The Losers Club -- Andrew Clements

<b>The beloved <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of the modern classic <i>Frindle</i> celebrates books and the joy of reading with a new school story to love </b> <p/> Sixth grader Alec can't put a good book down. <p/> So when Principal Vance lays down the law--pay attention in class, or <i>else</i>--Alec takes action. He can't lose all his reading time, so he starts a club. A club he <i>intends</i> to be the only member of. After all, reading isn't a team sport, and no one would want to join something called the Losers Club, right? But as more and more kids find their way to Alec's club--including his ex-friend turned bully <i>and</i> the girl Alec is maybe starting to like--Alec notices something. Real life might be messier than his favorite books, but it's<i> just </i>as interesting. <p/> With <i>The Losers Club, </i> Andrew Clements brings us a new school story that's a love letter to books and to reading and that reminds us that sometimes the best stories are the ones that happen off the page--our own <p/><b>Winner of the Rhode Island Children's Book Award (2019)<br>Winner of the International Reading Association and Children's Book Council: Children's Choices List (2018)<br><b>Winner of the Garden State Children's Book Award (2020)<br>2021 Grand Canyon Reader Award Nominee<br>A Kansas William White Master List Selection (2018 & 2019)<br>An Arkansas Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award Nominee (2019)<br>A California Young Reader Medal Nominee (2019)<br>A Nebr