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Why I'm Afraid of Bees

R.L. Stine · 117 pages

Gary's dream is about to come true. He's going to exchange bodies with another kid for a whole week but the new body isn't human.

Body SwapMiddle GradeFunnyMale Lead
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Egg & Spoon

Gregory Maguire · 475 pages

Body SwapWealthy ProtagonistMiddle GradeFunny
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Help! I'm Trapped In My Teacher's Body

Todd Strasser · 115 pages

Jake Sherman used to be your average, ordinary twelve year old, until he turned into his weirdo teacher, Mr. Dirksen! To make matters worse, dorky Mr. Dirksen is running around in Jake's body!

Body SwapMiddle GradeFunnyMale Lead
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To Be A Cat

Matt Haig · 304 pages

Twelve-year-old Barney Willow gets his wish to be a cat but soon discovers that not all felines are cute and cuddly--some are downright evil--and his life is in grave danger, but his missing father may be able to help.

Body SwapMiddle GradeFunnyMale Lead
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The Swap

Megan Shull · 421 pages

When seventh-grader Ellie, who is having best-friend problems, and eighth-grader Jack, who is under tremendous pressure from his father, switch bodies and lives, they learn a great deal about themselves and the opposite sex.

Body SwapMiddle GradeFunnyMale Lead
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I Will Fear No Evil

Robert A. Heinlein · 414 pages

Ideas about our identity. Rich old man who is dying has his mind transplanted into a young woman's body. Both have to learn to live together.

Body SwapWealthy ProtagonistMale Lead
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The Prince and the Pauper

Mark Twain · 270 pages

Body SwapMiddle GradeMale LeadFunny
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Oh, Baby!

Nancy E. Krulik · 80 pages

Oh, baby : When Suzanne complains that she's treated like a baby, because her parents won't let her go to the movies, Katie actually becomes Suzanne's baby sister, Heather. When Katie is Heather-she speaks. Girls don't have cooties: Katie wants to go to Suzanne's sleepover party, but Jeremy wants her to ride the new roller coaster with him. Annoyed, Jeremy and the other boys decide that all girls

Body SwapMiddle GradeFunny
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Freaky Friday

Mary Rodgers · 145 pages

Like Mother, Like Daughter... Annabel Andrews is tired of her mother telling her on what to do. She's tired of being told to do her homework, clean up her room, and be nice to her little brother, Ape Face. If she were an adult, she could do anything she wanted, like watch TV all day and eat marshmallows for breakfast. One Friday morning, Annabel's wish comes true when she wakes up and realiz

Body SwapMiddle GradeFunny
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The Boy Who Swam with Piranhas

David Almond · 230 pages

"Stanley Potts's uncle Ernie has developed an over-the-top fascination with canning fish in the house, and life at 69 Fish Quay Lane has turned barmy. But there's darkness in the madness, and when Uncle Ernie's obsession takes an unexpectedly cruel turn, Stan has no choice but to leave. As he journeys away from the life he's always known, he mingles with a carnival full of eccentric characters and

Traveling CircusMiddle GradeFunnyMale Lead
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Yumi and the Nightmare Painter

Brandon Sanderson · 480 pages

Body SwapFunnyMale LeadAdventure
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Gender Blender

Blake Nelson · 182 pages

Emma:Wants Jeff Matthews to notice her. Hates sexist boys. Wonders when she'll get her period. Tom:Must avoid looking like a wuss. Must deal with his blended family. Must get a chance with Kelly A.Then something freaky happens: Emma and Tom switch bodies. And until they can find a remedy: Emma:Can't believe she has a . . . thingie.Hates mean girls. Finds out secondhand that her period has arrived.

Body SwapMiddle GradeFunny
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The Kite Rider

Geraldine McCaughrean · 304 pages

In thirteenth-century China, after trying to save his widowed mother from a horrendous second marriage, twelve-year-old Haoyou has life-changing adventures when he takes to the sky as a circus kite rider and ends up meeting the great Mongol ruler Kublai Khan.

