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Judy Blume Boxed Set (Fudge-a-Mania / Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great / Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing / Superfudge)

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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'

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The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963

Christopher Paul Curtis · 239 pages

The ordinary interactions and everyday routines of the Watsons, an African American family living in Flint, Michigan, are drastically changed after they go to visit Grandma in Alabama in the summer of 1963.

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My Big Fat Zombie Goldfish

Mo O'Hara · 189 pages

When Tom's big brother decides to become an Evil Scientist, his first experiment involves dunking Frankie the goldfish into toxic green gunk. To save Frankie Tom zaps him with a battery to bring him back to life, but there's something weird about the new Frankie. He's now a big fat zombie goldfish with hypnotic powers and he's out for revenge.

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The Jacqueline Wilson Collection

Jacqueline Wilson · 210 pages

I'm Tracy Beaker. This is a book all about me. I'd read it if I were you. It's the most incredible dynamic heart-rending story. Honest...THE STORY OF TRACY BEAKERI'm Tracy Beaker. This is a book all about me. I'd read it if I were you. It's the most incredible dynamic heart-rending story. Honest...SHORTLISTED FOR THE SMARTIES PRIZE AND CARNEGIE MEDALWinner of The Oak Tree Award & the Sheffield Chi

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Notes from a Liar and Her Dog

Gennifer Choldenko · 216 pages

Eleven-year-old Ant, stuck in a family that she does not like, copes by pretending that her "real" parents are coming to rescue her, by loving her dog Pistachio, by volunteering at the zoo, and by bending the truth and telling lies.

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The Great Brain

John D. Fitzgerald · 175 pages

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Nicholas

Rene Goscinny · 131 pages

This collection of stories focuses on the whimsical adventures and misadventures of little Nicolas and his friends at school and at play. Available to English-speaking children for the first time, this worldwide classic is one of a five book series that brings to life the day-to-day adventures of a young school boy--amusing, endearing, and always in trouble.

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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

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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. . . .

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Glitter Girls and the Great Fake-Out

Meg Cabot · 194 pages

Child NarratorMiddle GradeLightheartedFunny
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The Case of Hermie the Missing Hamster

James Preller · 80 pages

Child NarratorLightheartedMiddle GradeFirst Person Narrator
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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.

Child NarratorMiddle GradeLightheartedFunny
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Vampire Blood Trilogy

Darren Shan · 512 pages

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Ramona Forever

Beverly Cleary · 182 pages

If you're not already a Beverly Cleary fan, you'll discover why she's such a popular author when you read Ramona Forever, the newest adventure in the Quimby family series. This story of a grown-up third grader who is sometimes a pest but always wonderful will keep you smiling till the very last page.

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Horrible Harry in Room 2B

Suzy Kline · 56 pages

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Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

Judith Viorst · 32 pages

On a day when everything goes wrong for him, Alexander is consoled by the thought that other people have bad days too.

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Charmed Life

Diana Wynne Jones · 218 pages

An elegant stranger appears on seedy Coven Street and collects the two Chant orphans -- Gwendolen, a powerful young witch, and Cat, her brother. The stranger, known as "Chrestomanci," delivers the children to the grandeur of Chrestomanci Castle. Frustrated that the witches of the castle refuse to acknowledge her talents, Gwendolen conjures up a scheme that could throw whole worlds out of whack.

Sibling RivalryMiddle GradeLightheartedFunny
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A Long Way from Chicago

Richard Peck · 160 pages

What happens when Joey and his sister, Mary Alice -- two city slickers from Chicago -- make their annual summer visits to Grandma Dowdel's seemingly sleepy Illinois town? August 1929: They see their first corpse, and he isn't resting easy. August 1930: The Cowgill boys terrorize the town, and Grandma fights back with a dead mouse and a bottle of milk. August 1931: Joey and Mary Alice help Grandma

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Karen's Roller Skates

Ann M. Martin · 112 pages

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