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Everything Sad Is Untrue

Daniel Nayeri · 356 pages

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Wonder

R.J. Palacio · 330 pages

## **Don't judge a boy by his face.** ## Auggie is a kid who just wants to be ordinary. He does ordinary things, like play on his Xbox and watch TV and eat. But ordinary kids don't make people stare just by walking down the block. They don't scare kids by looking at his face. They *definitely* haven't had over 20 surgeries by age 10. But when Auggie starts going to school for the first time in h

Middle GradeFirst Person NarratorFunnyStarting Over
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Flush

Carl Hiaasen · 294 pages

Bestselling novelist Carl Hiaasen is back with another hysterical mystery adventure for young readers, set in the Florida Keys. You know it's going to be a rough summer when you spend Father's Day visiting your dad in the local lockup. Noah's dad is sure that the owner of the Coral Queen casino boat is flushing raw sewage into the harbor--which has made taking a dip at the local beach like swim

Middle GradeFirst Person NarratorFunnyMale Lead
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Joshua Dread

Lee Bacon · 272 pages

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The Demigod Files

Rick Riordan · 163 pages

In these top-secret files, Rick Riordan, Camp Half-Blood's senior scribe, gives you an inside look at the world of demigods that NO regular human child is allowed to see.These highly classified archives include three of Percy Jackson's most perilous adventures, a Spotter's Guide to Monsters, a Who's Who in Greek mythology, Percy's Summer Camp report and much more.So, if you're armed with this book

Middle GradeFirst Person NarratorFunnyMale Lead
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Soup

Robert Newton Peck · 96 pages

The adventures and misadventures of two boys growing up in a small Vermont town.

Middle GradeFirst Person NarratorFunnyMale Lead
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Dodger and Me

Jordan Sonnenblick · 176 pages

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The Dumbest Idea Ever!

Jimmy Gownley · 240 pages

Middle GradeFirst Person NarratorFunnyMale Lead
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The Big Splash

Jack D. Ferraiolo · 304 pages

Matt Stevens, an average middle schooler with a glib tongue and a knack for solving crimes, uncovers a mystery while working with "the organization," a mafia-like syndicate run by seventh-grader Vincent "Mr. Biggs" Biggio, specializing in forged hall passes, test-copying rings, black market candy selling, and taking out hits with water guns.

Middle GradeFirst Person NarratorFunnyMale Lead
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Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus

Dusti Bowling · 288 pages

New friends and a mystery help Aden, thirteen, adjust to middle school and life at a dying western theme park in a new state, where her being born armless presents many challenges.

Middle GradeBelongingFirst Person NarratorFunny
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Down And Out Down Under

Geronimo Stilton · 105 pages

Middle GradeFirst Person NarratorFunnyMale Lead
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My Life as a Stuntboy

Janet Tashjian

Twelve-year-old Derek Fallon has the opportunity of a lifetime--to perform stunts in a movie featuring a popular twelve-year-old star--but complications arise involving his best friend, a capuchin monkey, and Derek's chronic inability to concentrate on schoolwork.

Middle GradeFirst Person NarratorFunnyMale Lead
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Smile

Raina Telgemeier · 213 pages

Middle GradeFirst Person NarratorFunnyBelonging
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Milo: Sticky Notes and Brain Freeze

Alan Silberberg · 1,525 pages

Middle GradeFirst Person NarratorFunnyMale Lead
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Flat Broke: The Theory, Practice and Destructive Properties of Greed

Gary Paulsen · 118 pages

Kevin struggled to overcome his knack for lying in Liar, Liar, and now he's back for another round of mayhem and misunderstandings in this financial comedy of errors. In Kevin, Gary Paulsen has created an appealing teen boy character who is just as human and fallible as his readers.

Middle GradeFirst Person NarratorFunnyMale Lead
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Egg Monsters from Mars

R.L. Stine · 136 pages

On an egg hunt, Dana finds an abnormal egg that is the size of a softball. It's covered with blue and purple veins and it's starting to hatch.

Middle GradeFirst Person NarratorFunnyMale Lead
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Wonkenstein

Obert Skye

Twelve-year-old underachiever Rob has better things to do than read. His parents give him lots of books but most of them just end up in the messy pile of junk he keeps locked in his closet that once doubled as a makeshift science laboratory. One day, Rob hears weird sounds coming from behind his closet door and discovers a funny little creature that seems to be a cross between two characters from

Middle GradeFirst Person NarratorFunnyMale Lead
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Starcross

Philip Reeve · 320 pages

There is an old saying: if something is too good to be true, it probably is. Take the holiday that Art Mumby, his irritating younger sister Myrtle, and their mother take to Starcross, the finest sea-bathing resort in the entire Asteroid Belt. The fact that there are no seas anywhere should give you a clue. Sure enough, Art and family quickly find themselves grappling with French spies, Yankee rebe

Middle GradeFirst Person NarratorFunnyMale Lead
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Antsy Does Time

Neal Shusterman · 243 pages

Fourteen-year-old Anthony "Antsy" Bonano learns about life, death, and a lot more when he tries to help a friend with a terminal illness feel hopeful about the future.

Middle GradeFirst Person NarratorFunnyMale Lead
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Counting Thyme

Melanie Conklin · 310 pages

When eleven-year-old Thyme Owens little brother, Val, is accepted into a new cancer drug trial, it s just the second chance that he needs. But it also means the Owens family has to move to New York, thousands of miles away from Thyme s best friend and everything she knows and loves. The island of Manhattan doesn t exactly inspire new beginnings, but Thyme tries to embrace the change for what it i

Middle GradeBelongingFirst Person NarratorStarting Over
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Waffle Hearts

Maria Parr · 237 pages

Lena is Trille’s best friend, even if she is a girl. And there is never an ordinary day when you’ve got a best friend like Lena. Hardly a day passes without Trille and Lena inventing some kind of adventure that often ends in trouble. Whether it’s coaxing a cow onto a boat or sledding down the steepest and iciest hill with a chicken, there is always a thrill—and sometimes an injury—to be had. Tril

Middle GradeFirst Person NarratorFunnyMale Lead
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School for Sidekicks

Kelly McCullough · 332 pages

"Superhero geek Evan survives a supervillian's death ray, and is sent to the Academy for Metahuman Operatives. Unfortunately, instead of fighting bad guys, Evan finds himself blacklisted, and on the wrong side of the school's director. Can he convince his semi-retired has-been mentor to become a real hero once again?"--

Middle GradeFirst Person NarratorFunnyMale Lead

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