- Juvenile fiction, Fiction, Stand-up comedy, Self-perception
Twelve-year-old Gary, known as Goon because of his constant clowning and joke-telling, tries to change his image and make new friends at school.
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About the book
- Author
- Louis Sachar
- First published
- 1991
- Pages
- 209
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Children's, Knopf, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Editions
- 10
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780439166232
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First sentence
“This story begins with a smile.”
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