02409cam a2200373 i 4500 1164808664 TxAuBib 20200122120000.0 190927s2019||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780525644675 hardcover 0525644679 hardcover (OCoLC)1121408923 TOH eng TOH ORX RB0 OCLCO RNL OI6 UOK TxAuBib rda Rubin, Lance, 1981-, author. Crying laughing / Lance Rubin. First edition. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2019] ©2019. 325 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier The author of Denton Little's Deathdate gives us a tragicomic story of bad dates, bad news, bad performances, and one girl's determination to find the funny in high school. Winnie Friedman has been waiting for the world to catch on to what she already knows: she's hilarious. It might be a long wait, though. After bombing a stand-up set at her own bat mitzvah, Winnie has kept her jokes to herself. Well, to herself and her dad, a former comedian and her inspiration. Then, on the second day of tenth grade, the funniest guy in school actually laughs at a comment she makes in the lunch line and asks her to join the improv troupe. Maybe he's even . . . flirting? Just when Winnie's ready to say yes to comedy again, her father reveals that he's been diagnosed with ALS. That is . . . not funny. Her dad's still making jokes, though, which feels like a good thing. And Winnie's prepared to be his straight man if that's what he wants. But is it what he needs? Caught up in a spiral of epically bad dates, bad news, and bad performances, Winnie's struggling to see the humor in it all. But finding a way to laugh is exactly what will see her through.-- Publisher's description. HL740L Lexile. 20200122. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis Fiction. Fathers and daughters Fiction. Families Fiction. High school students Fiction. Comedians Fiction. Young adult fiction. TXKIP