title: Jake Drake, Class Clown
author:  Andrew Clements 
description: Andrew Clements is the author of the enormously popular <i>Frindle</i>. More than 10 million copies of his books have been sold, and he has been nominated for a multitude of state awards,&nbsp;including two Christopher Awards and an Edgar Award. His popular works include <i>About Average</i>, <i>Troublemaker</i>, <i>Extra Credit, Lost and Found, No Talking, Room One, Lunch Money</i>, and more. He is also the author of the Benjamin Pratt &amp; the Keepers of the School series. He lives with his wife in Maine and has four grown children. Visit him at AndrewClements.com.
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  [THE TASTE OF THE MEAT  
    
  ](Smoke%20Bellew_split_001.html#filepos1486)[THE MEAT  
    
  ](Smoke%20Bellew_split_001.html#filepos49280)[THE STAMPEDE TO SQUAW CREEK  
    
  ](Smoke%20Bellew_split_002.html#filepos98280)[SHORTY DREAMS  
    
  ](Smoke%20Bellew_split_002.html#filepos141503)[THE MAN ON THE OTHER BANK  
    
  ](Smoke%20Bellew_split_002.html#filepos171425)[THE RACE FOR NUMBER ONE
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  # Smoke Bellew
  
  
  ### Jack London
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  In the beginning he was Christopher Bellew. By the time he was at
  
  
  college he had become Chris Bellew. Later, in the Bohemian crowd of
  
  
  San Francisco, he was called Kit Bellew. And in the end he was
  
  
  known by no other name than Smoke Bellew. And this history of the
  
  
  evolution of his name is the history of his evolution. Nor would it
  
  
  have happened had he n