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Like Bug Juice on a Burger
Julie Sternberg - Abrams
Format: Print book
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I hate camp. I just hate it. I wish I didn't. But I do. Being here is worse than bug juice on a burger. Or homework on Thanksgiving. Or water seeping into my shoes. In this sequel to the critically acclaimed Like Pickle Juice on a Cookie, Eleanor is off to summer camp. At first she's... |
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Nobody's Perfect. I'm As Close As It Gets.
Jim Benton - Scholastic
Format: Paperback
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Whatever you do, DON'T read Jamie Kelly's bestselling diaries!The bestselling Dear Dumb Diary series is a hilarious hit! Now Jamie Kelly's diaries have a fresh look and a fun twist. Dear Dumb Diary Year Two is still laugh-out-loud funny -- but everything is another year dumber!As Jamie... |
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The Bully Book: A Novel
Eric Kahn Gale - Harpercollins Childrens Books
Format: Hardcover
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What is The Bully Book? Part mystery, part tragedy, part comedy. Originally self-published as an ebook by a member of Team Starkid, The Bully Book is now available in hardcover, paperback, and ebook editions. The paperback includes a Q&A with the author.Eric Haskins, the new sixth-grade... |
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Penelope Crumb Never Forgets: Book 2
Shawn Stout - Philomel Books
Format: Print book
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Penelope Crumb's best friend Patsy Cline Roberta Watson is becoming best friends with another girl in class, so Penelope decides she needs to win her back. Compliments and presents fail - and Penelope is afraid she'll lose Patsy Cline forever, so she decides to swipe Patsy's necklace and start... |
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The Doodles of Sam Dibble #1
J. Press - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Paperback
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Sam's birthday is in twenty-four hours, seven minutes, and four seconds. Here's what he wants: a new bike (because he messed up the old one) , more pens (so he can draw doodles) , and the best birthday party ever. He'll have to wait for the presents, but the only way he can have the best... |
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Road Trip
Jim Paulsen - Wendy Lamb Books
Format: Print book
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Dad and Ben haven't been getting along recently and Dad hopes a road trip to rescue a border collie will help them reconnect. But Ben is on to Dad's plan and invites Ben's thuggish buddy, Theo. The family dog, Atticus, comes along too and the story is told by Ben and Atticus. When their... |
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Athlete vs. Mathlete
W. C. Mack - Bloomsbury USA Childrens
Format: Hardcover
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Owen Evans lights up the scoreboards. His brother, Russell, rocks the school boards. These twin brothers couldn't be more different. They've long kept the peace by going their separate ways, but all that is about to change. The new basketball coach recruits Russell for the seventh grade... |
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Big Nate Flips Out
Lincoln Peirce - Harper
Format: Print book
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The fifth Big Nate novel in the New York Times bestselling series by Lincoln Peirce!Big Nate is a New York Times bestseller! Here comes the latest illustrated novel from Lincoln Peirce, all about king of detention and cartooning genius Nate Wright!Everyone knows N-A-T-E does not equal N-E-A-T!And... |
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Third Grade Mix-Up
Michele Jakubowski - Picture Window Books
Format: Print book
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When Sidney Fletcher moves to Oak Grove, things get a little strange for Sydney Greene. Not only does Sydney share a name with a boy, but he's in her third-grade class! From first-day-of-school problems to Halloween drama, Sidney and Sydney quickly become friends. Who says boys and girls... |
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Stink and the Freaky Frog Freakout
Megan McDonald - Candlewick Press
Format: Book
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Croak! Squeenk! Ribbet! After a close encounter with a mutant amphibian makes him freaky for frogs, water-shy Stink becomes a swimming success.Stink may be super smart, and Stink may be uber clever, but he's been in the Polliwog swim class frog-ever and he still can't bear... |
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Starring Jules #1: Starring Jules
Beth Ain - Scholastic Press
Format: Print book
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Lights! Camera! Action! A hilarious chapter book debut from a fabulous new talent!Things to Know About Meby Jules Bloom1. I am a scrambled-eggs-and-chocolate-milk type person.2. I have an audition for a TV commercial (which would be great if I were a tall-icy-drink type person.) 3. I am in between... |
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Destiny, Rewritten
Kathryn Fitzmaurice - Katherine Tegen Books
Format: Print book
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This sweet contemporary story about poetry, family, and determining your own destiny is perfect for fans of books by Wendy Mass, Joan Bauer, Sharon Creech, and Rebecca Stead. Eleven-year-old Emily Elizabeth Davis has never met her father, so when a book of poetry with his name in it goes... |
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The Center of Everything
Linda Urban - Harcourt
Format: Print book
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Spring 2013 Kids' Indie Next ListFor Ruby Pepperdine, the "center of everything" is on the rooftop of Pepperdine Motors in her donut-obsessed town of Bunning, New Hampshire, stargazing from the circle of her grandmother Gigi's hug. That's how everything is supposed to be - until... |
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Mallory and Mary Ann Take New York
Laurie B. Friedman - Darby Creek
Format: Hardcover
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START SPREADING THE NEWS . . . Mallory and Mary Ann are headed to New York. They've got sights to see! The Empire State Building. The Statue of Liberty. Times Square. Central Park. But they also have a problem to solve. Only one of them is invited to appear on their favorite TV show, Fashion... |
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Call Me Oklahoma!
Miriam Glassman - Holiday House
Format: Hardcover
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"From now on, call me Oklahoma!" nine-year-old Paige Turner announces on the first day of fourth grade. She is determined that this year she will be different: someone gutsy-brave enough to stand up to her tormentor, class bully Viveca Frye. It takes a lot of work for Paige to bring... |
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Ivy in the Shadows
Chris Woodworth - Farrar Straus Giroux
Format: Hardcover
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After Ivy's stepfather disappears, Ivy's mama begins waitressing at Dining Divinely to make ends meet. She also takes in a boarder -- twelve-year-old Caleb, who's the same age as Ivy and is the weirdest guy she's ever met. With Mama working full-time, Ivy has to babysit her little... |
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Hokey Pokey
Jerry Spinelli - Alfred A. Knopf
Format: Print book
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Welcome to Hokey Pokey. A place and a time, when childhood is at its best: games to play, bikes to ride, experiences to be had. There are no adults in Hokey Pokey, just kids, and the laws governing Hokey Pokey are simple and finite. But when one of the biggest kids, Jack, has his beloved... |
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The Secret Chicken Society
Judy Cox - Holiday House
Format: Book
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When Daniel's class hatches chicks as a science project, he adopts them. When he finds out that his favorite bird, Peepers, isn't a hen but a rooster, and therefore illegal to keep in the city of Portland, t"he Secret Chicken Society" is quickly formed to save Peepers. This warmhearted... |
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Iris and Walter: The Sleepover
Elissa Haden Guest - Harcourt
Format: Paperback
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Iris cannot wait to have her first sleepover at her best friend Walter's house. They will put on a puppet show. They will ride Walter's horse Rain in their pyjamas. They will stay up very, very late. But on the big night, when it is time for bed after all the fun, Iris lies awake missing... |
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Cake: Love, chickens, and a taste of peculiar
Joyce Magnin - Zonderkidz
Format: Hardcover
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More than frosting filled those cakes ... Wilma Sue seems destined to go from one foster home to the next -- until she is sent to live with sisters and missionaries, Ruth and Naomi. Do they really care about Wilma Sue, or are they just looking for a Cinderella-style farmhand to help raise... |
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