Pete Nicely: 5 books

Pete Nicely has been waiting for a student like Charlie Novela. Charlie reads poetry for pleasure, brushes off bullies and likes Pete’s dumb jokes. But in the Zero-Tolerance aftermath of the Columbine massacre, Charlie goes too far. “If things get too bad,” Charlie tells Pete, “I’ll put...

9 bathroom-length stories about the kids nobody likes. Drawings by Jeff Hurlow.

Absolute power corrupts absolutely--a teacher's power isn't nearly that cool. In a rapid-fire, no-holds-barred journey through one teacher's first year, you'll see what makes teaching such an impossible yet rewarding profession. Along the way you'll get plenty of unsolicited advice. Perfect for the...

These stories are about you. The story about the dad who has his kid miss the first day of kindergarten to go see his ex-lover's art exhibit? You. The girl who gets a job at a movie theater so she doesn't have go to baseball card conventions with her stepdad? You. Even the woman who suddenly...

Since God created him, fourteen-year old Claude Tillson’s life has only gone downhill. Despite constant midnight moves and an endless march of mustached boyfriends for his mom, it was never unbearable for long. And he always had his Bible borrowed from the Gideons to help fix him. Then his mother...