Jake the Fake Keeps It Real
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Jake can barely play an instrument, not even a kazoo. And his art? It’s better suited for Pictionary than Picasso. Which is a real problem because Jake just faked his way into the Music and Art Academy for the gifted and talented (and Jake is pretty sure he is neither). More jokester than composer, Jake will have to think of something quick before the last laugh is on him.
Featuring more than 160 illustrations, Jake the Fake is sure to bring the laughs with his hilarious high jinks!
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Craig Robinson. (2017). Jake the Fake Keeps It Real. Random House Children's Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Craig Robinson. 2017. Jake the Fake Keeps It Real. Random House Children's Books.
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Adam Mansbach is a novelist, screenwriter, cultural critic, and humorist. The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Go the F*ck to Sleep and You Have to F*cking Eat, Mansbach has recently expanded his writing repertoire to include his debut thriller The Dead Run and middle-grade novel Benjamin Franklin: Huge Pain in My . . . His novel Rage Is Back was an NPR Best Book of the Year. Mansbach’s work has also appeared on NPR’s All Things Considered.
"Keith Knight is mapping out a previously unknown vector of the vast cartoon universe." -Garry Trudeau, creator of Doonesbury
"It's hard to make a comic that is this funny while also so frequently profound...This is the work of a master." - Dave Eggers, author of A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
Keith Knight is a rapper, social activist, father, and educator. He’s also one of the most highly regarded cartoonists in America, and the creator of three popular comic strips: the Knight Life, (th)ink, and the K Chronicles. Knight is also the recipient of the the NAACP History Maker award. His art has appeared in various publications worldwide, including the Washington Post, Daily KOS, San Francisco Chronicle, Salon.com, Ebony, ESPN the Magazine, L.A. Weekly, MAD Magazine, and The Funny Times. - name: Craig Robinson
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Jake can barely play an instrument, not even a kazoo. And his art? It’s better suited for Pictionary than Picasso. Which is a real problem because Jake just faked his way into the Music and Art Academy for the gifted and talented (and Jake is pretty sure he is neither). More jokester than composer, Jake will have to think of something quick before the last laugh is on him.
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December 19, 2016
Actor/comedian Robinson, Go the F**k to Sleep author Mansbach, and The Knight Life cartoonist Knight team up for a slightly edgy spoof of touchy-feely,
experiential education in this heavily
illustrated story. Jake, an African-American sixth grader, has a severe case of imposter syndrome after cheating and faking his way into the elite Music and Art Academy. Jake’s gifted older sister, Lisa, thrives at the academy, where students are encouraged to get creative through assignments like chewing a piece of gum for six hours, then writing a play about it. Under the very loose tutelage of free-spirited Mr. Allen, Jake pushes the definition of artistic in order to “throw everybody off the scent of my fakeness,” finding freedom (and a cover) in intentionally bizarre behavior such as trash sculpting or creating bands that don’t play music. Knight’s zippy b&w spot illustrations play up the story’s gross-out humor—as in a scene of laser-beam-wielding dolphins decapitating radioactive kangaroos during Jake’s book report about an imaginary book—and a supporting cast of quirky art-school types rounds out this offbeat novel, first in a planned series. Ages 8–12.
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December 15, 2016
Black sixth-grader Jake Liston can only play one song on the piano. He can't read music very well, and he can't improvise. So how did Jake get accepted to the Music and Art Academy? He faked it. Alongside an eclectic group of academy classmates, and with advice from his best friend, Jake tries to fit in at a school where things like garbage sculpting and writing art reviews of bird poop splatter are the norm. All is well until Jake discovers that the end-of-the-semester talent show is only two weeks away, and Jake is short one very important thing...talent. Or is he? It's up to Jake to either find the talent that lies within or embarrass himself in front of the entire school. Light and humorous, with Knight's illustrations adding to the fun, Jake's story will likely appeal to many middle-grade readers, especially those who might otherwise be reluctant to pick up a book. While the artsy antics may be over-the-top at times, this is a story about something that most preteens can relate to: the struggle to find your authentic self. And in a world filled with books about wanting to fit in with the athletically gifted supercliques, this novel unabashedly celebrates the artsy crowd in all of its quirky, creative glory. A fast and funny alternative to the Wimpy Kid. (Fiction. 8-12)COPYRIGHT(2016) Kirkus Reviews, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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Gr 3-6-Jake is starting sixth grade at the Music and Art Academy (M&AA). He's nervous not just because he's at a new school but also because his sister is an incredibly talented senior there and Jake might have gotten in by accident: he faked playing the piano and singing an original song. His struggles to fit in with the "weird and artsy" kids at his new school make up the bulk of the plot until the end-of-the-semester talent show is announced and Jake can't think of something to do. He eventually finds his real talent right onstage. Accompanied by comic strip-style art, this tale of middle school woes from Robinson (of The Office fame) and Mansbach (Go the Fuck to Sleep) hits a few humorous notes and more than a few flats. Notably, Jake's jokes sometimes rely on ableism (for example, he describes a piano piece as being so easy that "a guy with only two fingers could do it," further commenting, "That guy's nickname would be Peace Sign."). More disturbing, a whole segment follows the class on a field trip to the local mall, where they are assigned to go on a "vision quest" to find their "consumer spirit item" after an earlier reference to "a mummified Madagascar Monkey Porpoise," which serves as the teacher's former spirit animal. This type of flippant allusion to "spirit animals/items" perpetuates and affirms dangerous stereotypes about Native American cultures. VERDICT While fans of Dav Pilkey's "Captain Underpants" and Jeff Kinney's "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" might enjoy some of the humor, the cultural insensitivities make this title a pass.-Brittany Drehobl, Eisenhower Public Library District, IL
Copyright 2017 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
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Grades 3-6 Jake's sure he doesn't belong at Music and Arts Academy. He squeaked through his piano audition with some tips from his perfect sister, but music's not his strong suit, and now he's waiting for the day his teachers discover he's really a fraud. But while he's busy completing bizarre assignments (like a book report on a book that doesn't exist) and doing his best flight under the radar by fitting in with the weird crowd, he's also discovering a new talent: comedy. Robinson and Mansbach amp up the laughs in this wry novel, especially when readers get glimpses of some of African American Jake's assignments (made even more uproarious by Knight's caricature-like spot illustrations). There's a solid message here, but it fittingly takes a backseat to the over-the-top school antics, which are made even more outlandish in Jake's straight-faced, first-person narrative. With comical characters, relatable stakes, and an unobtrusive kernel of a lesson about creativity at its heart, this series starter will likely find an easy audience among middle-schoolers, especially Wimpy Kid fans.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2017, American Library Association.)
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Sixth grader Jake Liston has faked his way into Music and Art Academy, a school for gifted kids, and now must find a way to survive. The results are not pretty, nor are the many references to poop, snot, farts, butts, and pee--but Jake finds his niche. Cartoony illustrations full of visual jokes complement the text. The debut of a new series aimed at Wimpy Kid fans.(Copyright 2017 by The Horn Book, Incorporated, Boston. All rights reserved.)
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