New Releases by JIM BENTON

Jamie''s struggles continue with school issues and grades, especially in math, as she ponders life''s big questions.

"It''s an eventful month for Jamie Kelly. Stinker and Stickybuns'' litter of puppies has arrived, which makes Jamie and her nemesis Angeline "in-laws by dog". " -- publisher.

Jamie''s struggles continue with school issues, grades, and getting along with others.

School''s out for summer, and that means no more Meatloaf Thursdays, Sunday homework cramming, or teachers (way way unsucessfully) trying to act cool. It also means that Mackerel Middle Schoolers have a lot of time on their hands...and seriously empty pockets.Isabella is going to change all of that. And Jamie and Angeline are going to help--whether they like it or not. It''s the best kind of teamwork: when a whole bunch of people work together to do something wrong, instead of doing wrong one at a time.

Jamie Kelly is back with an all-new, all-funny diary! But she has no idea that anybody is reading it. So please, please, please don''t tell her.Dear Dumb Diary, A long time ago, I wrote a letter to the president about the space program and how it would be a good idea for ME to select the people who should be shot into space.I made a lot of very good points about who should be selected, such as weight, ease of stuffing into a bag and tossing into a rocket, unnatural blondness of hair, and how much happier our Earth would be as a result.I was much younger when I wrote it, and I understand that my ideas would not have been seriously considered.But that was six months ago, and now I think I am qualified to choose.

Jamie Kelly reveals in her diary that she has agreed to be friends with Angeline in order to save her aunt Carol''s marriage to the girl''s uncle, and details the problems associated with the friendship.

Jamie is upset because she is now automatic friends with her old enemy Angeline, and so she tries to find something that she and her real friend, Isabella, can do together for the school talent show without Angeline.

Isabella is probably right. She almost always is. But of all the dumb things she''s ever done, this has got to be the dumbest.

Filled with activities, crafts, puzzles, and games that test the boundaries of reality, this fun book also comes with a page of twisted tattoos. Illustrations. Consumable.

Dear Dumb Diary.

It''s time...for a change!

Jamie Kelly shares with her diary her search for inner beauty, dealing with fund raising, and problems in Phys ed class.

Isabella is certain that it was the pants that caused havoc, it had nothing to do with what Jamie had done and it couldn¿t be coincidence. Includes grey-scale illustrations, author-profile and book preview

Jamie Kelly writes in her diary about her new jeans, which seemingly cause events that affect both her popularity and her efforts to get close to the eighth cutest boy in school, Hudson Rivers.

Jamie Kelly writes in her diary about her new jeans, which seemingly cause events that affect both her popularity and her efforts to get close to the eighth cutest boy in school, Hudson Rivers.

SUGAR AND SPICE? NO WAY!