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Creature from the 7th Grade Series

Bob Balaban
When Charlie Drinkwater starts the seventh grade, his body changes . . . into a seven-foot-tall mutant sea creature! A very funny middle-grade series by writer-actor-producer-director Bob Balaban.
Boy or Beast by Bob Balaban
Sink or Swim by Bob Balaban

Creature from the 7th Grade Series : Titles in Order

Book 2
Charlie’s problems have gotten monstrously big…

There’s a thief in town, and all signs point to twelve-year-old Charlie Drinkwater. Once you spontaneously morph into a giant mutant dinosaur in the middle of the school day, people will suspect you of just about anything. Charlie’s principal decides that all he needs is a little discipline, so they make him join the swim team. The only problem is, Charlie is terrified of the water. (He’s terrified of a lot of things.) Charlie and his friends vow to apprehend the real criminal and clear Charlie’s name. Otherwise he’ll have to stay on the swim team for the rest of his life or eternity—whichever comes first.

“The amiable drollery…carries it a long way.”—The New York Times on Boy or Beast
Book 1
From award-winning actor-writer-producer-director Bob Balaban comes a hilarious new series, perfect for fans of Diary of a Wimpy Kid

If popularity were a score between one and ten, Charlie Drinkwater would be a zero. He’s nerdy and unathletic, and to top it all off, he’s suddenly morphed into a giant mutant sea creature sometime between first-period science class and third-period English.

Now Charlie’s two best friends are treating him like a science project, there’s a petition to get him kicked out of school, the cool kids are recruiting him for their clique, and for some reason his parents are acting like everything is perfectly normal. What’s a slimy, scaly, seventh-grade creature to do?
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