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Darth Paper Strikes Back

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Luv Ya Bunches

Lauren Myracle · 335 pages

Four friends--each named after a flower--navigate the ups and downs of fifth grade. Told through text messages, blog posts, screenplay, and straight narrative.

Epistolary FormatMiddle GradeLightheartedFunny
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The Popularity Papers

Amy Ignatow · 206 pages

Two best friends embark on a project to study the behavior and taste of the popular girls at their elementary school so that by the time they get to middle school they too will be in the right crowd. Novel appears in the form of a scrapbook.

Epistolary FormatLightheartedMiddle GradeFunny
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Nicholas and the Gang

Rene Goscinny · 120 pages

Nicholas is invited to a birthday party by the girl next door, plays a very messy game of chess, and learns that walking on your hands is much harder than turning somersaults.

LightheartedEnsemble CastMiddle GradeFunny
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Framed

Gordon Korman · 237 pages

Griffin Bing is in big trouble when a Super Bowl ring disappears from his middle school's display case, replaced by Griffin's retainer, and the more he and his friends investigate, the worse his situation becomes.

Middle GradeLightheartedEnsemble CastFunny
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How to Train Your Dragon

Cressida Cowell · 256 pages

Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III was an awesome sword-fighter, a dragon-whisperer and the greatest Viking Hero who ever lived. But it wasn't always like that. In fact, in the beginning, Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III was the most put upon Viking you'd ever seen. Not loud enough to make himself heard at dinner with his father, Stoick the Vast; not hard enough to beat his chief rival, Snotlout, at Ba

LightheartedMiddle GradeEnsemble CastFunny
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The Great Greene Heist

Varian Johnson · 277 pages

Jackson Greene has a reputation as a prankster at Maplewood Middle School, but after the last disaster he is trying to go straight--but when it looks like Keith Sinclair may steal the election for school president from Jackson's former best friend Gabriela, he assembles a team to make sure Keith does not succeed.

Middle GradeLightheartedEnsemble CastFunny
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Mrs. Dole Is Out of Control!

Dan Gutman · 103 pages

A.J. and the gang are graduating! But the out-of-control PTA president is turning the whole thing into a huge ceremony complete with fireworks, a petting zoo, and a flyover by the Blue Angels! Is moving up to third grade such a big deal? And what could possibly go wrong?

LightheartedMiddle GradeFunnyChild Narrator
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Vampires Don't Wear Polka Dots

Debbie Dadey, Marcia Thornton Jones · 78 pages

LightheartedMiddle GradeEnsemble CastFunny
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The Search For The Missing Bones

Eva Moore · 76 pages

Ms. Frizzle and her class go to the Hugh Mann Costume Company to track down the missing bones for their skeleton costumes.

LightheartedMiddle GradeEnsemble CastFunny
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From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

E.L. Konigsburg · 162 pages

Having run away with her younger brother to live in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, twelve-year-old Claudia strives to keep things in order in their new home and to become a changed person and a heroine to herself.

Middle GradeLightheartedEpistolary FormatChild Narrator
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All-of-a-Kind Family

Sydney Taylor · 189 pages

The life of a Jewish family with seven children growing up on New York's Lower East Side in the early twentieth century is the subject of this series. It includes All-of-a-Kind Family Downtown, All-of-a-Kind Family Uptown, Ella of All-of-a-Kind Family, and others.

LightheartedMiddle GradeEnsemble CastChild Narrator
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Big Nate on a Roll

Lincoln Peirce · 224 pages

It's about Nate and his scouting troop. But when Arthur enters the picture, Nate is horrified. To make things worse, the troop has a fundraiser. Nate doesn't like what there are selling, but when he sees the grand prize,a skateboard with free customization, He does all that he can. But Arthur is winning. Will Nate get the grand prize or will he lose again by Arthur?

Middle GradeLightheartedFunnyChild Narrator
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Thea Stilton and the Mountain of Fire

Thea Stilton, Tea Stilton · 176 pages

LightheartedMiddle GradeEnsemble CastFunny
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Charmed and Dangerous: The Rise of the Pretty Committee

Lisi Harrison · 192 pages

Once upon a time, in Westchester and Orlando, there were four betas just waiting for their alpha. It took a miracle to bring the Pretty Committee together--or rather, a New Years Eve party. Because sometimes when you meet someone, it just cliques. This special deluxe hardcover novella tells the outrageous story of how The Clique got together.

LightheartedMiddle GradeEnsemble CastFunny
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Wayside School Gets A Little Stranger

Louis Sachar · 168 pages

Unusual things continue to happen in the classroom on the thirtieth floor of Wayside School, which was accidentally built sideways with one classroom on each story.

LightheartedMiddle GradeEnsemble CastFunny
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Encyclopedia Brown Solves Them All

Donald J. Sobol · 96 pages

Leroy Brown is back in the next six books in the Encyclopedia Brown series. As Idavilles ten-year-old star detective, Encyclopedia has an uncanny knack for trivia. With his unconventional knowledge, he solves mysteries for the neighborhood kids through his own detective agency. But his dad also happens to be the chief of the Idaville police department, and every night around the dinner table, Ency

LightheartedMiddle GradeFunnyChild Narrator
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Class is Not Dismissed!

Gitty Daneshvari · 321 pages

Thirteen-year-olds Madeleine, Theo, and Lulu, fourteen-year-old Garrison, and ten-year-old new "contestant" Hyacinth, must face their phobias and join forces to learn who is stealing wigs and pageant trophies from the School of Fear.

Middle GradeLightheartedEnsemble CastFunny
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The Mystery of the Spiteful Letters

Enid Blyton · 192 pages

Pip and Bets's housemaid receives a spiteful letter in the post. Then Mrs. Moon receives one too. Who would want to make them so miserable? By piecing together the clues, the Find-Outers are determined to find the culprit. See how they get on in The Mystery of the Spiteful Letters.

Middle GradeEnsemble CastEpistolary FormatLighthearted
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Horrible Harry in Room 2B

Suzy Kline · 56 pages

LightheartedMiddle GradeFunnyChild Narrator
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Five Children and It

E. Nesbit · 146 pages

Haven't you ever thought what you would wish for if you were granted three wishes? In Nesbit's delightful classic, five siblings find a creature that grants their wishes, but as the old saying goes: be careful what you wish for, it might come true...

LightheartedMiddle GradeEnsemble CastFunny

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