the next great paulie fink by ali benjamin

This reality-TV-style competition is being conducted by the Mitchell School’s seventh grade, aka the Originals, aka the cave, aka this den of stinking goats… Okay, so this is the official record of the Search for the Next Great Paulie Fink. Just start this thing already!Īnything! Who cares? Just make it sound official. What are you waiting for? We’ve elected you leader. SEPTEMBER 25, four weeks ADP (After the Disappearance of Paulie)Ĭome on, Caitlyn.

Told in multiple voices, interviews, and documents, this funny, thought-provoking novel from the bestselling author of The Thing About Jellyfish is a memorable exploration of what makes a hero–and if anyone, or anything, is truly what it seems.

With each challenge, Caitlyn struggles to understand a person she never met…but it’s what she discovers about herself that most surprises her. Now he’s disappeared, and Caitlyn finds herself leading a reality-show-style competition to find the school’s next great Paulie Fink. One thing’s for sure, though: The kid was totally legendary. When Caitlyn Breen begins her disorienting new life at Mitchell School–where the students take care of real live goats and study long-dead philosophers, and where there are only ten other students in the entire seventh grade–it seems like nobody can stop talking about some kid named Paulie Fink.ĭepending on whom you ask, Paulie was either a hilarious class clown, a relentless troublemaker, a hapless klutz, or an evil genius.

Who was this kid, anyway-prankster, performance artist, philosopher or fool? Caitlyn's quest to understand Paulie is about to teach her more about herself than she ever imagined.In this acclaimed novel by the author of the award-winning, bestselling The Thing About Jellyfish, being the new kid at school isn’t easy, especially when you have to follow in the footsteps of a legendary classroom prankster. They'll find their next great Paulie Fink through a reality-show style competition, to be judged by the only objective person around: Caitlyn, who never even met Paulie Fink. As stories of Paulie's hijinks unfold, his legend builds, until they realize there's only one way to fill the Paulie-sized hole in their class. Her classmates are in for a shock of their own: Paulie Fink-the class clown, oddball, troublemaker and evil genius-is gone this year. When Caitlyn Breen enters the tiny Mitchell School in rural Mitchell, Vermont, she is a complete outsider: the seventh grade has just ten other kids, and they've known each other since kindergarten. In this second novel by the author of The Thing About Jellyfish, being the new kid at school isn't easy, especially when you have to follow in the footsteps of a classroom prankster like Paulie Fink.

The next great paulie fink by ali benjamin