New Releases by JIM BENTON

Jamie Kelly chronicles her second year of middle school in her diary, where she deals with new teachers, confronts Angelina and the other pretty people in school, and struggles in math class.

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

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

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.

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 has an eventful month and writes about it in journal form, discussing the arrival of a litter of puppies and the latest gossip about her friends.

Jamie¿s social studies teacher, Mr. VanDoy, never smiles. When you become an adult, do you lose your sense of humor the way you lose your teeth or hair or fashion sense? Includes grey-scale illustrations and author-profile

"Jasmine n'aime pas beaucoup Angéline. En fait, elle la déteste : cette fille est tellement parfaite! Heureusement, il y a parfois de bons moments. Par exemple, aujourd'hui, Angéline a emmêlé sa longue crinière blonde dans les millions de machins qui ornent son sac et l'infirmière a dû lui couper une grosse mèche de cheveux. Que c'est dommage..."--Éditeur.

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

LESS MUSH... MORE CRUSH!

Jim Benton''s tales from Mackerel Middle School.

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.

In her diary, middle school student Jamie Kelly describes her life at home and at school, including her attempts to triumph over her nemesis, the beautiful and popular Angeline.

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!