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The Children Who Smelled a Rat |
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By Allan Ahlberg |
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| The Riot Brothers |
| By Mary Amato |
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Ivy and Bean |
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By Annie Barrows |
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A Bear Named Trouble |
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By Marion Dane Bauer |
Two lonely boys help an injured bear and a zookeeper’s family. |
| Franny K. Stein, Mad Scientist |
| By Jim Benton |
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| The World According to Humphrey |
By Betty Birney |
Humphrey, a pet hamster, learns that he has to help a class at Longfellow School.
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The SOS File |
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By Betsy Byars |
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The students in Mr. Magro’s class submit stories about their biggest emergencies, and have to read them aloud. |
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Tales Our Abuelitas Told: a Hispanic Folktale Collection |
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By Isabel F. Campoy |
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The author’s retelling of more than ten traditional tales.
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Clarice Bean Spells Trouble |
| By Lauren Child |
Clarice tries to help a friend in need by following the rules of her favorite fictional spy.
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| The Big Scoop |
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Dorian Cirrone |
Lindy Blues with a nose for news is stumped when she learns about a missing ice cream shop. |
| Ramona Quimby |
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By Beverly Cleary |
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Family Life and Humor Series. |
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Birdbrain Amos, Mr. Fun |
| By M.C. Delaney |
Amos, a hippopotamus, and his tick bird friend, Amoeba, share an adventure.
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| The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane |
| By Kate DiCamillo |
Edward Tulane, a proud toy rabbit, travels across the country and endures hardship. |
| The Sloppy Copy Slipup |
| By DyAnne DiSalvo-Ryan |
Brian worries about his teacher’s reaction when he turns in his writing assignment. |
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Phineas L. MacGuire Erupts! The First Experiment |
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By Frances O’Roark Dowell |
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Science wiz, Phineas, is forced to team up with the new boy in class on a science fair project. |
| Hanne’s Quest |
By Olivier Dunrea |
A young hen must prove herself pure, wise and brave in a quest to save her owner’s farm. |
| Beauty and the Beast |
A kind and beautiful maid releases a handsome prince from the spell that cast him as an ugly beast. |
| Notso Hotso |
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By Anne Fine |
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Anthony, a neglected pet dog, has most of his hair shaved off and realizes he looks like a lion. |
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Lowji Discovers America |
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By Candace Fleming |
Lowji, an East Indian boy, tries to adjust to his life in suburban America. |
| Ghosthunters and the Totally Moldy Baroness! |
By Cornelia Funke |
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| Dude, Where’s My Spaceship? |
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By Dan Greenburg |
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When the space aliens unexpectedly land on the Nevada desert, hilarity ensues. |
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Rosy Cole’s Memoir Explosion |
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By Sheila Greenwald |
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When Rosy writes her memoir her frank explanations end up offending just about everyone. |
| Dear Max |
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By Sally Grindley, |
Max and his favorite writer exchange letters and develop a special friendship. |
| Say What? |
| By Margaret Peterson Haddix |
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Parents use language as a way to stop bad behavior, and mix-ups occur. |
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Lugalbanda: the Boy Who Got Caught up in a War |
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By Kathy Henderson |
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An ancient Sumerian tale about the youngest and weakest of eight brothers who, caught up in an ill-advised war, uses his wits and courage and eventually becomes king. |
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Emma Dilemma and the New Nanny |
By Patricia Hermes |
Emma tries to make her parents understand its okay that her beloved new nanny isn’t perfect. |
| Babymouse |
By Jennifer Holm |
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Bunnicula |
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By Deborah and James Howe |
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Toys Go Out: Being the Adventures of a Knowledgeable Stingray, a Toughy Little Buffalo and Someone Called Plastic |
| By Emily Jenkins |
Stories relating the adventures of three best friends, who happen to be toys. |
| Dead Guys Talk: a Wild Willie Mystery |
By Barbara Joosse |
A mysterious client sends the detectives to a cemetery for clues. |
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Martin Bridge on the Lookout! |
| By Jessica Scott Kerrin |
Three stories about Martin, one sharing lunch with a boy who eats erasers. Also look for Martin Bridge: Blazing Ahead. |
| The Golden Goose |
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By Dick King-Smith |
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Farmer Skint has fallen on hard times, but his luck changes when a golden goose arrives. |
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Year of the Dog |
| By Grace Lin |
A young Taiwanese American girl applies the lessons of the Chinese Year of the Dog to her own life. |
| Drita, My Homegirl |
By Jenny Lombard |
Drita is teased about not speaking English well, and makes a friend. |
| Ruby Lu, Empress of Everything |
| By Lenore Look |
Ruby finds her new family from China challenging, and faces various adventures in summer school. Also look for, Ruby Lu, Brave and True. |
| Moon Runner |
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By Carolyn Marsden |
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Mina discovers that she can run faster than her best friend Ruth, and has a tough decision to make. Also read, The Jade Dragon.
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Akimbo and the Elephants |
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By Alexander McCall Smith |
Akimbo devises a dangerous plan to catch a ring of elephant poachers. |
| Judy Moody |
| By Megan McDonald |
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| Roxie and the Hooligans |
| By Phyllis Reynolds Naylor |
Roxie becomes stranded on an island with a gang of school bullies and a pair of bank robbers. |
| Clementine |
| By Sara Pennypacker |
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Clementine gains several unique hairstyles while helping her father rid the pigeons from the front of their apartment building. |
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Extreme Team |
| By Stephanie Peters |
Matt Christopher Sports Series. Also see, Soccer Cats, another Matt Christopher Sports Series. |
| Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich: and Other Stories You’re Sure to Like Because They’re All About Monsters, and Some of Them Are Also About Food… |
| By Adam Rex |
Poems about the well-kept secrets of Wolfman, Bigfoot, Godzilla, and others. |
| Fairy Realm |
| By Emily Rodda |
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| Wayside School |
| By Louis Sachar |
Humor and Fantasy Series. |
| My Haunted House |
By Angie Sage |
Araminta enlists the help of several ghosts in an attempt to stop her Aunt Tabby from selling Spook House. Also read the sequel, The Sword in the Grotto. |
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Time Warp Trio |
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By Jon Scieszka |
Humor and Science Fiction Series. |
| Encyclopedia Brown |
By Donald Sobol |
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| Fergus Crane |
By Paul Stewart |
Fergus’s life is filled with classes and schoolwork until a mysterious box flies into his window and leads him on adventures. |
| Geronimo Stilton |
By Geronimo Stilton |
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Mostly Ghostly |
| By R. L. Stine |
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| Crossing Bok Chitto: A Choctaw Tale of Friendship and Freedom |
| By Tim Tingle |
A Choctaw angel leads seven slaves to freedom by crossing Bok Chitto, a river in Mississippi. |
| Three Good Deeds |
| By Vivian Vande Velde |
Caught stealing some goose eggs from a witch, Howard is turned into a goose, and can become human again by performing three good deeds. |
