Author: Warner, Sally

Brand: Penguin Random House

Color: Multicolor

Edition: Illustrated

Features:

• Puffin Books

Binding: paperback

Format: Illustrated

Number Of Pages: 144

Release Date: 16-05-2013

Part Number: Illustrated

Details: Product Description

EllRay Jakes is a small kidwith big problems!

EllRay Jakes may be the smallest kid in his class at Oak Glen Primary School, but hes also his sister Alfies big brother. So when it looks like Alfie is being bossed around by a dragon-like girl at her school, EllRay feels responsible. As her older (and wiser!) brother, shouldnt he show her that she should stand up for herself?
But little sisters and four year old dragons are a bit more complicated than he thought. . . .Check out the other books in the EllRay Jakes series: EllRay Jakes Is Not A Chicken!, EllRay Jakes is a Rock Star!, and EllRay Jakes Walks the Plank!

Review

PRAISE FOR THE ELLRAY JAKES SERIES:

Warner is a dead-on observer of playground politics, and has a great ear for dialogue. School Library Journal on EllRay Jakes Is Not a Chicken!

ideal for reluctant readers. Booklist on EllRay Jakes Is Not a Chicken!

Young readers can identify with EllRay, who is neither a bad seed nor a goody-two-shoes; he and his sense of humor are just right. Kirkus Reviews on EllRay Jakes Is a Rock Star!

The EllRay Jakes stories are just right for his real-life peers.Kirkus Reviews on EllRay Jakes Walks the Plank

About the Author

Sally Warner (www.sallywarner.com) has published more than twenty novels for young readers, including the Emma and EllRay Jakes series. She lives in Altadena, California with her husband and their not-so-miniature dachshund, Rocky.

Excerpt. Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.

OTHER BOOKS ABOUT ELLRAY JAKES
EllRay Jakes Is Not a Chicken!
EllRay Jakes Is a Rock Star!
EllRay Jakes Walks the Plank!

1
THAT HOPEFUL LOOK
Are you paying any attention to me at all, EllRay Jakes? Mom asks from the drivers seat of our car, a Toyota so old they dont even make them anymore. Its the middle of April, and we are waiting in a humming line of cars in front of my little sisters day care.
Wait. Yeah, I say, pushing Pause on Die, Creature, Die, my favorite handheld video game. I am almost at Level Six. What?
I was saying, go inside and sign Alfie out, Mom says. And tell her to hurry, please. Im afraid to turn the engine off. Darn car battery, she adds. I can see the scowl on her face in the rearview mirror. I have to call the auto club when we get home, she says. If we can make it home without having to be towed.
Do I have to get Alfie? I ask, matching Moms scowl with one of my own. I had a sore throat yesterday. And last time you sent me in there, the little kids made me judge a contest out on the playground. Remember?
Picture a combination of preschool versions of a TV singing contest and a wrestling match and youll be close. It was terrible. One kid bit his best friend.
Im working that sore throat, by the way. Its the reason I didnt walk home from school. Now, of course, I wish I had.
You have to, Mom tells me, inching our car forward as the line moves. Shes not standing by the front door, naturally. Not our Alfie. That would be too easy. Shell be out back with her friends.
And she REVS the engine a little, as if reminding it what its supposed to do.
Kreative Learning and Playtime Day Care is very strict about letting its little kids leave. They either have to be waiting right next to the front door, so the frazzled teacher with the clipboard can check off their names and then watch them go straight out to their car, or you have to walk all the way in and find the right little kid yourself. And then you have to sign them out, but only if youre on the approved list. That means parking the car, though, not waiting in line at the curb. And today, my moms afraid to turn off our car.
When I grow up, I want to be so rich that I can buy a new car every time I get close to needing a new battery. Car batteries are boring things to buy.
EllRay. Move, Mom says, her voice growing sharp.
And my mom is usually a very quiet lady.
Okay, okay, I say, turning off my game and sliding it u

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