Almost Starring Skinnybones Author: Barbara Park
	Book Information Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers Book Type: Paperback Rating: 2 ISBN-13: 9780394825915 - ISBN-10: 0394825918 Publication Date: 3/28/2006 Pages: 112 Reading Level: Ages 9-12

"Alex 'Skinnybones' Frankovitch is back, this time starring in a TV commercial after sending a prizewinning letter to a cat food company. Alex is signing autographs in preparation for his newfound celebrity, but things don't work out the way he hoped. Onscreen, he plays a six-year-old running away from home--quite an insult for a 12-year-old. Alex has one more chance at fame when he wins a role in A Christmas Carol, but it's as Tiny Tim, not Scrooge as Alex would have liked. As always, Park is laugh-out-loud funny and kids will have a wonderful time with this story."--Booklist.