Your Move, J.P.! - Paperback

by Lois Lowry (Author)

"Spontaneous, natural, and humorous." --The Bulletin J.P. is in love, and it's making him do all sorts of weird things. Like using deodorant, bumping into walls, and imagining he hears serenading violins. J.P. has even forgotten his obsession with chess, too caught up in pondering the beauty of Angela Patricia Galsworthy, a girl who has just moved to town from London and has the most charming British accent. J.P. will do anything to impress Angela, even lie about having a fatal disease called triple framosis. From there, his lies grow bigger and bigger and bigger, until he can barely keep them all straight. What's a poor lovesick boy to do?

• Funny School Story: J.P. is the school's chess champion, but his first big crush on the new girl from London has him bumping into walls, forgetting his best moves, and using deodorant for the first time.
• A Lesson in Honesty: One tiny, totally made-up lie about a fatal disease called "triple framosis" snowballs into a massive tangle that J.P. can't control.
• Relatable Middle School Life: From embarrassing moments in the school hallway to the agony of trying to impress someone, this story captures the awkward and hilarious moments of being twelve.
• Classic Children's Literature: From Newbery Medalist Lois Lowry comes a timeless and hilarious story about the lengths we go to for love--and the trouble we find along the way.

Author Biography

Lois Lowry is known for her versatility and invention as a writer. She was born in Hawaii and grew up in New York, Pennsylvania, and Japan. After several years at Brown University, she turned to her family and to writing. She is the author of more than thirty books for young adults, including the popular Anastasia Krupnik series. She has received countless honors, among them the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, the Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award, the California Young Reader's Medal, and the Mark Twain Award. She received Newbery Medals for two of her novels, NUMBER THE STARS and THE GIVER. Her first novel, A SUMMER TO DIE, was awarded the International Reading Association's Children's Book Award. Ms. Lowry now divides her time between Cambridge and an 1840s farmhouse in Maine. To learn more about Lois Lowry, see her website at www.loislowry.com