Big Nate meets Timmy Failure in Funny Kid #2: Stand Up, the second book in an uproarious new middle grade series by Matt Stanton, Australias bestselling childrens book author. Max may not be the strongest, or the smartest, or the handsomest kid in his classbut he may well be the funniest! Except when Maxs classroom joke lands flat, he suddenly becomes the Un-Funny Kid!The only way to make everyone forget Maxs comedy catastrophe is for him to win the town talent quest with his very own stand-up comedy routine. Max is ready to bring comedy gold to his audition, but thanks to a heckling clown, Max cant even remember his first joke!With the help of his best friend Hugo and their feathered pet, Duck, Max thinks he has everything he needs to come up the greatest stand-up comedy routine of all timebut will it be enough? Max will need all the advice he can get to prove that he is the kid who can make everyone laugh! Matt Stanton brings his veteran childrens book chops to this hilarious series, perfect for early middle grade readers looking for side-splitting laughs!