Jake Drake, Class Clown
by By Clements, Andrew, Harvey, Amanda (ILT), and Avendano, Dolores (ILT)
Category: Juvenile Fiction , Readers , Chapter Books

MEET JAKE DRAKE, CLASS CLOWN  Knock, knock. Who's there? Jake. Jake who? Jake Drake, class clown.   Miss Bruce is the new student teacher in Jake's second-grade class, and she never smiles. Never. But when Jake cracks up the class during a spelling bee, he sees the tiniest hint of a smile at the corner of her mouth. Suddenly, Jake has a new mission in life: to be so funny that even Miss Bruce will laugh!  But then things get out of hand, and Jake finds himself in big trouble. Has Jake discovered -- too late -- that not everybody loves a clown?  MEET JAKE DRAKE, CLASS CLOWN  Knock, knock. Who's there? Jake. Jake who? Jake Drake, class clown.   Miss Bruce is the new student teacher in Jake's second-grade class, and she never smiles. Never. But when Jake cracks up the class during a spelling bee, he sees the tiniest hint of a smile at the corner of her mouth. Suddenly, Jake has a new mission in life: to be so funny that even Miss Bruce will laugh!  But then things get out of hand, and Jake finds himself in big trouble. Has Jake discovered -- too late -- that not everybody loves a clown?