Jacky Ha-Ha

Description:

With her irresistible urge to tell a joke in every situation - even when she really, really shouldn't - twelve-year-old Jacky Ha-Ha loves to make people laugh. And cracking wise helps distract her from thinking about not-so-funny things in her life, like her mom serving in a dangerous, faraway war, and a dad who's hardly ever home. But no matter how much fun Jacky has, she can't seem to escape her worries. So one starlit night, she makes a promise to keep her family together... even if she has to give up the one thing that makes her happy. But can she stop being Jacky Ha-Ha, if that's who she really is?

subjects: Humorous stories,  Theater,  Middle schools,  Juvenile fiction,  Family life,  Practical jokes,  Fiction,  Behavior,  Schools,  Stuttering,  nyt:childrens-middle-grade-hardcover=2016-04-10,  New York Times bestseller,  Children's fiction,  Behavior, fiction,  Theater, fiction,  Schools, fiction,  Family life, fiction