I Am Sort of a Loser

Barry Loser #4

by Jim Smith

The brilliant Roald Dahl Funny Prize winning BARRY LOSER series. Perfect for readers aged 7-10 years old and fans of  Diary of a Wimpy Kid,   Tom Gates  and  Dennis the Menace .
‘Everyone at school knows I’m the loserkeelest person ever. So imagine how annoying it was when Fay Snoggles came into school one day acting even more loserkeel than me.’
There’s a girl in Barry’s class who’s GETTING MORE LAUGHS THAN HIM! But luckily Barry immediately thinks up one of his brilliant and amazekeel plans to make sure he’ll have the final chuckle . All he needs is thirty boxes of Beard Flakes . . .
Have you got all of Jim Smith’s amazekeel books?
I am not a Loser
I am still not a Loser
I am so over being a Loser
I am sort of a Loser
Barry Loser and the holiday of doom
Barry Loser and the case of the crumpled carton
Barry Loser’s ultimate book of keelness
Barry loser hates half term
My mum is a loser free ebook
My dad is a loser free ebook
Future Ratboy and the attack of the killer robot grannies
Future Ratboy and the invasion of the nom noms
Future Ratboy and the quest for the missing thingy
Barry I am Not a Loser was selected as a Tom Fletcher Book Club 2017 title.
Jim Smith is the keelest kids’ book author in the whole wide world amen. He graduated from art school with first class honours (the best you can get) and went on to create the branding for a sweet little chain of coffee shops. He also designs cards and gifts under the name Waldo Pancake.

232 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 30, 2014

About the author

After graduating with a first class degree in advertising, graphic design and illustration in 1997, Jim Smith was spotted by the owner of a small coffee shop chain and brought in to fill the walls of their flagship store with his paintings.

It was a three month contract; seventeen years later, Jim is head of design at Puccino's Worldwide Ltd, now an international coffee shop franchise with stores in the UK, Europe and Egypt.

In the meantime he's illustrated kids' food packaging for M&S, drawn cartoons on the sides of PJ smoothies, created in-store graphics for Orange phone stores, designed book covers and branded a New York based Iced Tea company.

In 2010, Jim launched the hugely successful Waldo Pancake range of stationery and gift products, now sold in the UK, Australia, Singapore, Europe and the US.

'I am not a Loser' by Barry Loser, the first of a series of children's books 'spellchecked' by Jim, was published in 2012, having already sold rights to nine countries. The sequel, 'I am Still Not a Loser' was the winner of the Roald Dahl Funny Prize 2013 and declared the funniest book for children aged seven to fourteen.

Jim has now written six Barry Loser books, and numerous short stories. 'Future Ratboy', a spin-off series of books based on Barry's favourite TV star, debuts in July 2015.

Reviews

[Zack · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is about a boy who is trying to be the most "loser keel" person "loser keel means doing something dumb but it's cool" but a girl named Fay might be more loser keel❗❗❗ I love this book because it may be dumb sometimes but is addicting. I learned that always be nice to your friends or else they will become your enemies.

[Sarah · Rating 4 out of 5]

These get funnier as they go on to be honest. A lot of content that's funny for adults as well as kids.

[Helen · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is great for younger readers and reluctant readers. Lots of silly drawings on every page, bold easy to read font and silly words throughout. Barry Loser, also know as Snookyflumps, also know as the Loserkeelest person in school. Yet another pupil is trying to be even more Loserkeelest than him! Fay is copying Barry's style and he needs to up his game to compete. When the chance to be class captain comes up he can't resist. He has to cross the line to make sure he beats Fay, and does some crazy things! My boys laughed at every page. a very good way to get children interested in books.

[Alexander · Rating 1 out of 5]

Christ. Barry Loser. What a trainwreck of a book. First off I need to say, I hate this book. It is pure, unadulterated trash which insults even the youngest children that are probably reading it. Let's start off with the characters. They're terrible. Barry is the titular character and he is just a carbon copy of Greg Heffley except younger, he's a loser with no and friends and this is to be #relatable to our main audience (7 year old boys with no social status)

Next up we have our stereotypical friend character who is semi popular, yet also not. He provides comic relief and is basically Rowley from Diary Of A Wimpy Kid.

Next is the bully character, Darren Darrenofski. It's insulting how this book has the balls to call one of it's characters after a film director. Christ.

And finally we basically have the token girl character who is there to have a relationship with Barry.

This series is an insulting pile of rubbish that lives off of other authors ideas. Without having an actual brain to think of actual good ideas or characters.

This series is an insult to kids. And to brains as well.

[Mayar Mohsen · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really really enjoyed this!
I bet it is the enjoykeelest book I've ever read in the past week of my life 8D
I felt sorry for Barry and the empty ice cream tub thing =[
Think I am gonna read it again, thank you <3

[Sophia Mai Brooks]

This book is fantastic and I realllllly think you will like it🐱🐱🐱🐱🐱🐱🐥🐰🐭😅😂

[Anne C Curtis · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent read

[miha]

Sem jo prebral do polovice, ma me je malo minilo :)
Sj je hecna, ma je dosti za mlajšo publiko namenjena :)

[Gypsy · Rating 4 out of 5]

i like it

[Ethan Ginger · Rating 3 out of 5]

It is an good break between 2 books but it is not a good book in terms of grammar and pronounciation

[Nick · Rating 5 out of 5]

this is a keel book! it is about a kid named Barry Loser who thinks he is the loserkeelest super loser ever! loserkeel is you looking like an idoit and everyone laughs at you except in a good way. anyway a girl named fay copies his "loserkeelnes". so he runs for class captain so he will be even more loserkeel. well...... she does too. who will when? will he get his friends back? find out in....
I AM SORT OF A LOSER!

what I liked about this book is the scene with whatever boxes and how its kind of stupid but really addicting.

I did not learn anything from this book but ill say Barry is right if people do keep on putting rubbish on the earth it will turn to planet dog poo YOU HEAR THAT NON CLIMATE CHANGE BELIVERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Connor Burnett · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this book.It was ace!

[Wilde Sky · Rating 2 out of 5]

I couldn’t get into this book - I found it bizarre / confusing / disturbing / annoying.

[Silvia Anggraini · Rating 5 out of 5]

Its funny somehow..

[William · Rating 2 out of 5]

It was awesome

[C · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a book about a boy called Barry Loser. His friends help him raise money for him to campaign as a Class Captain, and he steals some of that money. He pulls one of the coins out of his pocket and accidentally reveals himself as the thief. Oh Barry, not "keel"! Not "keel" at all! ("Keel" is Barry Loser speak for "cool".)

Does he win the vote for Class Captain? Does he win his friends back? Does he redeem himself?

Very easy to read. I love the big noses in the illustrations, the characters and the funny writing. Aimed at 8-10 year old children.