Crying LaughingA tragicomic story of bad dates, bad news, bad performances, and one girl's determination to find the funny in high school from the author of Denton Little's Deathdate. Winnie Friedman has been waiting for the world to catch on to what she already knows: she's hilarious. It might be a long wait, though. After bombing a stand-up set at her own bat mitzvah, Winnie has kept her jokes to herself. Well, to herself and her dad, a former comedian and her inspiration. Then, on the second day of tenth grade, the funniest guy in school actually laughs at a comment she makes in the lunch line and asks her to join the improv troupe. Maybe he's even . . . flirting? Just when Winnie's ready to say yes to comedy again, her father reveals that he's been diagnosed with ALS. That is . . . not funny. Her dad's still making jokes, though, which feels like a good thing. And Winnie's prepared to be his straight man if that's what he wants. But is it what he needs? Caught up in a spiral of epically bad dates, bad news, and bad performances, Winnie's struggling to see the humor in it all. But finding a way to laugh is exactly what will see her through. **A Junior Library Guild Selection** |
Contents
Section 1 | 1 |
Section 2 | 5 |
Section 3 | 11 |
Section 4 | 20 |
Section 5 | 26 |
Section 6 | 35 |
Section 7 | 40 |
Section 8 | 43 |
Section 22 | 152 |
Section 23 | 163 |
Section 24 | 174 |
Section 25 | 184 |
Section 26 | 198 |
Section 27 | 206 |
Section 28 | 212 |
Section 29 | 223 |
Section 9 | 50 |
Section 10 | 63 |
Section 11 | 72 |
Section 12 | 77 |
Section 13 | 79 |
Section 14 | 85 |
Section 15 | 96 |
Section 16 | 98 |
Section 17 | 104 |
Section 18 | 115 |
Section 19 | 125 |
Section 20 | 138 |
Section 21 | 148 |
Section 30 | 229 |
Section 31 | 240 |
Section 32 | 250 |
Section 33 | 262 |
Section 34 | 271 |
Section 35 | 274 |
Section 36 | 279 |
Section 37 | 286 |
Section 38 | 302 |
Section 39 | 314 |
Section 40 | 321 |
Section 41 | 325 |
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