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Fifth-grader Cody Carson keeps a journal of his hopes for a fresh start in a town where nobody knows about his humiliating mistakes of the past, but before school even begins so does his embarrassment.
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New kid. New school. A whole new opportunity.Meet Cody Lee Carson. Birthday: April 1. Past history: doofus, bozo-brain. Now that Cody’s in a new school in a new town, he has a chance to reinvent himself. Through his “New Me” journal, readers follow him through his fifth-grade year—including everything from student council elections, science fairs, crushes, and one disastrous “talent” show. Will he make it through in one piece—without showing his Tweety-Bird underwear again? “This lively and believable record . . . has great appeal. It’s a sort of male companion for Phyllis Reynolds Naylor’s early ‘Alice’ books.”—School Library Journal
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