From the best-selling author of the How to Be a Supervillain series comes this laugh-out-loud, heavily illustrated story of a shy boy, his best-friend-turned-ghost, and their bucket list of adventures and dares. Perfect for fans of the Timmy Failure and Diary of a Wimpy Kid series. Larry’s got a few problems. In school, he’s one of those kids who easily gets lost in the crowd. And Grimm, Larry’s best friend in the whole world, has ghosted him. Literally. One minute Grimm was saving a cat in a tree during a lightning storm, and the next, he’s pulling pranks on Larry in his new ghostly form. When the two best friends realize that there’s something keeping Grimm tethered to their world, they decide that finishing their Totally To-Do bucket list is the perfect way to help Grimm with his unfinished business. Pulling hilarious pranks and shenanigans may be easier with a ghostly best friend, but as Larry and Grimm brave the scares of seventh grade, they realize that saying goodbye might just be the scariest part of middle school.       Gr 3–5—After Larry's best friend Grimm dies, he returns as a ghost. Initially Larry and Grimm get along almost like old times, but they can't figure out why Grimm can't move on from the living world. After trying to work through the list of silly things they wanted to do together but didn't have the chance, Larry realizes that Grimm's unfinished business has to do with Boogie, the big kid at school everyone picks on. When Grimm was alive, he made up lies about Boogie and everyone believed them. Larry and Grimm hatch a plan to make Boogie the most popular kid in school, but that's not what Boogie wants. Grimm is able to move on once Larry helps to right Grimm's wrongs. Together, Larry, Grimm, and Boogie learn what it means to be a good friend. This novel deals with some heavy topics as Larry works to cope with the death of his best friend, but the seriousness is balanced with humor. Interspersed among the text, black line cartoon illustrations support the overall friendly and positive tone, depicting Larry as white and Grimm as Black. VERDICT This is a unique middle grade approach to the death of a friend that makes sense of loss through humor.—Lindsay Persohn, Univ. of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee "This is a unique middle grade approach to the death of a friend that makes sense of loss through humor." —School Library Journal "Fry (the How to Be a Supervillain series) balances a serious premise with a gleefully manic energy....Fry’s black-and-white linework—vibrant and just a little over-the-top—adds hilarity."— Publishers Weekly "Fry’s comical pen-and-ink–style drawings add humor and charm....appealingly silly." — Kirkus   "Fry provides passages with an openly therapeutic focus and works in multiple side plots, but along with antic misadventures, comical line drawings, and droll punchlines aplenty, dishes up a pair of protagonists who, despite the fact that one is dead, were plainly made for each other."   — Booklist Michael Fry is the best-selling author of the Jimmy Patterson Presents How to Be a Supervillain series. A cartoonist for over thirty years, Michael is the co-creator and writer of the Over the Hedge comic strip which was turned into a DreamWorks film starring Bruce Willis and William Shatner. He lives near Austin, TX. www.overthehedgeblog.wordpress.com Twitter: @MFryActual   Chapter 1 I first met Grimm in fourth grade.       I was at lunch. Normally my mom gives me money for lunch, but that morning she was out of cash, so she made my lunch.       My mom is a lovely person with many fine qualities. Making nutritious lunches is not one of them. But to be fair, I didn't mind. A jar of peanut butter and a warm soda beats cafeteria mystery soup any day of the week.       I was just about to open the warm soda when it slipped out of my hand.       There was silence. Everyone knew I'd just let loose a live soda grenade in the cafeteria.       I was suddenly alone with a warm soda bomb of my own making. Or so I thought.       'Why didn't you run away with the others?' I asked.       'You looked like you needed some help," he said. "Also, I'm an expert at bomb disposal."       'It's not a bomb. It's a can of warm soda."       'If we don't get it out of here and it explodes, you're going to be in detention for a month."       That's when we heard a metallic . . .       'We don't have much time," said the kid.       'Do I know you?' I asked.       'First thing we need is body armor," said Grimm.       'Body armor?' I said.       'Let's see," said Grimm, looking around the cafeteria. 'this should work."       I found a bowl and a backpack and suited up as well.       'Now what?' I asked.       Grimm said, 'We need a couple of those long lunch-lady spoons."       Right. The kind they use to stir the Monkey Eye Soup.       We found two spoons and approached the vending machine.       'this is a delicate operation," said Grimm. "We have to move