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The Barftastic Life of Louie Burger

by Jenny Meyerhoff

Illustrator: Jason Week

Ages: 9+

Published: 2013

Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux/Macmillan

ISBN: 978-0-374-30518-5

Keywords: Comedy, Friendship, Family

Louie dreams of being a comedian, but can't beat his stage fright! He though his best friend would help, but now he's not sure. Entertaining, humorous line drawings.