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24 books with the same feel
Hide books by the same authorWishin' and Hopin'
Wally Lamb · 275 pages
It's 1964 and ten-year-old Felix is sure of a few things: the birds and the bees are puzzling, television is magical, and this is one Christmas he'll never forget.LBJ and Lady Bird are in the White House, Meet the Beatles is on everyone's turntable, and Felix Funicello (distant cousin of the iconic Annette!) is doing his best to navigate fifth grade-easier said than done when scary movies still gi
Dr. Brad Has Gone Mad!
Dan Gutman · 100 pages
The weirdness never stops!Ella Mentry School's counselor wants everybody to stop arguing and get along with one another. He wants everybody to be polite! He wants everybody to live in peace and harmony! What is his problem? Now the boys have to play with dolls! The girls have to play with action figures! And that's only the start of Dr. Brad's weird methods. . . .
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: #1-5 [Box Set]
Jeff Kinney
Junie B., First Grader: Jingle Bells, Batman Smells! (P.S. So Does May.)
Barbara Park · 118 pages
Junie B. Jones wishes that May would stop being such a tattletale, but when she is stuck as May's Secret Santa it becomes real trouble.
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.
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing
Judy Blume · 120 pages
Any fourth grader would agree that Peter Hatcher has a terrible problem—his little brother, Fudge. But the grown-ups in his life just can't see that there is something wrong with a two-year-old who breaks his front teeth try- ing to fly, decides that he is a dog, goes on a no-eat strike, and scribbles all over his brother's homework. Peter is always asked to perform so that Fudge will be less of
The Great Brain
John D. Fitzgerald · 175 pages
Glitter Girls and the Great Fake-Out
Meg Cabot · 194 pages
Clementine
Sara Pennypacker · 136 pages
While sorting through difficulties in her friendship with her neighbor Margaret, eight-year-old Clementine gains several unique hairstyles while also helping her father in his efforts to banish pigeons from the front of their apartment building.
Dory Fantasmagory
Abby Hanlon · 160 pages
Dory, the youngest in her family, is a girl with a very active imagination, and she spends the summer playing with her imaginary friend, pretending to be a dog, battling monsters, and generally driving her family nuts. As the youngest in her family, Dory really wants attention, and more than anything she wants her brother and sister to play with her. But she's too much of a baby for them, so she'
A Christmas Story
Jean Shepherd · 98 pages
A young boy really, really, really wants a Red Ryder air rifle for Christmas but his parents cannot be convinced.
Philip Hall Likes Me. I Reckon Maybe.
Bette Greene · 135 pages
Philip Hall is the cutest, smartest boy in the sixth grade, and Beth Lambert loves him. The fact that he beats her in classwork, sports, and almost everything else doesn't bother Beth at first. Then she realizes that Philip might be best because she's letting him beat her. Beth knows that she deserves to be Number One--and she's going to prove it! This funny, universal story of a girl learning tha
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?
Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things
Lenore Look · 172 pages
Owls in the Family
Farley Mowat · 103 pages
Describes the many adventures of a family that adopts two owls.
Darth Paper Strikes Back
Tom Angleberger · 176 pages
Harvey, upset when his Darth Paper finger puppet brings humiliation, gets Dwight suspended, but Origami Yoda asks Tommy and Kellan, now in seventh grade, to make a new casefile to persuade the School Board to reinstate Dwight.
Never Glue Your Friends to Chairs
Katherine Applegate · 87 pages
When the first-graders' bee antennae would not stay on their heads and the drummers would not stay in their seats for the open house play, Roscoe decides to help by using the "don't-you-dare" glue.
Nate the Great and the Big Sniff
Marjorie Weinman Sharmat, Mitchell Sharmat, Marc Simont · 47 pages
Nate the Great follows the clues to find his lost dog, Sludge, in a department store.
Duck the Halls
Donna Andrews · 329 pages
"As the holidays draw near in Caerphilly, Mother volunteers to take part in a big Christmas-themed decorator show house--each room of a temporarily untenanted house is decorated to the hilt by a different decorator for the public to tour. Of course, Mother insists that Meg pitch in with the organization, and she finds herself surrounded by flamboyant personalities with massive egos clashing and fe
The Case of Hermie the Missing Hamster
James Preller · 80 pages
The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish
Neil Gaiman · 64 pages
This children's book is about a boy who chooses to trade his father for his friend's two goldfish. When his mother returns, she sends the boy and his younger sister on an adventure to return the goldfish and recover their father. However, when the boy arrives at the goldfish owner's home, he finds that his father has been swapped again. This continues, and as the boy and his sister venture thro
Karen's Roller Skates
Ann M. Martin · 112 pages
Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday
Judith Viorst, Ray Cruz · 32 pages
Although Alexander and his money are quickly parted, he comes to realize all the things that can be done with a dollar.