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The Great Hamster Massacre
Katie Davies - Beach Lane Books; Reprint edition
Format: Hardcover
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Anna and her brother, Tom, have always wanted a pet. And after their latest pestering campaign, their mother finally gives in and lets them choose a pair of hamsters from the local pet shop. But their happiness soon turns to horror when the hamsters are found mysteriously dead in their... |
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The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy
Jeanne Birdsall - Knopf Books for Young Readers; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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With over one million copies sold, this series of modern classics about the charming Penderwick family from National Book Award winner and New York Times bestseller Jeanne Birdsall is perfect for fans of Noel Streatfeild and Edward Eager. This summer the Penderwick sisters have a wonderful... |
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The Misadventures of the Family Fletcher
Dana Alison Levy - Yearling Books
Format: Print book
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"Fans of Beverly Cleary's Quimbys, Judy Blume's Hatchers, and, more recently, Jeanne Birdsall's Penderwicks will fervently hope that more Fletcher misadventures are yet to come." - School Library Journal, Starred The start of the school year is not going as the Fletcher... |
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Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing
Judy Blume - Dutton children's books
Format: Book
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Life with his little brother, Fudge, makes Peter Hatcher feel like a fourth grade nothing. Whether Fudge is throwing a temper tantrum in a shoe store, smearing mashed potatoes on the walls at Hamburger Heaven, or trying to fly, he's never far from trouble. He's an almost three-year-old... |
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The 13-Story Treehouse
Andy Griffiths - Feiwel & Friends
Format: Hardcover
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Andy and Terry live in a treehouse. But it's not just any old treehouse, it's the most amazing treehouse in the world!This treehouse has thirteen stories, a bowling alley, a see-through swimming pool, a secret underground laboratory, and a marshmallow machine that follows you around and automatically... |
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Charlie Joe Jacksons Guide to Not Reading (Charlie Joe Jackson Series, 1)
Tom Greenwald - Square Fish
Format: Paperback
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Charlie Joe Jacksons Guide to Not Reading by Tommy Greenwald is the hilarious story of an avid non-reader and the extreme lengths to which hell go to get out of reading a book. Charlie Joe Jackson may be the most reluctant reader ever born. And so far, hes managed to get through life without... |
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Emma Dilemma and the New Nanny
Patricia Hermes - Two Lions
Format: Hardcover
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Marmaduke is missing! Once again, Emma has forgotten to put her ferret back in his cage. And with four brothers and sisters and a poodle who chases Marmaduke around the house, Emma finds herself in the middle of this and other family dilemmas. If only she can prove to her parents that shes... |
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Melonhead
Katy Kelly - Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Format: Book
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Melonhead is my preferred name. Preferred by me, not my mom. She likes people to call me by my real name, Adam Melon. Luckily, it’s too late for that because when my friend, Lucy Rose, invented Melonhead, it caughton fast.Usually I am the one doing the inventing. All my life, which... |
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 1
Jeff Kinney - Amulet
Format: Hardcover
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Boys don't keep diaries - or do they?The launch of an exciting and innovatively illustrated new series narrated by an unforgettable kid every family can relate toIt's a new school year, and Greg Heffley finds himself thrust into middle school, where undersized weaklings share the hallways... |
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The Adventures of Captain Underpants
Dav Pilkey - Scholastic
Format: Paperback
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The first book in Dav Pilkeys mega-bestselling Captain Underpants series. Now with super-cool foil covers! Shiny! Fun!George and Harold have created the greatest superhero in the history of their elementary school--and now theyre going to bring him to life! Meet Captain Underpants! His true... |
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Herberts Wormhole
Peter Nelson - HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover
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Greetings. This story concerns a scientific anomaly that opens a portal, allowing us to traverse the space-time continuum and triggering an adventure that those of limited intelligence might simply describe as "awesome."Hey! This is a book about how we get sucked into this wormhole... |
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Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made
Stephan Pastis - Candlewick
Format: Print book
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Meet "detective" Timmy Failure, star of the kids' comedy of the year. Created by New York Times best-selling cartoonist Stephan Pastis.Take Timmy Failure - the clueless, comically self-confident CEO of the best detective agency in town, perhaps even the nation. Add his impressively... |
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I Funny: A Middle School Story
James Patterson - Little Brown and Company
Format: Print book
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Jamie Grimm is a middle schooler on a mission: he wants to become the world's greatest standup comedian--even if he doesn't have a lot to laugh about these days. He's new in town and stuck living with his aunt, uncle, and their evil son Stevie, a bully who doesn't let Jamie's wheelchair... |
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Lawn Boy
Gary Paulsen - Wendy Lamb Books
Format: Hardcover
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One day I was 12 years old and broke. Then Grandma gave me Grandpa's old riding lawnmower. I set out to mow some lawns. More people wanted me to mow their lawns. And more and more. . . . One client was Arnold the stockbroker, who offered to teach me about "the beauty of capitalism.... |
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Big Nate: In a Class by Himself
Lincoln Peirce - Harper
Format: Print book
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For fans of the hilarious Diary of a Wimpy Kid series: Get ready to meet Big Nate! In the first novel in the New York Times bestselling series, Big Nate is in a class by himself!Nate knows he's meant for big things. REALLY big things. But things don't always go your way just because you're... |
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A Long Way from Chicago: A Novel in Stories
Richard Peck - Dial; 1st edition
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This Newbery Honor Winner and National Book Award Finalist is an unforgettable modern classic and features the debut of the larger-than-life Grandma Dowdel What happens when Joey and his sister, Mary Alice—two city slickers from Chicago—make their annual summer visits... |
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When Life Gives You O.J.
Erica S. Perl - Knopf Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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For years, 10-year-old Zelly Fried has tried to convince her parents to let her have a dog. After all, practically everyone in Vermont owns a dog, and it sure could go a long way helping Zelly fit in since moving there from Brooklyn. But when her eccentric grandfather Ace hatches a ridiculous... |
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Freaky Friday
Mary Rodgers - HarperTrophy
Format: Paperback
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Like Mother, Like Daughter...Annabel Andrews is tired of her mother telling her on what to do. She's tired of being told to do her homework, clean up her room, and be nice to her little brother, Ape Face. If she were an adult, she could do anything she wanted, like watch TV all day and eat marshmallows... |
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