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The Losers Club

By Andrew Clements

By Andrew Clements

By Andrew Clements

By Andrew Clements

By Andrew Clements
Read by Christopher Gebauer

By Andrew Clements
Read by Christopher Gebauer

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Jul 10, 2018 | ISBN 9780399557583 | Middle Grade (8-12)

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Aug 01, 2017 | ISBN 9780399557576 | Middle Grade (8-12)

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Aug 01, 2017 | 329 Minutes | Middle Grade (8-12)

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    About The Losers Club

    The beloved New York Times bestselling author of the modern classic Frindle celebrates books and the joy of reading with a new school story to love!
     
    Sixth grader Alec can’t put a good book down.
     
    So when Principal Vance lays down the law—pay attention in class, or else—Alec takes action. He can’t lose all his reading time, so he starts a club. A club he intends to be the only member of. After all, reading isn’t a team sport, and no one would want to join something called the Losers Club, right? But as more and more kids find their way to Alec’s club—including his ex-friend turned bully and the girl Alec is maybe starting to like—Alec notices something. Real life might be messier than his favorite books, but it’s just as interesting.
     
    With The Losers Club, Andrew Clements brings us a new school story that’s a love letter to books and to reading and that reminds us that sometimes the best stories are the ones that happen off the page—our own!

    Winner of the Rhode Island Children’s Book Award (2019)
    Winner of the International Reading Association and Children’s Book Council: Children’s Choices List (2018)
    Winner of the Garden State Children’s Book Award (2020)
    2021 Grand Canyon Reader Award Nominee
    A Kansas William White Master List Selection (2018 & 2019)
    An Arkansas Charlie May Simon Children’s Book Award Nominee (2019)
    A California Young Reader Medal Nominee (2019)
    A Nebraska Golden Sower Award Nominee (2019)
    A Virginia Young Readers Program Award Nominee (2019)
    A Minnesota Maud Heart Lovelace Award Nominee (2019) 
    A Missouri Mark Twain Award Nominee (2019)
    An Oregon Reader’s Choice Award Nominee (2019)
     
    Praise for The Losers Club!
    * “Clements’s latest is engaging and funny. A laugh-out-loud first purchase for all middle grade collections, and a solid read-aloud choice for classrooms.”—School Library Journal, Starred Review

    “Clements is out to celebrate reading in all its obsessiveness, and…tosses in shout-outs to a passel of other writers. [The Losers Club] gives fried bookworms everywhere the satisfaction of knowing that friends may desert them (if only temporarily) but books never will. ”—The New York Times

    Praise for Andrew Clements!
    “Clements is a genius.” —The New York Times
     
    “We have never read an Andrew Clements book that we haven’t loved.” —The Washington Post

    About The Losers Club

    The beloved New York Times bestselling author of the modern classic Frindle celebrates books and the joy of reading with a new school story to love!
     
    Sixth grader Alec can’t put a good book down.
     
    So when Principal Vance lays down the law—pay attention in class, or else—Alec takes action. He can’t lose all his reading time, so he starts a club. A club he intends to be the only member of. After all, reading isn’t a team sport, and no one would want to join something called the Losers Club, right? But as more and more kids find their way to Alec’s club—including his ex-friend turned bully and the girl Alec is maybe starting to like—Alec notices something. Real life might be messier than his favorite books, but it’s just as interesting.
     
    With The Losers Club, Andrew Clements brings us a new school story that’s a love letter to books and to reading and that reminds us that sometimes the best stories are the ones that happen off the page—our own!

