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Rodrick Rules

Jeff Kinney · 224 pages

Greg Heffley tells about his summer vacation and his attempts to steer clear of trouble when he returns to middle school and tries to keep his older brother Rodrick from telling everyone about Greg's most humiliating experience of the summer.

Diary FormatMiddle GradeIllustrated BookFunny
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How to be a Dork!

Rachel Renee Russell

It's pink, the tittle is in yellow and it has stars.

Diary FormatIllustrated BookMiddle GradeFunny
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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.

Diary FormatMiddle GradeIllustrated BookFunny
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David's Diary #3: The Big Bully

Bunmi Laditan; illustrated by Elisa Rocchi

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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.

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The Awesomely Awful Melodies of Lydia Goldblatt and Julie Graham-Chang

Amy Ignatow · 203 pages

Lydia and Julie decide to start a rock band with their friends, unfortunately, none of them are very good musicians and suddenly the whole school knows about their band and wants to hear them play.

Diary FormatMiddle GradeIllustrated BookFunny
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Diary FormatMiddle GradeFunnyFirst Person Narrator
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Gravity Falls: Journal 3

Alex Hirsch, Rob Renzetti

Diary FormatIllustrated BookMiddle GradeFunny
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Twerp

Mark Goldblatt

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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.

Diary FormatMiddle GradeFunnyFirst Person Narrator
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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

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The Reluctant Journal of Henry K. Larsen

Susin Nielsen · 243 pages

When thirteen-year-old Henry and his family move to the city to leave behind a secret tragedy, Henry finds a journal is his best friend.

Diary FormatMiddle GradeFunnyFirst Person Narrator
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My Weird School: #1-4 [Collection with Bonus Material]

Dan Gutman, Jim Paillot · 384 pages

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The Diary of a Killer Cat

Anne Fine · 60 pages

Poor Ellie is horrified when Tuffy drags a dead bird into the house. Then a mouse. But Tuffy can't understand what all the fuss is about.Who on earth will be the next victim to arrive through the cat-flap? Can soft-hearted Ellie manage to get her beloved pet to change his wild, wild ways before he ends up in even deeper trouble?The hilarious antics of Tuffy and his family are told by the killer ca

Diary FormatMiddle GradeFunnyFirst Person Narrator
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Pirate Invasion

Marcus Emerson, Noah Child, Sal Hunter · 128 pages

Diary FormatMiddle GradeFunnyMale Lead
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The Karate Mouse

Geronimo Stilton · 134 pages

Middle GradeIllustrated BookFunnyFirst Person Narrator
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Cat and Mouse in a Haunted House

Geronimo Stilton, Elisabetta Dami · 111 pages

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Middle School: Get Me Out of Here!

James Patterson, Chris Tebbetts, Laura Park · 281 pages

Rafe croyait que la 6e avait été la pire année de sa vie. Mais avec cette année de 5e qui commence, il s'apprête à connaître le pire du pire ! Sa mère perd son emploi et la famille doit déménager. Voilà Rafe inscrit dans le collège d'une grande ville où, comme il dit, les élèves tels que lui finissent immanquablement en chair à pâté ! Heureusement, grâce à son ancienne prof d'anglais, Rafe est à l

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The 26-Storey Treehouse

Andy Griffiths · 352 pages

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Caleb's Story

Patricia MacLachlan · 116 pages

Sequel to: Skylark. The stranger lurking on the Witting family's prairie farm turns out to be their long-lost grandfather, whose presence plus prodding from Sarah forces Jacob to deal with his past.

Diary FormatMiddle GradeFirst Person NarratorMale 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

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