Synopsis
HE'S GOT A VOICE LIKE A CHAINSAW, and he uses it to get people so mad they'll pay two dollars for the chance to drop him in a tank of slimy water. He's the Bozo, and Chad wants his job wants a chance to sit in a cage where he can shout at the world in safety, with no consequences worse than an occasional dunking.
But there's an art to being the Bozo, and humor can do more than just slice and dice, as Chad slowly begins to learn when he meets the man behind the clown makeup. Being the Bozo it's all about show business. Which means it's all about life. Sometimes you laugh. Sometimes you cry. And sometimes you just don't know what hit you.
Publishers Weekly
From the moment that soon-to-be-11th-grader Chad hears the boardwalk clown hurling insults, the teen adds the job to his list of goals. In what PW called "an engrossing novel, Lubar ably charts a watershed summer between boyhood and manhood." Ages 13-up. (June) Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.