Sixth Grade Superstar
Sixth Grader Ty Bogart has a role in the school musical! It's opening up a whole new world to him: He's making new friends, talking to way older women (some of them as old as EIGHTH GRADE ), and going to big kid parties (which go until 9 PM , if you can believe it). Ty is going to act. He's going to dance. He's going to sing. He's going to kiss a girl right on the forehead in Act 2. There's just one problem: Whenever Ty has to perform in front of people, he loses his voice. Can he find it before opening night? SIXTH GRADE SUPERSTAR is a hilarious coming of age story written and illustrated by Brian Lynch , the guy who wrote the MINIONS movie and co-wrote THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS . He was in middle school, where he kissed many, many foreheads, so he definitely knows what he's talking about. SIXTH GRADE SUPERSTAR takes place in the dramatic mid-ground between Judy Blume and John Hughes. This uplifting story is a moving read for kids of all ages - and parents who used to be sixth graders. This visually dynamic illustrated novel features magnetic, positive characters who come to life in over 200 eye-popping images by the author. Lynch's other writing includes the movies PUSS IN BOOTS , HOP , and BIG HELIUM DOG . His print work includes Scholastic's popular TOY ACADEMY series and the BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER comic book spinoffs ANGEL: AFTER THE FALL and SPIKE: ASYLUM . PRAISE FOR SIXTH GRADE SUPERSTAR: "There's enough of my former 11 year old self in Ty Bogart's adventures and friends to delight, engage, amuse and horrify me-all at frigging once! Brian Lynch-a savagely funny artist-pulls off no easy trick with Sixth Grade Superstar ." - Berkeley Breathed, creator of Bloom County, Outland, and Flawed Dogs: The Novel: The Shocking Raid on Westminster "The thing that makes Brian Lynch such a great writer for kids is that he's basically a big kid himself. He knows what makes kids laugh (and think) because he has the maturity of a 12 year old, in all the best ways. SIXTH GRADE SUPERSTAR will resonate with ungainly tweens and the ungainly adults who love them." - Michael Ian Black, author of A Better Man: A (Mostly Serious) Letter to My Son and actor, The State "I want to give the sixth grade Brian a big hug and the adult Brian a big high five! I laughed, I cried, I tried to style my hair with a curling iron. Sixth Grade Superstar is a fantastic read for all ages!" - Scott Mosier, director of Dr. Seuss' The Grinch "Hilarious. The book is filled with laughter, heart, and some fine cartooning. A coming of age comedy made for every late bloomer goofball." - Jordan Blum, co-creator of Minor Threats and Marvel's M.O.D.O.K. "Sixth Grade Superstar feels like a new essential story every new middle schooler could use and also manages to be something of a time warp for me, decades after that time in my life." - reader Chris Hayner