Dog Eat Dog

Just Jake #2

by Jake Marcionette

Sixth grader Jake Ali Mathews is slowly climbing his way back up the ladder of popularity. Increasingly settled in his new school and with a great new best friend, Michael, everything seems to be going okay for Jake.  Until Jake's beloved teacher, Mrs. Pilsner, has a baby and the students in Jake's homeroom are handed off to the super-scary substitute, Ms. Cane.  Rather than teach through traditional methods, Ms. Cane decides to have these go-getters help her with a fledgling pet-grooming company. Dogs, cats, and more get bathed, popularity struggles become boardroom struggles, and Jake's friendship with Michael is tested.  Even Jake's diabolical sister, Alexis, gets in on the puppy-cleaning action and hilarity ensues. But will Jake's brand of AWESOMENESS be enough to clean up this furry mess?

Genres: Childrens

196 pages, Hardcover

First published March 31, 2015

Reviews

[The Brothers · Rating 5 out of 5]

Asher (11yo) read. "Hilarious! Hilarious! Hilarious! I want to be a part of the Nerf ambush!"

[Nolan · Rating 4 out of 5]

THis book is so funny and I am so bad at summaries.but

[Katy Lovejoy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Interesting.

[Crystal books_inthewild · Rating 4 out of 5]

I can say with certainty that my grade 6/7 students will like this one! Lots of humour, awesome pictures/illustrations, and fun characters.
How do you outwit a wild substitute?!

[Bew · Rating 5 out of 5]

Jake is slowly gaining his awesomeness back but he has a new teacher that is pink haired, has a ton of tattoos and she's a crazy old pet lover. She expects her students to sit still quiet and give no homework she has the question rock that when somebody wants to ask her, 'ask the rock instead' She is starting a grooming business called Groomers R us and Jake had enough of the sit and do nothing so he stood up and look at what the teacher is looking at, Jake told the teacher that the name Groomers R Us is copying the name Toys R us so Jake told the teacher that she should come up with a new name, The class started to write down names to put in but there were no good of bad names so Michael came up with one: Fur Cuttery.Inc Everyone agreed that it was a good name. The teacher thought it would be a good idea of letting the kids at school learn by business so she sent letters to parents asking for permission for kids to work in a groomer company. Jake's parents let him go on the business and Jake was the boss, He had to control everything in the store. But then Jake's position was taken and was excused that things have to start changing even Jake's sister, Alexis worked in the store now so Jake wasn't liking the groomer idea after all, he and Michael quit the job and a few days later, the business was broken.

One thing I like this book is because there's a lot about business and I had learnt a lot about business in this book.

Why did the teacher give Jake the question rock when everyone else got Macbooks?

[Katie · Rating 4 out of 5]

I wasn't as charmed by Dog Eat Dog, as the first Just Jake, but it continues to feel very authentically middle school. The first couple chapters had me laughing, but I lost some interest when we got into the heart of the book.

Jake is often not the best role model. Many people had a problem with book 1's Kid Cards. Personally, I miss the Kid Cards and feel the "Harriet the Spy"-esque documentation of people is very true to life. However, I wasn't as fond of how Jake and Michael took down Ms. Cane.

Still, the books are funny, charming, and awesomely relatable.

[Paula · Rating 3 out of 5]

Apparently I read the 2nd one of this series first! Jake is a 6th grader who seems to be doing well in school until his beloved teacher goes out on maternity leave. The sub has very different ideas about how the class will spend their time and warns the students "What happens in this class, stays in this class." Now I want to go back and read the first book!!

[Kelly Carey · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fans of Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Loser List, and Charlie Joe Jackson will probably enjoy this series. The author is still in school himself and started writing this series when he was 12 years old. In this book, Jake and his class have some real world learning experiences as they start an animal grooming business with their long term substitute teacher.

[Kellee Moye]

Author guest post: http://www.unleashingreaders.com/?p=5819

[Ryann Lund · Rating 3 out of 5]

I thought this book was ok. Jake's teacher helps them set up a pet grooming business, and it works out after a while. Then the business dosn't work out for jake when he gets "fired" from his job.

[Bridget · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a fun series. I hope I can get the Wimpy Kid crew to step up the quality a little and try these.