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• Big Nate

  in a Class by Himself

  Peirce, Lincoln,

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  Illustrated juv fiction. Supremely confident middle-school student Nate Wright manages to make getting detention from every one of his teachers in the same day seem like an achievement. Lincoln Pierce was one of Jeff Kinney's major inspirations.

• Ben Yokoyama and the Cookie of Doom

  Swanson, Matthew, 1974-

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  Heavily illustrated juv fiction. When Ben's fortune cookie says he's going to die the next day, he tries to cram as many experiences as he can into one last day.

• Stuntboy, in the Meantime

  Reynolds, Jason,

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  Illustrated juv fiction. Portico Reeves's alter ego, Stuntboy, saves his friends and neighbors from pratfalls by taking them on himself. But in the meantime, his parents have been spending lots of time being mean to each other.

• The 13-story Treehouse

  Griffiths, Andy, 1961-

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  Heavily-illustrated juv fiction. Life in their treehouse would be perfect for Andy and Terry if it wasn't for the fact that they have to write their next book, which is almost impossible because there are just so many distractions, including…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Locker Hero

  Russell, Rachel Renée,

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  Illustrated juv fiction. One of Max Crumbly's first experiences of public middle school after being homeschooled is with a bully. But that doesn't mean he can't become his school's hero, like in his favorite comic books!

• Dork Diaries

  Tales From a Not-so-fabulous Life

  Russell, Rachel Renée,

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  Heavily illustrated juv fiction. When Nikki starts at a new school, she's really nervous about finding "her people".

• Mistakes Were Made

  Pastis, Stephan,

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  Heavily illustrated juv fiction. Timmy Failure is the president and CEO of the best detective agency in the nation. Oh, and his sidekick is a 1500-pound polar bear named Total.

• Airi Sano, Prankmaster General

  New School Skirmish

  Tokushige, Zoe,

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  Heavily illustrated juv fiction. As an "army brat", Airi has never stayed at one school long enough to get help for her academic problems. So she covers her struggles by being a clown and prankster. But she may have met her match in her new…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Picture Day

  Sax, Sarah,

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  Graphic novel. Viv is tired of blending in, so she takes a pair of scissors to her hair for picture day. Suddenly she's a trendsetter -- but how do her friends feel about her newfound popularity?

• New Kid

  Craft, Jerry,

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  Fictionalized autobiographical graphic novel. When Jerry starts as a scholarship student at a fancy private school, he's one of the only Black kids there. But he finds he no longer entirely fits in at his NYC neighborhood, either...

• The Strange Case of Origami Yoda

  Angleberger, Tom,

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  Illustrated juv fiction. Can an origami finger puppet really predict the future?

• The Bad Beginning

  Snicket, Lemony,

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  Juv fiction. The newly orphaned Baudelaire children have wit and resourcefulness aplenty. Which is good, because they also have extraordinarily bad luck...

• The Swifts

  a Dictionary of Scoundrels

  Lincoln, Beth,

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  Every child born into the Swift family is given a name out of the Family Dictionary. And although Shenanigan Swift does enjoy her schemes and mischief, she wants to become more than her name. So when Great-Aunt Schadenfreude is murdered at a family…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Oliver's Great Big Universe

  Cham, Jorge,

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  Illustrated juv fiction. Oliver copes with his new middle school by writing in his diary and diving into his favorite topic: science! But can he learn how to stay out of the principal's office, or catch a break from his annoying sister?

• Matilda

  Dahl, Roald,

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  Illustrated juv fiction classic. Highly-intelligent Matilda's parents are a caricature of neglectfulness; her school's headmistress is a caricature of a bully. The only kind person in her life is her teacher, Miss Honey. And Matilda's had enough.

• Dear Justice League

  Northrop, Michael,

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  Graphic novel. Iconic superheroes are asked questions both big and small and, when they're not busy saving the world, the Justice League even finds time to respond in this humorous graphic novel.

• The Fairy Tale Fan Club

  Legendary Letters Collected by C. C. Cecily

  Ayoade, Richard, 1977-

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  Illustrated juv fiction. In this series of letters organized by fictitious C. C. Cecily, Senior Secretary of the Fairy Tale Fan Club, the fairest of them all (and a few bitter foes) correspond with curious--and opinionated--fans.

• Mac Undercover

  Barnett, Mac,

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  Heavily illustrated juv fiction. One day, American kid Mac is invited to become a British spy. Adventure ensues.

• Sideways Stories From Wayside School

  Sachar, Louis, 1954-

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  Juv fiction. Instead of being built thirty rooms wide, Wayside School was built thirty rooms tall. And the people inside are equally as wonky.

• The Willoughbys

  Lowry, Lois

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  Juv fiction. The four Willoughby children set about to become "deserving orphans" after their neglectful parents embark on a treacherous around-the-world adventure, leaving them in the care of an odious nanny.