Jake the Fake Keeps it Real by Craig Robinson

But the words and pictures are hilarious I laughed until boogers came out of my nose. The laughs you'll have reading this book are definitely not fake! -Jeffrey Brown, author of Lucy & Andy Neanderthal and Jedi Academy Everything about this book is funny.

Essence Jake wouldn't worry about making it through sixth grade if he knew the all-star team he has behind his adventures. Booklist Jake showcases an unforgettable kid whose imagination will blow your mind. Kirkus Reviews Robinson and Mansbach amp up the laughs in this wry novel. Featuring more than 160 illustrations, Jake the Fake is sure to bring the laughs with his hilarious high jinks!Ī Publishers Weekly African-American Young Readers selection! A fast and funny alternative to the Wimpy Kid. More jokester than composer, Jake will have to think of something quick before the last laugh is on him. 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). And his art? It's better suited for Pictionary than Picasso.

Jake can barely play an instrument, not even a kazoo. Robinson is repped by UTA and 3 Arts.About the Book Having faked his way into the Music and Art Academy, a performing arts school for gifted students where his talented older sister rules, sixth-grader Jake, a jokester who can barely play an instrument, will have to think of something quick before the last laugh is on him.īook Synopsis For fans of Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Big Nate comes the first book in a side-splitting illustrated series from comedian and film star Craig Robinson, #1 New York Times bestselling author Adam Mansbach, and NAACP History Maker recipient and cartoonist Keith Knight.

Mansbach is repped by Verve, 3Arts and attorney Eric Suddleson at Felker, Toczek. The Office alum Robinson most recently recurred on Brooklyn Nine-Nine and Mr. The author of a dozen other books, Mansbach is also the recipient of a California Book Award and a Sundance Screenwriting Fellowship. Mansbach wrote Netflix’s film Barry, a look into the early life of President Barack Obama, for which he was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award and an NAACP Image Award. The 2014 sequel, You Have to Fucking Eat, is also a New York Times bestseller. 1 New York Times bestselling author of Go The Fuck To Sleep, which has sold more than two million copies worldwide, translated into forty languages and named Time Magazine’s “Thing of the Year” in 2011. Mansbach will write the pilot and serve as executive producer alongside Robinson for the project, which is in very early development. Craig Robinson Photo by MediaPunch/REX/Shutterstock

Jake the Fake Keeps it Real by Craig Robinson