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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorAwesome Friendly Kid
Jeff Kinney
Rowley Jefferson chronicles his life story and adventures. (Ages 9 to 12)
Tales from a Not-So-Smart Miss Know-It-All
Rachel Renee Russell · 321 pages
Nikki Maxwell authors an advice column for the school newspaper in this fifth installment of the #1 New York Times bestselling Dork Diaries series! Nikki Maxwell develops a sudden interest in student journalism that may or may not (okay, definitely does) have to do with the fact that mean girl MacKenzie has started writing a gossip column. So Nikki joins the school newspaper staff—and ends up a
Never Do Anything, Ever
Jim Benton · 132 pages
A hilarious middle-schooler's diary about her stinky beagle, mad best friend, disgustingly lovely rival and unrequited crush on the eighth-best-looking boy in the class.
Big Nate: In a Class by Himself
Lincoln Peirce · 224 pages
Supremely confident middle school student Nate Wright manages make getting detention from every one of his teachers in the same day seem like an achievement.
David's Diary #3: The Big Bully
Bunmi Laditan; illustrated by Elisa Rocchi
From the Notebooks of a Middle School Princess
Meg Cabot · 182 pages
Twelve-year-old Olivia is a half orphan who's never met her father. Everything changes when Mia Thermopolis, Princess of Genovia, invites Olivia to finally meet her father.
Words of (Questionable) Wisdom from Lydia Goldblatt and Julie Graham-Chang
Amy Ignatow · 204 pages
Twelve-year-old best friends Julie and Lydia are reunited after six months apart, but the news that their friend Sukie's mother has died after a long illness causes them to reevaluate their goals and focus on being supportive of the friends they already have.
Nell of Gumbling: My Holiday Diary
Emma Steinkellner
Pirate Invasion
Marcus Emerson, Noah Child, Sal Hunter · 128 pages
Luv, Amelia Luv, Nadia
Marissa Moss
Ten-year-old Amelia exchanges letters and postcards with her long-distance friend Nadia. Includes actual letters folded and inserted into envelopes.
School, Drool, and Other Daily Disasters
Rachel Vail · 245 pages
Hate That Cat
Sharon Creech · 164 pages
Jack is back at school and thankfully Miss Stretchberry is his teacher again. Jack likes her! But he disagrees with her about one thing ... CATS. Jack hates cats. Or at least he does until he gets to know some kittens and reads some poetry about cats.
A Hero's Guide to Deadly Dragons
Cressida Cowell · 224 pages
When Hiccup gets lost in the Library Labyrinth the Driller-Dragons and Madguts the Murderous are on the prowl.
Middle School: How I Survived Bullies, Broccoli, and Snake Hill
James Patterson, Chris Tebbetts · 320 pages
When Rafe Khatchadorian is sent to Camp Wannamorra, he teams up with his bunkmates to fend off the more popular kids' plans to ruin their summer
Frankie Pickle and the Pine Run 3000
Eric Wight
Fourth-grader Frankie Piccolini's vivid imagination does not help him advance in rank with the rest of his Possum Scout troop, but winning the Pine Run 3000 model car race would give him the points he needs.
The Last Kids on Earth and the Zombie Parade
Max Brallier
Dinotopia: A Land Apart from Time
James Gurney · 159 pages
Professor Denison, the intrepid 19th-century explorer, is back! Some time ago, the professor discovered a lost island where humans and dinosaurs dwell in harmony. Now the professor and Bix, his dinosaur companion, have been summoned to the forbidden empire of Chandara. But when they lose their invitation from the emperor, the adventurers must cross the border penniless and in disguise. A vivid
The Terrible Two
Mac Barnett, Jory John · 224 pages
When master prankster Miles Murphy moves to sleepy Yawnee Valley, he challenges the local mystery prankster in an epic battle of tricks, but soon the two join forces to pull off the biggest prank ever seen.