And then, yes, Jacky Ha-Ha howled at the moon.
AAAAAH-WOOOOOO!
Loud enough for all the angels in heaven to hear me. I made sure of that.
JAMES PATTERSON received the Literarian Award for Outstanding Service to the American Literary Community at the 2015 National Book Awards. He holds the Guinness World Record for the most #1 New York Times bestsellers, including Middle School and I Funny, and his books have sold more than 325 million copies worldwide. A tireless champion of the power of books and reading, Patterson has created a new children’s book imprint, JIMMY Patterson, whose mission is simple: We want every kid who finishes a JIMMY Book to say, “PLEASE GIVE ME ANOTHER BOOK.” He has donated more than one million books to students and soldiers and funds over four hundred Teacher Education Scholarships at twenty-four colleges and universities. He has also donated millions to independent bookstores and school libraries. Patterson will be investing his proceeds from the sales of JIMMY Patterson Books in pro-reading initiatives.
CHRIS GRABENSTEIN is a New York Times bestselling author who has collaborated with James Patterson on the I Funny, Treasure Hunters, and House of Robots series, as well as Jacky Ha-Ha and Daniel X: Armageddon. He lives in New York City.
KERASCOËT is the pen name of Marie Pommepuy and Sébastien Cosset, a couple of French graphic novel authors and illustrators living and working in Paris.
BOOKS BY JAMES PATTERSON FOR YOUNG READERS
THE MIDDLE SCHOOL NOVELS
Middle School, The Worst Years of My Life
(with Chris Tebbetts, illustrated by Laura Park)
Middle School: Get Me out of Here!
(with Chris Tebbetts, illustrated by Laura Park)
Middle School: Big Fat Liar
(with Lisa Papademetriou, illustrated by Neil Swaab)
Middle School: How I Survived Bullies, Broccoli, and Snake Hill
(with Chris Tebbetts, illustrated by Laura Park)
Middle School: Ultimate Showdown
(with Julia Bergen, illustrated by Alec Longstreth)
Middle School: Save Rafe!
(with Chris Tebbetts, illustrated by Laura Park)
Middle School: Just My Rotten Luck
(with Chris Tebbetts, illustrated by Laura Park)
THE I FUNNY NOVELS
I Funny (with Chris Grabenstein, illustrated by Laura Park)
I Even Funnier (with Chris Grabenstein, illustrated by Laura Park)
I Totally Funniest (with Chris Grabenstein, illustrated by Laura Park)
I Funny TV (with Chris Grabenstein, illustrated by Laura Park)
THE TREASURE HUNTERS NOVELS
Treasure Hunters
(with Chris Grabenstein and Mark Shulman, illustrated by Juliana Neufeld)
Treasure Hunters: Danger Down the Nile
(with Chris Grabenstein, illustrated by Juliana Neufeld)
Treasure Hunters: Secret of the Forbidden City
(with Chris Grabenstein, illustrated by Juliana Neufeld)
THE HOUSE OF ROBOTS NOVELS
House of Robots
(with Chris Grabenstein, illustrated by Juliana Neufeld)
House of Robots: Robots Go Wild!
(with Chris Grabenstein, illustrated by Juliana Neufeld)
THE DANIEL X NOVELS
Watch the Skies (with Ned Rust)
Demons and Druids (with Adam Sadler)
Game Over (with Ned Rust)
Armageddon (with Chris Grabenstein)
Lights Out (with Chris Grabenstein)
OTHER ILLUSTRATED NOVELS
Public School Superhero (with Chris Tebbetts, illustrated by Cory Thomas)
Daniel X: Alien Hunter (graphic novel; with Leopoldo Gout)
Daniel X: The Manga, Vols. 1–3 (with SeungHui Kye)
For previews of upcoming books in these series and other information, visit middleschoolbooks.com, ifunnybooks.com, and treasurehuntersbooks.com.
For more information about the author, visit jamespatterson.com.
We believe a kid who reads is a kid who can succeed.
We believe it’s every adult’s responsibility to get books into kids’ hands and into kids’ lives.
We want to make reading fun for kids—through stories and voices that speak to them and expand their world.
We want to make books available to kids—through teacher scholarships, bookstore funding, school library support, and book donations.
We want every kid who finishes a JIMMY Book to say: “PLEASE GIVE ME ANOTHER BOOK.”
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CONTENTS
COVER
TITLE PAGE
WELCOME
DEDICATION
PROLOGUE
CHAPTER 1
CHAPTER 2
CHAPTER 3
CHAPTER 4
CHAPTER 5
CHAPTER 6
CHAPTER 7
CHAPTER 8
CHAPTER 9
CHAPTER 10
CHAPTER 11
CHAPTER 12
CHAPTER 13
CHAPTER 14
CHAPTER 15
CHAPTER 16
CHAPTER 18
CHAPTER 19
CHAPTER 20
CHAPTER 21
CHAPTER 22
CHAPTER 23
CHAPTER 24
CHAPTER 25
CHAPTER 26
CHAPTER 27
CHAPTER 28
CHAPTER 29
CHAPTER 30
CHAPTER 31
CHAPTER 32
CHAPTER 33
CHAPTER 34
CHAPTER 35
CHAPTER 36
CHAPTER 37
CHAPTER 38
CHAPTER 39
CHAPTER 40
CHAPTER 41
CHAPTER 42
CHAPTER 43
CHAPTER 44
CHAPTER 45
CHAPTER 46
CHAPTER 47
CHAPTER 48
CHAPTER 49
CHAPTER 50
CHAPTER 51
CHAPTER 52
CHAPTER 53
CHAPTER 54
CHAPTER 55
CHAPTER 56
CHAPTER 58
CHAPTER 59
CHAPTER 60
CHAPTER 61
CHAPTER 62
CHAPTER 63
EPILOGUE
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
BOOKS BY JAMES PATTERSON FOR YOUNG READERS
COPYRIGHT
Copyright
The characters and events in this book are fictitious. Any similarity to real persons, living or dead, is coincidental and not intended by the author.
Copyright © 2016 by James Patterson
Illustrations by Kerascoët
Cover design by Faceout Studio, Emily Weigel
Cover art by Kerascoët
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Dialogue and lyrics from You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown by Clark Gesner.
Based on the comic strip Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz.
Dialogue copyright © 1967 by Clark Gesner.
Lyrics copyright © 1971 by Jeremy Music, Inc.
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