In an attempt to leave his "wild and wacky guy" reputation behind, Cody Lee Carlson has made a personal pledge to change his ways when he goes back to school as a fifth grader, but after he is seen in his underwear in a local store by a female classmate, Cody Lee knows it's not going to be easy.
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Tom Birdseye is the author of many books for young readers, including the novels The Eye of the Stone, Tarantula Shoes, Just Call Me Stupid, and I'm Going to be Famous. He is the winner of the 1999 Lampman Award, given by the Oregon Library Association, for his significant contribution to children's literature. He lives in Oregon.
Grade 4-6-Cody Lee Carson is resolved to become a "changed man." Starting fifth grade at a new school in a new town means that nobody knows about his Old Cody "doofus, bozo-brained" mess-up tendencies, including the infamous Tweety Bird-underwear-in-the-spotlight episode. The New Me Journal of the boy's bumpy transformation from hapless fourth grader to confident fifth-grade graduate comes complete with stories of sibling strife, classmate clashes, student council elections, and his first big crush. This lively and believable record of Cody's attempt to put his best foot forward and figure out where he fits in has great appeal for middle graders who are themselves experiencing the awful awkwardnesses of preadolescence, reinventions of self, science fairs, and fallings-out with friends. With its ever-so-catchy title and its many practical jokes (appropriate for a protagonist with an April 1st birthday), it's a sort of male companion for Phyllis Reynolds Naylor's early "Alice" (Atheneum) and "Boys"/"Girls" battle books (Delacorte). A well-paced, positive, and pleasant read.
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