Hillsboro Publishing, LLC

Donovan takes memoir to a whole new level in this freewheeling romp through his school days. Written in interview format--but with one of his own fictional characters as the interviewer--Dono tells story after story about his legendary naivete, his growth as a writer, and his strange but well-reasoned idea that in third grade he was indeed the tenth-smartest person in the world. ("I figured there were maybe two kids in school smarter than me, then seven others somewhere in the world.") Self-deprecating to the end, Dono keeps readers hooked with an easy-flowing narrative and constant laughs.