Skinnybones

For the smallest kid on the baseball team, Alex "Skinnybones" Frankovitch has a major-league big mouth! But when he brags his way into a pitching contest, this might be one mess that not even Alex can talk his way out of.

Barbara Park is one of today's funniest, most popular writers for middle grade readers. Her novels, which include Skinnybones,  Mick Harte was Here, Maxie, Rosie, and Earl-Partners in Grime, Rosie Swanson: Fourth-Grade Geek for President, <b>and The Graduation of Jake Moon </b>have won just about every award given by children. She <b>is also the author of the hilarious and bestselling Junie B. Jones chapter books</b>. Recent books about Junie include <b>Junie B., First Grader (at last!)  </b>and <b>Junie B., First Grader: Boss of Lunch.<br></b><br>Ms. Park earned a B.S. degree in education at the University of Alabama. She lives in Arizona with her husband<b> and has two grown sons.</b>