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Justin Case: School, Drool and other Daily Disasters
Author: Rachel Vail
It's the start of the school year, and nothing feels right to Justin. He didn't get the teacher he wanted, he's not in the same class as his best friend, and his little sister, Elizabeth, is starting kindergarten at his school. Ages 7-10
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Adventures of Super Diaper Baby
Author: Dav Pilkey
Irrepressible friends George and Harold create a new comic book superhero, Super Diaper Baby.
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Alvin Ho: Allergic to Dead Bodies, Funerals and Other Fatal Circumstances
Author: Lenore Look
A fearful second grader in Concord, Massachusetts, learns about death when his grandfather's best friend dies and he offers to accompany his grandfather to the funeral. Ages 6-10
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Big Nate in a Class by Himself
Author: Charise Harper
When her teacher announces that the class will be putting on a play, Grace hopes she will win the part of the forest fairy queen. Ages 7-10
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Charlie Joe Jackson’s Guide to Extra Credit
Author: Tom Greenwald
Bright but unenthusiastic middle school student Charlie Joe Jackson signs up for the school play in an attempt to get straight As on his last quarter report card in order to avoid having to go to Camp Rituhbukkee over the summer. Age 9-12
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Clarice Bean, Don’t Look Now
Author: Lauren Child
When her best friend announces that she is moving away, Clarice Bean has a new entry for her "Worry" journal and hopes that something will happen to change things back to the way they were.
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Dear Toni
Author: Cyndi Sand-Eveland
Sixth grader Gene dreads an assignment to write for 100 days in a journal. Her imaginary reader Gene, nicknameD “Toni, ” becomes a best friend to whom Gene tells everything family problems and especially her desire for a dog. Ages 8-12
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Diary of a Fairy Godmother
Author: Esmé Raji Codel
When her training as a wicked witch doesn't go so well and she is expelled from charm school, Hunky Dory decides to follow her real passion of becoming a fairy godmother where she will use her magic to help others fulfill their dreams.
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Doodlebug: A Novel in Doodle
Author: Karen Romano Young
Moving is tough, and harder even for Doreen "Dodo" Bussey who suspects it might be because of her. Her mother gives Dodo a blank notebook, which she uses to chronicle the move and the first days in a new city. Ages 8-10
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Dragonbreath
Author: Ursula Vernon
Danny Dragonbreath and his friend Wendell get an up-close underwater tour of the Sargasso Sea from Danny's sea-serpent cousin, encountering giant squid and sharks--and learn about standing up to bullies in the process.
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Ellie McDoodle: Best Friends Fur-Ever
Author: Ruth Barshaw
Ellie pet-sits for her neighbor's African grey parrot Alix, about whom she is writing a report, while her family argues over whether to get a cat or a dog, and her little brother accidentally lets Alix out of his cage, all of which is chronicled in Ellie's ever-present sketchbook. Ages 8-10
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Gorilla City
Author: Nick Ward
The author claims to be an eight-year-old boy explorer who has, miraculously, lived for over four hundred years, travelling the earth, fighting giant crocodiles, learning to speak with gorillas, and trying to find a way to return home. This book is his journal. Amazing Adventures of Charlie Small series.
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Herbert’s Wormhole: A Novel in Cartoons
Author: Peter Nelson
When almost-sixth-grader Alex, a video game fanatic, is forced on a "playdate" with his neighbor Herbert, an inventor, the two travel to the twenty-second century and face off against aliens, who are not as nice as most people think.
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Homework Machine
Author: Dan Gutman
Four fifth-grade students--a geek, a class clown, a teacher's pet, and a slacker--as well as their teacher and mothers, each relate events surrounding a computer programmed to complete homework assignments. Ages 9-12
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How to Dork Your Diary
Author: Rachel Renee Russell
Nikki Maxwell has been writing in a diary since the start of the school year, and she usually takes it everywhere she goes - so she can't believe it when one morning she can't find it! Ages 8-12
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Junie B. Jones:Aloha-ha-ha!
Author: Barbara Park
Excitable Junie B. Jones manages to find trouble both before and during a trip to Hawaii and records each incident in a photo journal given to her by her teacher. Ages: 5-8
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Just Grace, Star on Stage
Author: Obert Skye
Twelve-year-old Rob has stuffed his closet with old laboratory experiments, unread books, and more, and when a creature emerges from that chaos causing a great deal of trouble, Rob has to do such horrible things as visit a library and speak at a school assembly to set things right again. Ages 8-12
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Keep on Burpin’
Author: Nancy Krulik
Fourth grader George Brown battles a skunk, makes a splash at the water park and gets stuck in a giant nostril at the science museum. Ages 7-11
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Legend of Spud Murphy
Author: Eoin Colfer
When their mother starts dropping them off at the library several afternoons a week, nine-year-old William and his brother dread boredom and the overbearing librarian, but they are surprised at how things turn out.
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Let's Pretend this Never Happened
Author: Jim Benton
In her diary, middle school student Jamie Kelly describes her life at home and at school, including her attempts to triumph over her nemesis, the beautiful and popular Angeline. Dear Dumb Diary Series.
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Little Wolf's Diary of Daring Deeds
Author: Ian Whybrow
In letters home to Mom and Dad, Little Wolf describes his journey to rescue his little brother, Smellybreff, from a crafty cubnapper, Mister Twister the Fox.
