Naughty List: A Christmas Holiday Book for Kids

Description:

"A great story, lively drawings, and a cast of unforgettable characters. What else could you want for Christmas? The Naughty List is a book for all seasons!" --Lincoln Peirce, bestselling author of the Big Nate series

"Will keep kids laughing from start to finish." --Publishers Weekly

Fans of the Big Nate and Diary of a Wimpy Kid series will love this laugh-out-loud funny Christmas adventure packed with comic illustrations.

When Bobbie's hilariously bumbling efforts to save her brother's Christmas actually land him on Santa's Naughty List, she must travel to the North Pole to make things right again and save Christmas. Bobbie suddenly finds herself on an epic holiday adventure complete with rogue elves, dysfunctional reindeer, a lazy Santa, and more.

What could possibly go wrong when you have to save Christmas from itself?

• Illustrated Novel Style: Perfect for reluctant readers, this story is packed with hilarious comic-style drawings on nearly every page, bringing Bobbie's disastrous adventure to life.
• A Dysfunctional North Pole: Forget sugarplums and happy elves. This North Pole is run by a lazy Santa, slacker reindeer, and elves who are more rogue than jolly.
• Save Christmas Adventure: Bobbie's mission to clear her brother's name snowballs into an epic quest to save the entire holiday from a system gone haywire.
• Laugh-Out-Loud Humor: Fans of Big Nate and Diary of a Wimpy Kid will love Bobbie's sarcastic voice as she takes on the world's most chaotic holiday.

Brief description: Michael Fry has been a cartoonist and bestselling writer for over thirty years. He has created or cocreated four internationally syndicated comic strips, including Over the Hedge, which is featured in newspapers nationwide and was adapted into the DreamWorks Animation hit animated movie of the same name. He is also the author and illustrator of the bestselling middle grade novel series How to Be a Supervillain and The Odd Squad. He lives on a small ranch near Austin, Texas, with his wife, Kim, and a dozen or so unnamed shrub-eating cows. Follow him on Twitter at @MFryActual.

Review Quotes:

Will keep kids laughing from start to finish. - Publishers Weekly

A great story, lively drawings, and a cast of unforgettable characters. What else could you want for Christmas? The Naughty List is a book for all seasons! - Lincoln Peirce, New York Times-bestselling creator of Big Nate

If you are like me, you normally don't read Christmas books because there aren't enough robo-narwhals, submarines, refried beans, and Ninja Santas in them. Fry and Jackson just fixed that. - Tom Angleberger, bestselling author of the Origami Yoda series