Who was this kid, anyway-prankster, performance artist, philosopher or fool? Caitlyn's quest to understand Paulie is about to teach her more about herself than she ever imagined.

They'll find their next great Paulie Fink through a reality-show style competition, to be judged by the only objective person around: Caitlyn, who never even met Paulie Fink. As stories of Paulie's hijinks unfold, his legend builds, until they realize there's only one way to fill the Paulie-sized hole in their class.

Her classmates are in for a shock of their own: Paulie Fink-the class clown, oddball, troublemaker and evil genius-is gone this year. When Caitlyn Breen enters the tiny Mitchell School in rural Mitchell, Vermont, she is a complete outsider: the seventh grade has just ten other kids, and they've known each other since kindergarten. Full Book Name:The Next Great Paulie Fink Author Name:Ali Benjamin Book Genre:Childrens, Fiction, Middle Grade, Realistic Fiction, Young Adult ISBN 9780316380881 Date of Publication: PDF / EPUB File Name:TheNextGreatPaulieFink-AliBenjamin.pdf, TheNextGreatPaulieFink-AliBenjamin.epub PDF File Size: 5. With each challenge, Caitlyn struggles to understand a person she never met.but it's what she discovers about herself that most surprises her.In this second novel by the author of The Thing About Jellyfish, being the new kid at school isn't easy, especially when you have to follow in the footsteps of a classroom prankster like Paulie Fink. Now he's disappeared, and Caitlyn finds herself leading a reality-show-style competition to find the school's next great Paulie Fink. One thing's for sure, though: The kid was totally legendary. Depending on whom you ask, Paulie was either a hilarious class clown, a relentless troublemaker, a hapless klutz, or an evil genius. When Caitlyn Breen begins her disorienting new life at Mitchell School-where the students take care of real live goats and study long-dead philosophers, and where there are only ten other students in the entire seventh grade-it seems like nobody can stop talking about some kid named Paulie Fink. Award-winning author Ali Benjamin 's new young adult novel 'The Next Great Paulie Fink' explores familiar teen themes, from teen angst, to bullying to self-definition.

When legendary prankster Paulie Fink doesnt return for seventh grade, his classmates. Summary: In this acclaimed novel by the author of the award-winning, bestselling The Thing About Jellyfish, being the new kid at school isn't easy, especially when you have to follow in the footsteps of a legendary classroom prankster. The Next Great Paulie Fink is more lighthearted and less lyrical than Ali Benjamins first book, The Thing About Jellyfish, but it does have moments that are genuinely touching. Four narrators bring to life an unusual rural school in Vermont.

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