Jinx of the Loser

The Loser List #3

by H.N. Kowitt

The hilarious adventures of Danny Shine continue! What's worse than being a Loser? Being a JINX! Danny Shine doesn't care about his school's baseball team, the Woodchucks. But he's kind of having fun sitting right behind third base at the big game. He even catches a foul ball -- but that means the Woodchuck third baseman doesn't catch it, and the team loses. Suddenly, Danny finds himself back at Square Loserville.When the Ferris wheel at the school fair breaks while Danny's on it, he gets a new reputation as the school jinx. Can he break the curse before he ruins everything he touches -- including his relationship with the super-cool girl of his dreams, Asia O'Neill?

Genres: Humor, Graphic Novels

208 pages, Hardcover

First published April 30, 2013

About the author

Also writes as Holly Kowitt.

Reviews

[Richard Motycka · Rating 3 out of 5]

the main character Danny shine was at the all-city baseball championship game and they only needed one more out and his school would be the champs. there was a pop-up drifting to left field about to be caught and then Danny reaches out for the ball and he catches it and then the out didn't count because he was just a fan. Then the school lost and everyone was throwing drinks and food at Danny. Then at school, they started to call him "the jinx".Then he had to be a partner with the left fielder who would have won the game if it wasn't for Danny. then some jock friends started to tell how good of a speaker that luke was and that he shouldn't mess it all up. Then he Danny says to luke that he should also make a powerpoint with his speech. Well, he makes a powerpoint but the principle thinks that the powerpoint was inerpropite.

[Mitchell Martin · Rating 4 out of 5]

it was really good

[Barbara · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is not middle grader Danny Shine's year to shine. In fact, after the twelve-year-old is blamed for the school baseball team's loss at the All-City Baseball Championships, he becomes persona non gratis at school, and everyone blames him for anything that goes wrong. He is considered a jinx, and endures quite a bit of verbal abuse. When his English teacher pairs Danny up with Luke, the school baseball star, for feedback on a speech, Danny is determined not to be blamed for Luke's inadequacy as a speaker. This book, the third in the series, has a great message about the positive effects of extracurricular athletics and about how easy it is to blame others for your own failings. Fans of Diary of a Wimpy Kid will enjoy this series and howl at Danny's illustrations of the stoic school principal dressed only in his underwear and farting.

[Jnase1 · Rating 2 out of 5]

I finally got around to reading this book after receiving an ARC through NetGalley several months ago. This series has been popular with the fourth and fifth graders. The third book follows pretty much the same plot as the first two books. In this book, Danny is yet again the loser of his school when he causes his school's baseball team to lose the championship baseball game by catching a foul ball in the stands. Just when everyone thought their losing streak was about to end, Danny jinxes it. As if being a loser isn't bad enough, he now gets picked on because of his foul catch and is labeled the school jinx. But he is determined to figure a way out of this label. Will he be able to break the jinx or will he forever be labeled as the biggest loser of his school?

[Terrie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Jinx of the Loser is the 3rd book in The Loser List series, but it is a book that can be enjoyed without reading the other books first. At a school baseball championship game, 7th grader Danny Shine, reaches over the fence, into the field, to catch a fly ball, causing a series of events that has his team lose the game and the championship. After that everything that goes wrong at school becomes his fault, as he is now The Jinx. This is a story straight out of middle school about bullying told with plenty of humor. The pages are lined and the font is handwritten, with black and white cartoonish drawings, similar to a Wimpy Kid book. The book has a great message about friendship, teamwork, and self-confidence. I’m sure it will be very popular in our school.

[Brenda Kahn · Rating 4 out of 5]

Is there anything worse than landing on the school's "loser list?" Danny Shine finds out when he inadvertently interferes in a pivotal play at a baseball game he attends b/c his crush gave him the tickets. Book #3 in this series stands alone nicely. I frequently recommend the series to fans of the Wimpy Kid series who want a read alike

. It's consistently humorous and has heart. Even though Danny often takes Jasper for granted, he's never intentionally mean and the friendship between the two is smart and based on shared interests and respect. The series is a worthwhile addition to elementary and middle school collections.

[Holland6bb]

Everything starts because Danny Shine caught a ball that maybe the best player would've caught at the All-City Baseball Championship. But the problem is that they haven't won for quite a long time. At this game they would've. Beat the Curse of the Woodchucks. Now Danny is blamed for everything that goes wrong. When he gets paired up with Luke,the sport guy who would've catch the ball, for project feedback his only wish is that he does a great job and doesn't get blamed for Luke's bad grade. People that like humour books will certainly love Danny Shine's series!

[Gabe · Rating 4 out of 5]

The characters in this great book see everything from a different point of view. The main character is Danny used to being not known but now he is known as a jinx. SHA is much different from this 7th grade. There Danny takes the blame for everything where at SHA we learn to talk it out. so it's great to see things from a different point of view. I liked to see the different pint of view it helps in books or n real life relationship. Although I didn't like how his friend wasn't by his side.

[Stephanie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great read for comic book fans and fans of Diary of a Wimpy Kid. Danny Shine just wants to draw comics and hang out with his best friend.When his secret crush offers him tickets to his middle school's championship baseball game, he accepts. Danny accidentally does the wrong thing and it costs his school the championship. Danny gets dubbed "the Jinx." The novel deftly handles the themes of labeling and bullying.

[Ivan · Rating 5 out of 5]

The loser list is about a boy who is not popular and likes comics and he is considered a geek. He goes to attend a baseball game and other popular events but it does not go out as he wanted. After all of this embarrassment he has a lot of qualms about attending all the events. If your interested about finding out what other things has happened to him you should read the book

[Ryan Perez]

Jinx of the loser is the book 3 in the loser list series and are about these kids who go to a school and they are not popular at all but enjoy making comic books and starts sharing them with the people he sits with during lunch and they are inpressed by his drawing skills and like what he is doing.

[Patrick Vracevic · Rating 4 out of 5]

This a great entertaining book that is definitely trying to be like Diary of a Wimpy Kid but in a good way. It's very easy to get into this book as well. I highly recommend you to read any book of this series.

[Martina · Rating 3 out of 5]

Stručně psané věty a čtivý děj si nemůže nechat ujít žádný čtenář, jelikož čas od času je zkrátka potřeba, se do takovýchto milých a úsměvných příběhů začíst.

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[Isabela · Rating 5 out of 5]

Its a really good book

[wjkb · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another great loser list book!!!

[Noah Leec · Rating 5 out of 5]

this book is hilariously awesome