The Double Life of Danny Day

Description

My name is Danny Day, and I live every day twice. The first time, it's a "discard day." It's kind of like a practice run. At the end of the day, I go to bed, wake up, and poof everything gets reset, everything except my memory, that is. The second time, everything is normal, just like it is for everyone else. That's when everything counts and my actions stick. As you could probably guess, "Sticky Day" Danny is very different from "Discard Day" Danny. When Danny's family moves across the country, he suddenly has to use his ability for more than just slacking off and playing video games. Now he's making new friends, fending off jerks, exposing a ring of cheaters in the lunchtime video game tournament, and taking down bullies one day at a time ... or is it two days at a time?

Mike Thayer is a proud father of three, lucky husband of one, passionate author, budding podcaster, lifelong gamer, viral blogger, degreed engineer, decent impressionist, inept hunter, erstwhile jock, and nerd. He has cast a ring on the slopes of Mt. Doom, eaten a feast at the Green Dragon Inn, cemented Excalibur in a sandstone block, tasted butter beer at Diagon Alley, built a secret door to his storage room, and written a few fantasy books. What else is left, really?

The Double Life of Danny Day starts with a clever premise that builds into an entertaining story. You may feel tempted to read it twice!" --Brandon Mull, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Fablehaven and Dragonwatch It's a riveting premise and a cool spotlight on the social world of videogames, and readers will consider their double days with Danny to be time well spent. -- The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (BCCB) In a clever time-loop tale reminiscent of Groundhog Day, a middle-schooler gets free do-overs by living through each day twice...After engaging in some awesomely reckless exploits (on the discard days), Danny at last takes on, with two new allies, a taunting, bullying gamer who, readers will readily agree, really deserves the schooling he gets. -- Booklist Danny's first-person narrative engages readers with wisecracking humor and sharp observations on the middle school social stratum.... Perfect for gamers who'd rather play than read, Thayer speaks their language and scores a direct hit. -- School Library Journal