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Josh Berk

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The Dark Days of Hamburger Halpin will be released on February 9, 2010.

Reading level: Young Adult
Hardcover: 208 pages
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers

Here's another really fun chapter I did at a writing workshop. Those kids were great! I had an awesome Watson:

CHAPTER ONE

PRO: Field trips are better than sitting in school suffering all day.

CON: The chaperone is Mr. Transvaal. He’s the worst. He smells like rotten orange peels, apples, and pig food. I suspect he might be a clinically insane, sociopathic hobo. Why do they le Read more of this blog post »

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	The Dark Days of Hamburger Halpin 3.60 avg rating — 1,536 ratings — published 2010 — 13 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
	Strike Three, You're Dead (Lenny & the Mikes, #1) 3.77 avg rating — 655 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Guy Langman, Crime Scene Procrastinator 3.39 avg rating — 562 ratings — published 2012 — 11 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
	Camp Murderface by Josh Berk (Goodreads Author), Saundra Mitchell (Goodreads Author) 3.65 avg rating — 479 ratings — published 2020 — 9 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
	Cornered: 14 Stories of Bullying and Defiance by Rhoda Belleza (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Kirsten Miller (Goodreads Author), Mayra Lazara Dole (Goodreads Author) 3.74 avg rating — 172 ratings — published 2012 — 8 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
	Doom in the Deep (Camp Murderface, #2) by Josh Berk (Goodreads Author), Saundra Mitchell (Goodreads Author) 3.98 avg rating — 129 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
	Say It Ain't So (Lenny & the Mikes, #2) 4.10 avg rating — 90 ratings — published 2014 — 10 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
	Ink Stains by Lara Zielin (Editor), Sarah Quigley (Editor), Kelly O'Connor McNees (Goodreads Author) 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2011 — 3 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
	The Dark Days of Hamburger Halpin [DARK DAYS OF HAMBURGER HALPIN] [Paperback] by Josh Berk (Goodreads Author), Unknown Author 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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
	Say It Ain't So[SAY IT AINT SO][Hardcover] by JoshBerk, Josh Berk (Goodreads Author) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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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Kill Two Birds and Get Stoned

by Kinky Friedman

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Hands of My Father: A Hearing Boy, His Deaf Parents, and the Language of Love

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Read My Lips

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“Now, I have always loved ghost stories. Perhaps because people often seem to vaguely sense my own presence while rarely acknowledging it. I’ve been brushed off like a specter, a chill. …”
― Josh Berk, The Dark Days of Hamburger Halpin

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“I don't tell her my other career goal, which is to be the guy who shovels hippo crap at the zoo.I realize this is a weird goal, but I figure every career is more or less shoveling hippo crap, so you might as well just go ahead and literally do it, you know?”
― Josh Berk, Guy Langman, Crime Scene Procrastinator

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