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Loser List
Author: Holly Kowitt
When Danny gets caught trying to cross his name off the "Geek" list in the girls' bathroom, he's sent to detention. Bullies torment him mercilessly -- until they discover that Danny can draw. He enjoys his new "bad boy" status, supplying tattoos and graffiti, until he's unknowingly drawn into a theft. Age 8-12
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Lunch Lady and the Picture Day Peril
Author: Jarrett Krosoczka
When eccentric photographer Stefani DePino comes to Thompson Brook to take school pictures in the midst of an acne epidemic, Lunch Lady, Betty, and the Breakfast Bunch learn that Stefani is using them to break into the world of high fashion. Ages 7-10 J Krosoczka
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Middle School is Worse than Meatloaf: a Year Told Through Stuff
Author: Jennifer L. Holm
Told entirely through notes, grocery receipts, and a vast array of other items, this story follows Ginny as she accidentally dyes her hair pink, throws live frogs in class, and loses the lead role in ballet to her ex-best friend.
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Please Write in this Book
Author: Mary Amato
When Ms. Wurtz leaves a blank book in the Writer's Corner with a note encouraging those who find it to "talk to each other" in its pages, the student's entries spark a classroom-wide battle.
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Popularity Papers: Research for the Social Improvement...
Author: Amy Ignatow
Two best friends embark on a project to study the behavior and taste of the popular girls at their elementary school so that by the time they get to middle school they too will be in the right crowd. Novel appears in the form of a scrapbook. Ages: 10-13
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Prince of Underwhere
Author: Bruce Hale
When Zeke, his twin sister Stephanie, their neighbor Hector, and Hector's cat Fitz slide into the world of Underwhere, Zeke is hailed as a prince who will, according to an ancient prophecy, free the Undies from the evil UnderLord's rule by finding and destroying his throne.
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Regarding the Fountain: A Tale, in Letters, of Liars and Leaks
Author: Kate Klise
When the principal asks a fifth-grader to write a letter regarding the purchase of a new drinking fountain for their school, he finds that all sorts of chaos results.
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Revenge of the Itty-Bitty Brothers
Author: Lin Oliver
When Daniel learns to control his shrinking, Pablo, his tiny twin, writes a list of fun things they can do, including riding in a model rocket near the La Brea Tar Pits, which teaches the brothers the importance of sticking together.
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Rule the School
Author: Scott Segert
When one of his experiments makes supervillain Vordak the Incomprehensible younger, he comes out of retirement to launch his latest attempt to defeat Commander Virtue and rule the world, starting with Farding Junior High School. A top supervillain offers rules and advice to readers on how to develop an evil plan to rule the school. Ages 8-12
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Schooled
Author: Gordon Korman
Homeschooled by his hippie grandmother, Capricorn (Cap) Anderson has never watched television, tasted a pizza, or even heard of a wedgie. But when his grandmother lands in the hospital, Cap is forced to move in with a guidance counselor and attend the local middle school. While Cap knows a lot about tie-dyeing and Zen Buddhism, no education could prepare him for the politics of public school.
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Sideways stories from Wayside School
Author: Louis Sachar
Humorous episodes from the classroom on the thirtieth floor of Wayside School, which was accidentally built sideways with one classroom on each story. Ages 6-12
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Snarf Attack Underfoodle and the Meaning of Life
Author: Mary Amato
Keeping themselves entertained is not a problem to Orville and Wilbur Riot as these two mischievous brothers can make an adventure out of the silliest things. Riot Brothers Series.
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Spaceheadz Book #1
Author: John Scieszka
On his first day at Brooklyn's P.S. 858, fifth-grader Michael K. is teamed with two very strange students, and while he gradually comes to believe they are aliens who need his help, he has trouble convincing anyone else of the truth. Ages 7-11
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Stanford Wong Flunks Big-Time
Author: Lisa Yee
After flunking sixth-grade English, basketball prodigy Stanford Wong must struggle to pass his summer-school class, keep his failure a secret from his friends, and satisy his academically demanding father.
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Star Jumper: Journal of a Cardboard Genius
Author: Frank Asch
Determined to get far away from his “evil little brother”, Alex works to design a spaceship that will take him so far away from Earth that not even the NASA experts can find him, yet when his brother catches on to his plan, Alex fears that his nearly finished project may be ruined before he gets his chance to take-off.
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Stink and the midnight Zombie Walk
Author: Megan McDonald
Stink and his friends try to earn money to buy the latest book in the Nightmare on Zombie Street series and go to the book release party. Ages 5-8
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Strange Case of Origami Yoda
Author: Tom Angleberger
Sixth-grader Tommy and his friends describe their interactions with a paper finger puppet of Yoda, worn by their weird classmate Dwight, as they try to figure out whether or not the puppet can really predict the future. Ages 9-12
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Trash Crisis on Earth
Author: Alexander Stadler
Eight-year-old Julian Rodriguez escapes from the crisis of the moment (being sent to his room for not taking out the trash) by imagining he's a space warrior. Ages 6-9
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Twits
Author: Roald Dahl
The misadventures of two terrible old people who enjoy playing nasty tricks and are finally outwitted by a family of monkeys.
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Villian’s Lair
Author: Wendelin Van Draanen
Thirteen-year-old Dave and his sidekick, a talking gecko named Sticky, try to retrieve an ancient Aztec powerband and its magic ingots from the evil villain, Damien Black. Ages: 9-12
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Wonkenstein: Creature from My Closet
Author: Lincoln Peirce
Twelve-year-old Rob has stuffed his closet with old laboratory experiments, unread books, and more, and when a creature emerges from that chaos causing a great deal of trouble, Rob has to do such horrible things as visit a library and speak at a school assembly to set things right again. Ages 8-12
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