Laugh Till You Cry

Description for LAUGH TILL YOU CRY by Joan Lowery Nixon:

THIRTEEN-YEAR-OLD Cody doesn?ÇÖt like Texas. He and his mom were only supposed to spend the summer there, helping out his grandmother. But Cody?ÇÖs grandmother is sick and needs them to stay. Now he?ÇÖs the new kid at the local middle school and all his friends are back in California. You?ÇÖd think Cody?ÇÖs cousin Hayden would show him the ropes. Not only is Hayden in the same grade, he lives next door. But Hayden doesn?ÇÖt want anything to do with Cody.

Cody?ÇÖs luck begins to change when he befriends Officer Ramsey, a policeman and aspiring stand-up comic. Officer Ramsey appreciates Cody?ÇÖs jokes so much, he pays Cody for the material! But it?ÇÖs no laughing matter when a crime is committed at school and Cody becomes a suspect. Cody is going to need more than jokes to solve this mystery?Çöand clear his name.