The Next Great Paulie Fink

De: Ali Benjamin

Narrado por: Cassandra Morris, Zach Villa, Cameron Bowen, Adam McArthur

In this highly anticipated second novel by the author of the award-winning, best-selling The Thing About Jellyfish, being the new kid at school isn't easy, especially when you have to follow in the footsteps of a classroom prankster like Paulie Fink.

When Caitlyn Breen enters the tiny Mitchell School in rural Mitchell, Vermont, she is a complete outsider: the seventh grade has just 10 other kids, and they've known each other since kindergarten. Her classmates are in for a shock of their own: Paulie Fink - the class clown, oddball, troublemaker, and evil genius - is gone this year.

As stories of Paulie's high jinks unfold, his legend builds, until they realize there's only one way to fill the Paulie-sized hole in their class. They'll find their next great Paulie Fink through a reality-show-style competition, to be judged by the only objective person around: Caitlyn, who never even met Paulie Fink. Who was this kid, anyway - prankster, performance artist, philosopher, or fool? Caitlyn's quest to understand Paulie is about to teach her more about herself than she ever imagined.

Told via multiple voices, interviews, and other documents, The Next Great Paulie Fink is a lighthearted yet surprisingly touching exploration of how we build up and tear down our own myths...about others, our communities, and ourselves.

©2019 Ali Benjamin (P)2019 Hachette Audio

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An Amazon Best Book of the Month for April 2019

* "Genuinely original, the novel offers thoughtful perspectives on friendship, accepting change, and the many rewarding guises of storytelling, as well as a fully gratifying ending that the characters don't see coming."—Publishers Weekly, starred review

"There are...a lot of children who might not only benefit from this book but also find themselves deeply moved by it."—New York Times Book Review

* "A story with massive heart... A book to make readers think, question, reach, laugh, and strive harder."—Kirkus Reviews, starred review

great story, entertaining performance

The story and characters are engaging. I listened to the audio version for my book club selection and loved the readers performance of the story.

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Loved the book it was great and just at normal speed I was able to finish it in 2 days for a school project not really a review just relived really😅

I LOVE THIS BOOK!!

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Really enjoyed this book — as a teacher and as a reader. Love the way the main character took the reader through her thought process. Must read the author’s ‘The Thing About Jellyfish’ now!

Original, entertaining, & meaningful

My two middle-schoolers and I loved listening to this book.
We were so sad when we finished it.

incredible

the best book I've listened to on audible the readers are great too incredible 15th word

Pretty good

I like this book it is pretty cool and it’s really good fun to use

Received it for my birthday.

It is a great story. Very interesting. Very funny. It’s a very nice story. We really liked it.