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Tommy Greenwald

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in los angeles

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Tommy Greenwald's book GAME CHANGER has been named an Amazon Best Book Of The Month, a 2019 YALSA Top Ten Pick for Reluctant Readers, and a Junior Library Guild Premier Selection. Tommy is also the author of the CRIMEBITERS, CHARLIE JOE JACKSON and PROJECT Z series, among many other books for children.

Day-job-wise, Tommy is the Co-Founder of Spotco Advertising, an entertainment advertising agency in New York City, and the lyricist and co-bookwriter of JOHN & JEN, an off-Broadway musical.

To read woefully outdated information about Tommy, visit tommygreenwald.com. (To send an email telling him how much you liked whatever book it was that you just read, holla at tommy@tommygreenwald.com.)
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HAZING: A TIME-HONORED TRADITION

Anyone see this article in the New York Times the other day? It’s a detailed description of the hazing abuses at one of the finest institutions of higher learning in the country, Northwestern University. And it’s a further reminder that hazing is as persistent as the common cold; everyone wants it to go away, everyone […]

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	Charlie Joe Jackson's Guide to Not Reading (Charlie Joe Jackson, #1) by Tommy Greenwald (Goodreads Author), J.P. Coovert (Illustrator) 3.96 avg rating — 5,755 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Game Changer 3.92 avg rating — 2,486 ratings — published 2018	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Charlie Joe Jackson's Guide to Extra Credit (Charlie Joe Jackson, #2) 4.18 avg rating — 1,017 ratings — published 2012 — 37 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dinged 3.99 avg rating — 762 ratings — published 2022 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Charlie Joe Jackson's Guide to Summer Vacation (Charlie Joe Jackson, #3) by Tommy Greenwald (Goodreads Author), J.P. Coovert (Illustrator) 4.16 avg rating — 672 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Dog Is Better Than Your Dog (Crimebiters! #1) 4.02 avg rating — 571 ratings — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rivals (A Game Changer companion novel) 3.77 avg rating — 463 ratings — published 2021 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Charlie Joe Jackson's Guide to Making Money (Charlie Joe Jackson, #4) by Tommy Greenwald (Goodreads Author), J.P. Coovert (Illustrations) 4.28 avg rating — 357 ratings — published 2013 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jack Strong Takes a Stand (A Charlie Joe Jackson Spinoff) by Tommy Greenwald (Goodreads Author), Melissa Mendes (Illustrator) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 378 ratings — published 2013 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Charlie Joe Jackson's Guide to Planet Girl (Charlie Joe Jackson, #5) by Tommy Greenwald (Goodreads Author), J.P. Coovert (Illustrator) 4.28 avg rating — 240 ratings — published 2015 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Tommy Greenwald

Charlie Joe Jackson (6 books)
by

Tommy Greenwald (Goodreads Author),

J.P. Coovert (Illustrator)

4.03 avg rating — 8,167 ratings

Crimebiters! (3 books)
by

Tommy Greenwald (Goodreads Author)

4.11 avg rating — 905 ratings

Charlie Joe Jackson Spinoffs (3 books)
by

Tommy Greenwald (Goodreads Author),

Rebecca Roher (Illustrations)

4.05 avg rating — 649 ratings

Otto-Jan (1 book)
by

Tommy Greenwald (Goodreads Author),

J.P. Coovert (Illustrations)

4.28 avg rating — 357 ratings

Project Z (3 books)
by

Tommy Greenwald (Goodreads Author)

4.01 avg rating — 217 ratings

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Teenie

by Christopher Grant (Goodreads Author)

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Across the Universe (Across the Universe, #1)

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Quotes by Tommy Greenwald (?)

“One of my book-reading friends used the term "our story unfolds" when describing a paper he was writing. He became somewhat less of a friend right at that moment.”
― Tommy Greenwald, Charlie Joe Jackson's Guide to Not Reading

tags: humor

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“Be brave-or at least, try to be brave-and good things can happen.”
― Tommy Greenwald, Charlie Joe Jackson's Guide to Extra Credit

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“The word love doesn't count when the word ya comes right after it.”
― Tommy Greenwald, Charlie Joe Jackson's Guide to Not Reading

tags: humor, love

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Polls

Back to School (Readathon) 2023
Please DON’T vote for one of the options.
Instead write-in books or graphic novels that fit the back to school/growing up theme.

Danny the Champion of the World by Roald Dahl (write-in)

2 votes, 15.4%

Greenglass House by Kate Milford (write-in)

2 votes, 15.4%

Bridge to Teribithia by Katherine Paterson

1 vote, 7.7%

New Kid by Jerry Craft

1 vote, 7.7%

Smile by Raina Telgemeier (write-in)

1 vote, 7.7%

Orion Lost by Alastair Chisholm (write-in)

1 vote, 7.7%

The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune (write-in)

1 vote, 7.7%

The Unteachables by Gordon Korman (write-in)

1 vote, 7.7%

Amy and Laura by Marilyn Sachs (write-in)

1 vote, 7.7%

Towers Falling by Jewell Parker Rhodes (write-in)

1 vote, 7.7%

One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus

1 vote, 7.7%

The First Rule of Punk by Celia C. Pérez

0 votes, 0.0%

Buddha Boy by Kathe Koja

0 votes, 0.0%

Honestly Elliott by Gillian McDunn

0 votes, 0.0%

Save Me a Seat by Sarah Weeks

0 votes, 0.0%

Air by Monica Roe

0 votes, 0.0%

The Pants Project by Cat Clarke

0 votes, 0.0%

Join the Club, Maggie Diaz by Nina Moreno

0 votes, 0.0%

The Real Us by Tommy Greenwald

0 votes, 0.0%

Iveliz Explains It All by Andrea Beatriz Arango

0 votes, 0.0%

Go with the Flow by Lily Williams

0 votes, 0.0%

Maybe He Just Likes You by Barbara Dee

0 votes, 0.0%

One Year at Ellsmere by Faith Erin Hicks

0 votes, 0.0%

No Fixed Address by Susin Nielsen

0 votes, 0.0%

Small Spaces by Katherine Arden

0 votes, 0.0%

The Fixer by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

0 votes, 0.0%

The Worst Class Trip Ever by Dave Barry

0 votes, 0.0%

The Iron Trial by Holly Black

0 votes, 0.0%

I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You by Ally Carter

0 votes, 0.0%

Buzz Kill by Beth Fantaskey

0 votes, 0.0%

Free Thaddeus! by John Gosselink

0 votes, 0.0%

Revenge of the Red Club by Kim Harrington

0 votes, 0.0%

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

0 votes, 0.0%

Truly, Devious by Maureen Johnson

0 votes, 0.0%

The Epic Documentary of a Not-Yet-Epic Kid by Robin Mellom

0 votes, 0.0%

The Fourth Stall by Chris Rylander

0 votes, 0.0%

The Detention Club by David Yoo

0 votes, 0.0%

Spy School by Stuart Gibbs

0 votes, 0.0%

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