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Pete Nicely has been waiting for a student like Charlie Novela. Charlie reads poetry for pleasure, brushes off bullies and likes Pete's dumb jokes. But in the Zero-Tolerance aftermath of the Columbine massacre, Charlie goes too far. "If things get too bad," Charlie tells Pete, "I'll put on a trench coat and take care of things." Now Pete has two choices. He can follow school policy and report Charlie. Or he can try to help the kid himself. But he has to do something.

9 bathroom-length stories about the kids nobody likes. Drawings by Jeff Hurlow.

Since God created him, fourteen-year old Claude Tillson's life has only gone downhill. Despite constant midnight moves and an endless march of mustached boyfriends for his mom, it was never unbearable for long. And he always had his Bible borrowed from the Gideons to help fix him. Then his mother hit a new, even deeper rock bottom, and they had to move in with his miserable Grandparents in Marietta, Georgia.Now his mother's latest crush has offered her a job that could keep them st...

Absolute power corrupts absolutely--a teacher's power isn't nearly that cool. In a rapid-fire, no-holds-barred journey through one teacher's first year, you'll see what makes teaching such an impossible yet rewarding profession. Along the way you'll get plenty of unsolicited advice. Perfect for the new teacher in your life or anyone who likes quirky comedy topped with some healthy sentimentality.

These stories are about you. The story about the dad who has his kid miss the first day of kindergarten to go see his ex-lover's art exhibit? You. The girl who gets a job at a movie theater so she doesn't have go to baseball card conventions with her stepdad? You. Even the woman who suddenly decides she wants to meet a Brony is you. So you should probably read them before everyone else does.

A hilarious collection of essays from the #1 bestselling author of Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea about the ridiculous side of childhood, adulthood, and daughterhood.Life doesn't get more hilarious than when Chelsea Handler takes aim with her irreverent wit. Who else would send all-staff emails to smoke out the dumbest people on her show? Family moments are fair game, whether it's writing a report on Reaganomics to earn a Cabbage Patch doll, or tea...

Yes, it’s true, I am a crazy b*tch. I’m not sure when it began; I just know that I am. I think it began the day I started my period when I was eleven because before that moment my mother told me I was the perfect child.Crazy b*tch is a book that tells different episodes of my life. Some of the stories are serious and some funny.funny, humorous short story

Television writer Tracy McMillan's comic literary road trip into the heart and soul of her relationship with her father—a convicted pimp, drug dealer, and felon—and what it has meant for her relationships with men. Like a cross between The Glass Castle and Hypocrite in a Poufy White Dress, I Love You and I'm Leaving You Anyway is funny, inspiring, and truly unique.

From the critically acclaimed author of Daddy Needs a Drink—hailed by the Los Angeles Times as “consistently hilarious”—comes a series of irreverent, wickedly observant essays about what it really means to be a teacher today. With his trademark wit and wisdom, Robert Wilder dissects the world’s noblest profession—whether he’s taming a classroom full of hormonal teenagers or going one-on-one with the school bully.Wilder was twenty-six when he found his true...

For Anyone Who's Ever Been a TeenagerWho's teenage years weren't terrible? Remember the scary older kids? The sadistic gym teacher? The smelly kid who sat next to you in science class? Your first fumbling kiss? That time you threw up in the cafeteria? Your first attempt at putting on a condom? The period that arrived unexpectedly? That awful fight with your parents? The first time you got drunk? That note you wrote that you shouldn't have written? The day ...

Winner of the Edgar Award for Best First NovelFrom the New York Times bestselling author of Serpentine comes the first thrilling novel in the Alex Delaware series, a gripping psychological murder mystery about a teenage boy accused of six murders.Dr. Morton Handler practiced a strange brand of psychiatry. Among his specialties were fraud, extortion, and sexual manipulation. Handler paid for his sins when he was brutally mu...

A remarkable memoir that speaks in an original and distinctive Midwestern voice, rising to indelible scenes in prose of scathing beauty and fierce humor.A young girl is perched on the cold chrome of yet another doctor’s examining table, missing yet another day of school. Just twelve, she’s tall, skinny, and weak. It’s four o’clock, and she hasn’t been allowed to eat anything all day. Her mother, on the other hand, seems curiously excited. She's about to suggest ope...