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Funny Kid for President

MATT STANTON - HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover

Big Nate meets Timmy Failure in Funny Kid for President, the first book in an uproarious new middle grade series by Matt Stanton, Australia's bestselling children's book author. When Max gets blamed for pooping in the storeroom (which he did NOT do) , tensions hit an all-time high between...
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Galactic Hot Dogs : Cosmoe's Wiener Getaway

Max Brallier - Aladdin, 2015.
Format: Print book

"Galactic Hot Dogs is an insanely entertaining, eye-popping adventure!" - Lincoln Peirce, bestselling author of the Big Nate seriesMeet Cosmoe, the Earth-Boy. He's captain of the Neon Weiner, the finest flying food truck in the galaxy. Along with his bud, Big Humphree, he spends...
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The Brilliant World of Tom Gates

Liz Pichon - Candlewick
Format: Hardcover

The top-selling U.K. series for middle-grade readers now crosses the pond!Meet Tom Gates. When his teachers don't have their beady eyes on him, he likes to draw pictures and write about stuff, like last summer's worst camping vacation ever (five merits!) , or how much he hates...
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Do Not Open!

Mark Parisi - HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover

"Funny and engaging. Marty Pants is a surefire hit!" - Lincoln Peirce, author of the Big Nate seriesMove over, Wimpy Kid. Here comes the imaginative, the inquisitive, the unstoppable Marty Pants!Marty Pants is different from your typical middle schooler. He has the soul of an artist,...
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Kate the Great, Except When She's Not

Suzy Becker - Crown Books for Young Readers
Format: Print book

Fans of Wimpy Kid and Dork Diaries will love this illustrated series by the New York Times bestselling author of All I Need to Know I Learned from My Cat. Meet Kate Geller, a sassy flute-playing artist, who comes up with an original way to redefine friendship. Kate's older...
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The Frankenstein Journals

Scott Sonneborn - The Frankenstein Journals
Format: Hardcover

Fourteen-year-old J.D. discovers why he never fit in at the creepy orphanage -- hes the son of Frankensteins monster! The boy always wanted a big family. Now hes got a doozy the donors of his jigsaw puzzle-papa! Fans of adventure and classic monster movies will gasp with delight as they...
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Clueless McGee

Jeff Mack - Philomel Books
Format: Print book

Diary of a Wimpy Kid meets Encyclopedia Brown!Clueless McGee is just your average fifth-grader: snarky, awkward, and a magnet for trouble. The only difference: he's also an amateur detective. Determined to make his absent father proud, he uses the skills he's learned playing video games...
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Otis Dooda: Strange but True

Ellen Potter - Feiwel & Friends
Format: Hardcover

HARDY-HAR-HAR!Meet Otis Dooda. Yes, that's his name. Go on and have a good laugh. He's heard it all before. He's been called things like Otis Poopy Stink and Otis Toilet Twinkie. That's right, yuck it up and get it out of your system. We'll wait.All right then. This is the story of Otis...
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Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made

Stephan Pastis - Candlewick
Format: Hardcover

Want to aspire to greatness? Check out this new edition of Timmy Failure's first adventure - featuring the bonus section "How to Draw Timmy and Total."He may be clueless, but the comically self-confident Timmy Failure is CEO of the best detective agency in town, perhaps even the nation....
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Cartboy and the Time Capsule

L.A. Campbell - Starscape
Format: Hardcover

Cartboy and the Time Capsule by L. A. Campbell is a laugh-out-loud debut novel for young readers about sixth-grader Hal Rifkind-unfortunately nicknamed Cartboy-and his horribly historic, hilarious year. Hal hates history class-it literally bores him to tears. But his father is a big history...
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The Strange Case of Origami Yoda

Tom Angleberger - Amulet Books
Format: Hardcover

In this funny, uncannily wise portrait of the dynamics of a sixth-grade class and of the greatness that sometimes comes in unlikely packages, Dwight, a loser, talks to his classmates via an origami finger puppet of Yoda. If that weren't strange enough, the puppet is uncannily wise and prescient....
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The Odd Squad: Bully Bait (An Odd Squad Book)

