All Shook Up, (Paperback)

from chgrbr14

Hiding your face. Embarrassed by who your family is. This is how Josh feels all the time in the realistic fiction book, All Shook Up by Shelley Pearsell. Josh's parents are divorced and when he goes to see his dad he is very shocked at what finds. The store where his dad used to work closed and n...

from BoundTogetherForGood

I found out about this book through our son, Matthew. This book is proposed for the Rebecca Caudill Young Reader's Award for 2011. Matthew's school gave a presentation to fourth graders highlighting some of the proposed titles of the Caudill Award for this year. ALL SHOOK UP is one of the books t...

from ewyatt

Despite the really cheesy premise (a teenage boy who is completely embarrassed by his dad's new attempt at a business as an Elvis impersonator), I found this book enjoyable even if predictable. It was light, had a good sense of humor, and quirky characters.

from GaylDasherSmith

Cute but predictable story of a boy's reunion with his Dad, an Elvis impersonator who is a source of great humiliation.

from librariankristin

When thirteen-year-old Josh is sent to stay with his father in Chicago for a few months, he discovers, to his horror, that his father has become an Elvis impersonator. At his most vulnerable, a new kid at a middle school, Josh does his best to hide his father's profession from his new friends. Th...