{"product_id":"losers-club-book-andrew-clements-9780399557583","title":"The Losers Club","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe beloved \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of the modern classic \u003ci\u003eFrindle\u003c\/i\u003e celebrates books and the joy of reading with a new school story to love!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Sixth grader Alec can't put a good book down.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e So when Principal Vance lays down the law--pay attention in class, or \u003ci\u003eelse\u003c\/i\u003e--Alec takes action. He can't lose all his reading time, so he starts a club. A club he \u003ci\u003eintends\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eand\u003c\/i\u003e the girl Alec is maybe starting to like--Alec notices something. Real life might be messier than his favorite books, but it's \u003ci\u003ejust\u003c\/i\u003e as interesting.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e With \u003ci\u003eThe Losers Club,\u003c\/i\u003e 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!\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eWinner of the Rhode Island Children's Book Award (2019)\u003cbr\u003e Winner of the International Reading Association and Children's Book Council: Children's Choices List (2018)\u003cbr\u003e Winner of the Garden State Children's Book Award (2020)\u003cbr\u003e 2021 Grand Canyon Reader Award Nominee\u003cbr\u003e A Kansas William White Master List Selection (2018 \u0026amp; 2019)\u003cbr\u003e An Arkansas Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award Nominee (2019)\u003cbr\u003e A California Young Reader Medal Nominee (2019)\u003cbr\u003e A Nebraska Golden Sower Award Nominee (2019)\u003cbr\u003e A Virginia Young Readers Program Award Nominee (2019)\u003cbr\u003e A Minnesota Maud Heart Lovelace Award Nominee (2019) \u003cbr\u003e A Missouri Mark Twain Award Nominee (2019)\u003cbr\u003e An Oregon Reader's Choice Award Nominee (2019)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Losers Club\u003c\/i\u003e!\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e* \"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.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, Starred Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"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. \"--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePraise for Andrew Clements!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Clements is a genius.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \"We have never read an Andrew Clements book that we haven't loved.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49531510915345,"sku":"GOR010904160","price":7.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49624756683025,"sku":"GOR011051267","price":3.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49641992356113,"sku":"CIN039955758XG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":49729666777361,"sku":"NGR9780399557583","price":7.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50281884156177,"sku":"CIN039955758XVG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51002141770001,"sku":"NIN9780399557583","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":52103847706897,"sku":"CIN039955758XA","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/039955758X.jpg?v=1750910539","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/products\/losers-club-book-andrew-clements-9780399557583","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}