Michael Fry - Hyperion Book CH
Format: Hardcover

Nick is the shortest seventh-grader in the history of the world (hes pretty sure) , doesnt fit in with any groups or clubs (who needs em?) , and spends more time inside than outside his locker (theyre roomier than youd think) .Things only get worse when a well-intentioned guidance counselor...
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Stick Dog (Stick Dog, 1)

Tom Watson - HarperCollins
Format: Audiobook

Introducing everyones new best friend: Stick Dog! Dont miss the very first book in this bestselling funny illustrated series.Hell make you laugh...hell make you cry...but above all, hell make you hungry!Follow Stick Dog as he goes on an epic quest for the perfect burger. With hilarious...
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Charlie Joe Jacksons Guide to Not Reading (Charlie Joe Jackson Series, 1)

Tom Greenwald - Square Fish
Format: Paperback

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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The Popularity Papers: Research for the Social Improvement and General Betterment of Lydia Goldblatt & Julie Graham-Chang

Amy Ignatow - Harry N. Abrams
Format: Hardcover

Lydia Goldblatt and Julie Graham-Chang are best friends with one goal: to crack the code of popularity. Lydia's the bold one: aspiring theater star, stick-fighting enthusiast, human guinea pig. Julie's the shy one: observer and artist, accidental field hockey star, faithful recorder. In this...
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Herberts Wormhole

Peter Nelson - HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover

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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Gossip From the Girls Room: A Blogtastic! Novel

Rose Cooper - Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Its Diary of a Wimpy Kid for girls! Find out just what happens when class is not in session in this first book in the BLOGTASTIC! series.. Gossip from the Girls Room fills readers in on all there is to learn about middle school life at Middlebrooke, where Sofia has her very own blog and discusses...
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My Life as a Book (The My Life series, 1)

Janet Tashjian
Format: Hardcover

Summers finally here, and Derek Fallon is looking forward to pelting the UPS truck with water balloons, climbing onto the garage roof, and conducting silly investigations. But when his parents decide to send him to Learning Camp, Dereks dreams of fun come to an end. Ever since hes been...
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Milo: Sticky Notes and Brain Freeze

Alan Silberberg - Aladdin
Format: Hardcover

MILO is the funny and poignant story, told through text and cartoons, of a 13-year-old boy's struggle to come to terms with the loss that hit the reset button on his life. Loveable geek Milo Cruikshank finds reasons for frustration at every turn, like people who carve Halloween pumpkins...
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Big Nate: In a Class by Himself

Lincoln Peirce - HarperCollins
Format: Library Binding

"Big Nate is funny, big time."--Jeff Kinney, author of Diary of a Wimpy KidFor 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....
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Zombiekins

Kevin Bolger - Razorbill
Format: Print book

The little town of Dementedyville is asboring as they come--but a mysterious stuffed animal is about to liven things up . . .Stanley Nudelman buys Zombiekins at the yard sale of his neighbor, the Widow Imavitch. It looks cuddly and creepy-cute--but expose the TEDDY OF TERROR to moonlight,...
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SPHDZ Book #1!

Jon Scieszka - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

The perfect combination of the age old experience of holding and poring over a physical book with newest media technology that kids love! Michael K. just started fifth grade at a new school. As if that wasn't hard enough, the kids he seems to have made friends with apparently aren't kids...
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Vordak the Incomprehensible: How to Grow Up and Rule the World

Vordak T. Incomprehensible - EgmontUSA
Format: Hardcover

Slip on your acid-free gloves, make sure you have a duplicate copy of How to Grow Up and Rule the World (just in case something should happen to this one) and try to follow along as the incomparable, superior-in-all-ways Vordak the Incomprehensible teaches you a thing or two about villainy....
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