    Winner of the Rhode Island Children’s Book Award (2019)
    Winner of the International Reading Association and Children’s Book Council: Children’s Choices List (2018)
    Winner of the Garden State Children’s Book Award (2020)
    2021 Grand Canyon Reader Award Nominee
    A Kansas William White Master List Selection (2018 & 2019)
    An Arkansas Charlie May Simon Children’s Book Award Nominee (2019)
    A California Young Reader Medal Nominee (2019)
    A Nebraska Golden Sower Award Nominee (2019)
    A Virginia Young Readers Program Award Nominee (2019)
    A Minnesota Maud Heart Lovelace Award Nominee (2019) 
    A Missouri Mark Twain Award Nominee (2019)
    An Oregon Reader’s Choice Award Nominee (2019)
     
    Praise for The Losers Club!
    * “Clements’s latest is engaging and funny. A laugh-out-loud first purchase for all middle grade collections, and a solid read-aloud choice for classrooms.”—School Library Journal, Starred Review

    “Clements is out to celebrate reading in all its obsessiveness, and…tosses in shout-outs to a passel of other writers. [The Losers Club] gives fried bookworms everywhere the satisfaction of knowing that friends may desert them (if only temporarily) but books never will. ”—The New York Times

    Praise for Andrew Clements!
    “Clements is a genius.” —The New York Times
     
    “We have never read an Andrew Clements book that we haven’t loved.” —The Washington Post

    About The Losers Club

    The beloved New York Times bestselling author of the modern classic Frindle celebrates books and the joy of reading with a new school story to love!
     
    Sixth grader Alec can’t put a good book down.
     
    So when Principal Vance lays down the law—pay attention in class, or else—Alec takes action. He can’t lose all his reading time, so he starts a club. A club he intends to be the only member of. After all, reading isn’t a team sport, and no one would want to join something called the Losers Club, right? But as more and more kids find their way to Alec’s club—including his ex-friend turned bully and the girl Alec is maybe starting to like—Alec notices something. Real life might be messier than his favorite books, but it’s just as interesting.
     
    With The Losers Club, Andrew Clements brings us a new school story that’s a love letter to books and to reading and that reminds us that sometimes the best stories are the ones that happen off the page—our own!

    Winner of the Rhode Island Children’s Book Award (2019)
    Winner of the International Reading Association and Children’s Book Council: Children’s Choices List (2018)
    Winner of the Garden State Children’s Book Award (2020)
    2021 Grand Canyon Reader Award Nominee
    A Kansas William White Master List Selection (2018 & 2019)
    An Arkansas Charlie May Simon Children’s Book Award Nominee (2019)
    A California Young Reader Medal Nominee (2019)
    A Nebraska Golden Sower Award Nominee (2019)
    A Virginia Young Readers Program Award Nominee (2019)
    A Minnesota Maud Heart Lovelace Award Nominee (2019) 
    A Missouri Mark Twain Award Nominee (2019)
    An Oregon Reader’s Choice Award Nominee (2019)
     
    Praise for The Losers Club!
    * “Clements’s latest is engaging and funny. A laugh-out-loud first purchase for all middle grade collections, and a solid read-aloud choice for classrooms.”—School Library Journal, Starred Review

    “Clements is out to celebrate reading in all its obsessiveness, and…tosses in shout-outs to a passel of other writers. [The Losers Club] gives fried bookworms everywhere the satisfaction of knowing that friends may desert them (if only temporarily) but books never will. ”—The New York Times

    Praise for Andrew Clements!
    “Clements is a genius.” —The New York Times
     
    “We have never read an Andrew Clements book that we haven’t loved.” —The Washington Post

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    Things That Are
    Things Hoped For
    Lunch Money
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    Also by Andrew Clements

    The Frindle Files
    The Friendship War
    Things That Are
    Things Hoped For
    Lunch Money
    See all books by Andrew Clements

    Also by Andrew Clements

    The Frindle Files
    The Friendship War
    Things That Are
    Things Hoped For
    Lunch Money
    See all books by Andrew Clements

    About Andrew Clements

    ANDREW CLEMENTS (1949–2019) was a New York Times bestselling author whose beloved modern classic Frindle has sold over six million copies, won nineteen state awards (and been nominated for thirty-eight!), and been translated into over a dozen languages. Andrew began writing as a… More about Andrew Clements

    About Andrew Clements

    ANDREW CLEMENTS (1949–2019) was a New York Times bestselling author whose beloved modern classic Frindle has sold over six million copies, won nineteen state awards (and been nominated for thirty-eight!), and been translated into over a dozen languages. Andrew began writing as a… More about Andrew Clements