Traveling CircusMiddle GradeMale LeadAdventure
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Wild Boy

Rob Lloyd Jones · 295 pages

Wild Boy becomes a sideshow freak. Isolated from other children and abused by the cruel master who bought him, Wild Boy becomes an avid observer, developing Sherlock Holmes-like deductive skills. Although he is tormented and insulted, kicked and spat at, his quick mind takes in everything he sees. When a murder occurs at the fair, Wild Boy is accused. Can he use his powers of deduction to save him

Traveling CircusMiddle GradeMale LeadAdventure
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The Boundless

Kenneth Oppel · 332 pages

Aboard "The Boundless," the greatest train ever built, on its maiden voyage across Canada, teenaged Will enlists the aid of a traveling circus to save the train from villains.

Traveling CircusMiddle GradeMale LeadAdventure
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Escape from the Carnivale

Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson · 134 pages

Traveling CircusMiddle GradeFunnyAdventure
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The Truth

Zizou Corder · 272 pages

Charlie Ashanti, the hero of LIONBOY, speaks cat - the language of all cats wild and domestic alike. His unusual talent helps him on his quest to find his kidnapped parents who have discovered a cure for asthma. The local cats of his home town (a futuristic London) start him on his search to solve the mystery of his missing parents, which leads him across the channel on board a circus ship bound f

Traveling CircusMiddle GradeMale LeadAdventure
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The Exquisite Corpse Adventure

M.T. Anderson, Jon Scieszka, Katherine Paterson, Shannon Hale, Gregory Maguire, Lemony Snicket, Kate DiCamillo, Natalie Babbitt, Susan Cooper, Megan McDonald, Linda Sue Park, Patricia C. McKissack, Fredrick L. McKissack, Steven Kellogg, Nikki Grimes, Jack Gantos · 285 pages

Twins Joe and Nancy were raised in a circus but on their eleventh birthday they learn their parents are still alive and need their help, so they set out on an quest filled with many extraordinary beings and adventures. Consists of twenty-seven episodes by nineteen authors and pictures by five illustrators.

Traveling CircusMiddle GradeFunnyAdventure
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The Secret of the Crooked Cat

William Arden · 182 pages

Using a clue provided by an unusual stuffed cat, three young detectives investigate the mysterious troubles of an accident-prone carnival.

Traveling CircusMiddle GradeMale LeadAdventure
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Hurrah for the Circus!

Enid Blyton · 157 pages

Jimmy thought life at the circus couldn't get any more interesting, until Roma and Fric and their troupe of tigers join it! Jimmy is thrilled when he's asked to join the travellers with their magnificent tigers. He longs to get inside the cages with them and work his magic, even if he has to sneak in when he's not supposed to! And in doing so, he risks his deep friendship with Lotta ... Things see

Traveling CircusMiddle GradeMale LeadAdventure
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Out of Sight, Out of Mind

Marilyn Kaye · 240 pages

Thirteen year old Queen-of-mean Amanda Beeson, wakes up one morning in the wrong body. She's become lonely, unfashionable Tracey Devon - one of Amanda's targets for bullying. Amanda discovers that Tracey, ignored at home and at school, has the ability to turn invisible. Amanda sets out to rescue her one-time victim from obscurity - as well as rescuing herself from Tracey's life!

Body SwapMiddle Grade
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The Palace of Laughter: The Wednesday Tales No. 1

Jon Berkeley · 432 pages

Miles Wednesday, orphaned, unwashed and living in a barrel, has never been to a circus before—but then the Circus Oscuro is no ordinary circus. There's a strange beast called The Null and an array of sinister-looking clowns, and when an unusual little girl with wings falls from a tower during the performance, Miles's life is changed forever. As Miles and Little embark on an extraordinary journey t

Traveling CircusMiddle GradeMale LeadAdventure
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Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches, Vol. 01

Miki Yoshikawa · 195 pages

"Class troublemaker Ryu Yamada is already having a bad day when he stumbles down a staircase along with star student Urara Shiraishi. When he wakes up, he realizes they have switched bodies--and that Ryu has the power to trade places with anyone just by kissing them! After figuring out the workings behind this new and amazing ability, Ryu and Urara take full advantage of the situation to improve t

Body SwapFunnyMale Lead
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Mr Nobody's Eyes

Michael Morpurgo · 170 pages

Follows the adventures of an extraordinary pair on the run: an escaped circus monkey and an ostracized young English boy named Harry.

Traveling CircusMiddle GradeMale Lead

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