My Pants Are Haunted!

by Jim Benton

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Jamie Kelly writes in her diary about her new jeans, which seemingly cause events that affect both her popularity and her efforts to get close to the eighth cutest boy in school, Hudson Rivers.

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If you have little girls, this is a GREAT book. My daughter was reading this book and was laughing so much I wanted to read as well. This is so funny and endearing. Lili and I formed our own "book club" and this series was our first for discussion. So many fun things in this series to enjoy; highly recommended for girls (and their moms).
I read this to keep up with my niece who has recently begun devouring these books. It's definitely a nice parallel to Wimpy Kid. The humor is about the same. This is more heavily illustrated, but the flawed, slightly immoral main character is sort of a female version of Greg Heffley. This certainly isn't out to win awards, but it is a highly approachable series that even a reluctant reader could get caught up in.
A vida de Jamie Kelly não é moleza. E, para piorar, tudo começa a dar ainda mais errado de uma hora para outra. Isabella, é claro, tem uma teoria - a culpa é da superfantástica e glamorosa calça jeans que Jamie ganhou da mãe. Mas Jamie não sabe se vai sacrificar seu estilo por causa de um ou outro probleminha, mesmo que ela tenha que dividir a mesa com (argh) Mário Pinsetti.
Diary entries about a girl who thinks her pants are haunted. Is it because of all the bad luck that she has brought upon herself? Or is it because of some envy that she starts to create in her middle school years?
Summary: After her mom buys her beautiful pants, Jamie Kelly believes that the horrendous incidents after she has the new pants are caused by her pants being haunted. Therefore, in an attempt to expel her pants, she gives them to the most popular girl at the school, Angeline. Filled with hilarious assumptions and funny events, Jamie's life is never dull. Reading her journal is never dull either.
Summary: Jamie is a middle schooler who deals with middle school problems such as fighting with her mom and wondering about her popular status. Her and her friend Isabella attempt to make over their friend from science until she becomes too pretty and more popular than them. Jamie's dog also has a problem with chewing holes in her good pants.
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funny and great book, its my favorite!

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Jim Benton is an author and illustrator that resides in Michigan with his children and wife. He has his own studio and a variety of widely known characters such as Franny K. Stein and Happy Bunny. He also authors the Dear Dumb Diary series. Benton has won a variety of awards including an Austin ADDY for his work on an anti-drug campaign featuring show more Happy Bunny. show less

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Canonical title
My Pants Are Haunted!
Alternate titles
When Bad Clothes Happen to Good People
Original publication date
2004-10
People/Characters
Jamie Kelly; Isabella; Angeline
Important places
Mackerel Middle School
Dedication
For the misunderstood
First words
Mum and I got into a "discussion" about fashion after dinner last night.
Last words
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)I just remembered there's someone that I owe four hot dogs.

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Genres
Kids, Fiction and Literature
DDC/MDS
813.6Literature & rhetoricAmerican literature in EnglishAmerican fiction in English2000-
LCC
PZ7 .B477547 .MLanguage and LiteratureFiction and juvenile belles lettresFiction and juvenile belles lettresJuvenile belles lettres
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Reviews
22
Rating
½ (3.74)
Languages
8 — Chinese, English, Finnish, French, German, Spanish, Turkish, Portuguese (Portugal)
Media
Paper, Ebook
ISBNs
29
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4