Dumbness Is a Dish Best Served Cold

by Jim Benton

Overview

Return to Mackerel Middle School with a special full-color extra-dumb diary from the New York Times–bestselling author!

Life at Mackerel Middle School is as dumb as ever—but Jamie Kelly may have finally found the key to fame, fortune, and fabulousness. Together with Isabella and Angeline, she’s come up with a moneymaking idea, and it has to do with food. Everyone likes food! They’re going to be rich!

The only problem? They have to come up with something that people actually want to eat.

Jamie has some sophisticated thoughts on food, like, “She was manipulating us like dough. Like the sweet, delicious dough that we are. And she was baking us into the type of delicious cookies you can only get from dough like us. And she was putting sprinkles of us on top of us, and—forget it. I’m hungry. I want some cookies.”

This is sure to go well.

Praise for Jim Benton’s books

“An amusing antic sensibility.” —Publishers Weekly

“Preteens will be onboard immediately.” —Kirkus Reviews

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780545932936
Publisher:	Scholastic, Inc.
Publication date:	08/17/2022
Series:	Dear Dumb Diary Series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	224
Sales rank:	426,867
Lexile:	850L (what's this?)
File size:	75 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	9 - 12 Years

About the Author

Jim Benton is an award-winning author and artist. You may know some of the other things he's made, like It's Happy Bunny, Dear Dumb Diary, Franny K. Stein, Victor Shmud, and more. He's created a TV series, written books, and produced a movie, and he always did everything his parents told him to do. Pretty much. Jim lives in Michigan with his wife and kids and can be found online at jimbenton.com.

Editorial Reviews

Reviews from Dear Dumb Diaries Series

“Now, as an adult, settling down to read Jim Benton’s Dear Dumb Diary books, I can’t help but spend the hour reading with a smile on my face and laughter-induced tears on my cheeks… This series is so much fun − hilarious and creative − giving a voice to an average-seeming kid, who knows deep down that she is something special.” –Indigo Kids Blog, June 13th 2012.

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