next Great Paulie Fink
Reading Level: 4.9 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 9