    About Andrew Clements

    ANDREW CLEMENTS (1949–2019) was a New York Times bestselling author whose beloved modern classic Frindle has sold over six million copies, won nineteen state awards (and been nominated for thirty-eight!), and been translated into over a dozen languages. Andrew began writing as a… More about Andrew Clements

    Product Details

    Category: Children’s Middle Grade Books

    Paperback | $8.99
    Published by Yearling
    Jul 10, 2018 | 256 Pages | 5-3/16 x 7-5/8 | Middle Grade (8-12) | ISBN 9780399557583

    Category: Children’s Middle Grade Books

    Ebook | $5.99
    Published by Random House Books for Young Readers
    Aug 01, 2017 | 240 Pages | Middle Grade (8-12) | ISBN 9780399557576

    Category: Audiobooks | Children’s Middle Grade Books

    Audiobook Download | $18.00
    Published by Listening Library
    Aug 01, 2017 | 329 Minutes | Middle Grade (8-12) | ISBN 9781524782429

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    Praise

    Praise for The Losers Club

    Winner of the Rhode Island Children’s Book Award (2019)
    Winner of the International Reading Association and Children’s Book Council: Children’s Choices List (2018)
    Winner of the Garden State Children’s Book Award (2020)
    2021 Grand Canyon Reader Award Nominee     A Kansas William White Master List Selection (2018 & 2019)
    An Arkansas Charlie May Simon Children’s Book Award Nominee (2019)
    A California Young Reader Medal Nominee (2019)
    A Nebraska Golden Sower Award Nominee (2019)
    A Virginia Young Readers Program Award Nominee (2019)
    A Minnesota Maud Heart Lovelace Award Nominee (2019) 
    A Missouri Mark Twain Award Nominee (2019)
    An Oregon Reader’s Choice Award Nominee (2019)

    * “Clements’s latest is engaging and funny. A laugh-out-loud first purchase for all middle grade collections, and a solid read-aloud choice for classrooms.” —School Library Journal, Starred Review

    “Clements is out to celebrate reading in all its obsessiveness. . . . [The Losers Club] gives fried bookworms everywhere the satisfaction of knowing that friends may desert them (if only temporarily) but books never will.” —The New York Times

    “I LOVED this book . . . Five stars. I cannot wait to talk about this when we head back to school next year. I think my fifth graders are going to love it.” —Colby Sharp, teacher, blogger, and co-founder of the Nerdy Bookclub

    “Best-selling author of beloved school stories, Clements (Frindle, 1998) celebrates readers, inclusion, and the joy of discovering new books. Refreshing and empowering.” —Booklist

    “Readers will instantly relate to Alec’s passion and plight, and Clements once again effectively taps into the challenges of middle school social politics and mapping out one’s identity. This empathetic coming-of-age journey makes it clear how limiting and pointless labels can be, and that both books and real life have quite a bit to offer.” —Publishers Weekly

    “Readers will cheer Alec on….Another upbeat, modern school story sure to please fans and teachers.” —Kirkus Reviews




    Praise for Andrew Clements!

    “Clements is a genius.” —New York Times

    “We have never read an Andrew Clements book that we haven’t loved.” —The Washington Post

    * “The master of the . . .  feel-good school story.” —Kirkus, Starred Review

    Awards

    International Reading Association and Children’s Book Council: Children’s Choices List WINNER 2018

    Arkansas Charlie May Simon Children’s Book Award NOMINEE 2019

    California Young Reader Medal NOMINEE 2019

    Minnesota Maud Heart Lovelace Award NOMINEE 2019

    Missouri Mark Twain Award NOMINEE 2019

    Nebraska Golden Sower Award NOMINEE 2019

    Rhode Island Children’s Book Award NOMINEE 2019

    Virginia Young Readers Program Award NOMINEE 2019

    Horned Toad Tale List SELECTION 2018

    Kansas William White Master List SELECTION 2018

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