Jacky Ha-Ha Read online

  And then, yes, Jacky Ha-Ha howled at the moon.

  AAAAAH-WOOOOOO!

  Loud enough for all the angels in heaven to hear me. I made sure of that.

  JAMES PATTERSON received the Literarian Award for Outstanding Service to the American Literary Community at the 2015 National Book Awards. He holds the Guinness World Record for the most #1 New York Times bestsellers, including Middle School and I Funny, and his books have sold more than 325 million copies worldwide. A tireless champion of the power of books and reading, Patterson has created a new children’s book imprint, JIMMY Patterson, whose mission is simple: We want every kid who finishes a JIMMY Book to say, “PLEASE GIVE ME ANOTHER BOOK.” He has donated more than one million books to students and soldiers and funds over four hundred Teacher Education Scholarships at twenty-four colleges and universities. He has also donated millions to independent bookstores and school libraries. Patterson will be investing his proceeds from the sales of JIMMY Patterson Books in pro-reading initiatives.

  CHRIS GRABENSTEIN is a New York Times bestselling author who has collaborated with James Patterson on the I Funny, Treasure Hunters, and House of Robots series, as well as Jacky Ha-Ha and Daniel X: Armageddon. He lives in New York City.

  KERASCOËT is the pen name of Marie Pommepuy and Sébastien Cosset, a couple of French graphic novel authors and illustrators living and working in Paris.

  BOOKS BY JAMES PATTERSON FOR YOUNG READERS

  THE MIDDLE SCHOOL NOVELS

  Middle School, The Worst Years of My Life

  (with Chris Tebbetts, illustrated by Laura Park)

  Middle School: Get Me out of Here!

  (with Chris Tebbetts, illustrated by Laura Park)

  Middle School: Big Fat Liar

  (with Lisa Papademetriou, illustrated by Neil Swaab)

  Middle School: How I Survived Bullies, Broccoli, and Snake Hill

  (with Chris Tebbetts, illustrated by Laura Park)

  Middle School: Ultimate Showdown

  (with Julia Bergen, illustrated by Alec Longstreth)

  Middle School: Save Rafe!

  (with Chris Tebbetts, illustrated by Laura Park)

  Middle School: Just My Rotten Luck

  (with Chris Tebbetts, illustrated by Laura Park)

  THE I FUNNY NOVELS

  I Funny (with Chris Grabenstein, illustrated by Laura Park)

  I Even Funnier (with Chris Grabenstein, illustrated by Laura Park)

  I Totally Funniest (with Chris Grabenstein, illustrated by Laura Park)

  I Funny TV (with Chris Grabenstein, illustrated by Laura Park)

  THE TREASURE HUNTERS NOVELS

  Treasure Hunters

  (with Chris Grabenstein and Mark Shulman, illustrated by Juliana Neufeld)

  Treasure Hunters: Danger Down the Nile

  (with Chris Grabenstein, illustrated by Juliana Neufeld)

  Treasure Hunters: Secret of the Forbidden City

  (with Chris Grabenstein, illustrated by Juliana Neufeld)

  THE HOUSE OF ROBOTS NOVELS

  House of Robots

  (with Chris Grabenstein, illustrated by Juliana Neufeld)

  House of Robots: Robots Go Wild!

  (with Chris Grabenstein, illustrated by Juliana Neufeld)

  THE DANIEL X NOVELS

  The Dangerous Days of Daniel X (with Michael Ledwidge)

  Watch the Skies (with Ned Rust)

  Demons and Druids (with Adam Sadler)

  Game Over (with Ned Rust)

  Armageddon (with Chris Grabenstein)

  Lights Out (with Chris Grabenstein)

  OTHER ILLUSTRATED NOVELS

  Public School Superhero (with Chris Tebbetts, illustrated by Cory Thomas)

  Daniel X: Alien Hunter (graphic novel; with Leopoldo Gout)

  Daniel X: The Manga, Vols. 1–3 (with SeungHui Kye)

  For previews of upcoming books in these series and other information, visit middleschoolbooks.com, ifunnybooks.com, and treasurehuntersbooks.com.

  For more information about the author, visit jamespatterson.com.

  We believe a kid who reads is a kid who can succeed.

  We believe it’s every adult’s responsibility to get books into kids’ hands and into kids’ lives.

  We want to make reading fun for kids—through stories and voices that speak to them and expand their world.

  We want to make books available to kids—through teacher scholarships, bookstore funding, school library support, and book donations.

  We want every kid who finishes a JIMMY Book to say: “PLEASE GIVE ME ANOTHER BOOK.”

  Learn more about our initiatives at JIMMYPatterson.org

  CONTENTS

  COVER

  TITLE PAGE

  WELCOME

  DEDICATION

  PROLOGUE

  CHAPTER 1

  CHAPTER 2

  CHAPTER 3

  CHAPTER 4

  CHAPTER 5

  CHAPTER 6

  CHAPTER 7

  CHAPTER 8

  CHAPTER 9

  CHAPTER 10

  CHAPTER 11

  CHAPTER 12

  CHAPTER 13

  CHAPTER 14

  CHAPTER 15

  CHAPTER 16

  CHAPTER 17

  CHAPTER 18

  CHAPTER 19

  CHAPTER 20

  CHAPTER 21

  CHAPTER 22

  CHAPTER 23

  CHAPTER 24

  CHAPTER 25

  CHAPTER 26

  CHAPTER 27

  CHAPTER 28

  CHAPTER 29

  CHAPTER 30

  CHAPTER 31

  CHAPTER 32

  CHAPTER 33

  CHAPTER 34

  CHAPTER 35

  CHAPTER 36

  CHAPTER 37

  CHAPTER 38

  CHAPTER 39

  CHAPTER 40

  CHAPTER 41

  CHAPTER 42

  CHAPTER 43

  CHAPTER 44

  CHAPTER 45

  CHAPTER 46

  CHAPTER 47

  CHAPTER 48

  CHAPTER 49

  CHAPTER 50

  CHAPTER 51

  CHAPTER 52

  CHAPTER 53

  CHAPTER 54

  CHAPTER 55

  CHAPTER 56

  CHAPTER 57

  CHAPTER 58

  CHAPTER 59

  CHAPTER 60

  CHAPTER 61

  CHAPTER 62

  CHAPTER 63

  EPILOGUE

  ABOUT THE AUTHORS

  BOOKS BY JAMES PATTERSON FOR YOUNG READERS

  COPYRIGHT

  Copyright

  The characters and events in this book are fictitious. Any similarity to real persons, living or dead, is coincidental and not intended by the author.

  Copyright © 2016 by James Patterson

  Illustrations by Kerascoët

  Cover design by Faceout Studio, Emily Weigel

  Cover art by Kerascoët

  Cover copyright © 2016 by Hachette Book Group, Inc.

  The JIMMY Patterson name and logo are trademarks of JBP Business LLC.

  All rights reserved. In accordance with the U.S. Copyright Act of 1976, the scanning, uploading, and electronic sharing of any part of this book without the permission of the publisher constitute unlawful piracy and theft of the author’s intellectual property. If you would like to use material from the book (other than for review purposes), prior written permission must be obtained by contacting the publisher at [email protected]. Thank you for your support of the author’s rights.

  JIMMY Patterson Books / Little, Brown and Company

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  First ebook edition: March 2016

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  Dialogue and lyrics from You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown by Clark Gesner.

  Based on the comic strip Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz.

  Dialogue copyright © 1967 by Clark Gesner.

  Lyrics copyright © 1971 by Jeremy Music, Inc.

  ISBN 978-0-316-30302-6

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