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Con Academy
By Joe Schreiber. 2015
It's his senior year and Will Shea has conned his way into one of the country's most elite prep schools.…
But he soon runs into Andrea, a fellow con-artist. With the school not big enough for the both of them, they make a bet that whoever can con Brandt Rush, the richest, most privileged student in the school out of $50K, gets to stay at the school. Will starts setting up his con (an online poker scam) with his uncle who's one of the best grifters in the business, but also with the unwanted help of his father.. The plot thickens as Will starts falling for fellow student Gatsby, and some of Will's lies start to catch up with him. In this twisty tale of scams, secrets, lies and deception, it hard to figure out who's conning who!Field Trip
By Gary Paulsen, Jim Paulsen. 2015
Father-and-son writing team Gary and Jim Paulsen pick up where their Road Trip left off. Ben has been invited to…
try out for a special hockey academy. But Dad wants Ben to catch up to the school field trip instead. So Ben, Dad, and their dogs, Atticus and Conor, jump into their truck. Ben concocts a secret plan to make the tryout, but Atticus and Conor are on to him. Ben and Dad's road trip turns into a wacky adventure full of new friends and surprises.Horrid Henry's Stinkbomb
By Francesca Simon. 2009
Horrid Henry and Moody Margaret are a perfect pair. Henry has a secret club that doesn't allow girls in. Margaret…
has a secret club just for girls, and both Henry and Margaret love to play pranks. But with Perfect Peter and Sour Susan acting as spies, which secret club will win? Plus three other stories that totally don't stink.The Knights of the Kitchen Table #1
By Jon Scieszka, Lane Smith. 1991
Everyone's favorite time-travelers are changing their styles! The Time Warp Trio series now features a brand-new, eye-catching design, sure to…
appeal to longtime fans, and those new to Jon Scieszka's wacky brand of humor.It Happened on a Train (Brixton Brothers #3)
By Adam Rex, Mac Barnett. 2011
Retired private detective and current seventh grader Steve Brixton has a new career: taking out the garbage on Wednesdays for…
five bucks a week. But it's hard to leave the old game behind, and on a train trip down the California coast, Steve finds himself pulled back into sleuthing. Soon he's in over his head in four feet and eleven inches of mystery involving a fleet of priceless automobiles, a deadly assassin (or maybe just a faulty lock on a sauna door), and a secret train car filled with intrigue. Plus there's a girl involved, which complicates everything. I mean she's just Steve's friend. And really, they barely even know each other. It's not like they're boyfriend or girlfriend or anything, okay?Horrid Henry and the Scary Sitter
By Francesca Simon. 2002
Horrid Henry encounters the worst babysitter in the world; traumatizes his parents on a long car trip; goes trick-or-treating at…
Halloween (with disastrous results); and emerges victorious from a raid on Moody Margaret's Secret Club.I Wanna New Room
By Karen Kaufman Orloff. 2011
A hilarious companion to I Wanna Iguana. Ever since their baby sister came along, Alex has been forced to share…
a room with his little brother, Ethan, and it's a nightmare. Ethan always breaks stuff, snores like a walrus, and sticks crayons up his nose. No hardworking, well-behaved, practically grown-up boy like Alex should have to put up with that! Writing letters to his mom convinced her to let him get his pet iguana, so Alex puts pencil to paper again, this time determined to get his own room. Though all of his powers of persuasion can't get his dad to expand the house, he does come through with a fun alternative to give Alex some space of his own.The Unseen World of Poppy Malone #2: A Gust of Ghosts
By Suzanne Harper. 2012
Evidence 1. The mournful, eerie sound 2. A cool, silvery glow 3. Unexplained voices Possibilities 1. Vampires 2. Ghosts 3.…
Mermaids 4. Werewolves 5. Fairies To do 1. Visit the graveyard 2. Record evidence in logbook 3. Save Mom and Dad's job 4. Reset the camera trap 5. Come up with the plan of a lifetime-and make it a super-tricky one! 6. Ask Henry to helpHorrid Henry and the Soccer Fiend
By Francesca Simon. 2006
DISCOVER THE SERIES BOYS AND GIRLS AROUND THE WORLD LOVE TO READ!Horrid Henry reads Perfect Peter's diary and improves it;…
goes shopping with Mom and tries to make her buy him some really nice new sneakers; is horrified when his old enemy Bossy Bill turns up at school; and tries, by any means, to win the class soccer match and defeat Moody Margaret.You, Maybe
By Rachel Vail. 2006
Careful what you love Josie is independent, fierce, and does not care what anyone thinks about her, especially where guys…
are concerned. She may flirt with them, and even kiss them, but it doesn't mean anything, not even with Michael. He's more like a friend-with-benefits. So who can explain what happens when Carson Gold decides he's interested in her? Carson Gold, the hottest senior, the one everyone secretly watches. At first Josie treats him the same way she treats everybody else. But something about him gets to her. Maybe it's the same thing that causes everyone to watch him. Maybe it's something between them, something just he and Josie share. Can you blame her for what happens? Could you resist? Neither can Josie -- not for lack of trying, and despite her better sense. It's too much, that first time love finds you and sucks you under. It's too much, even for Josie. Love is a bratParties & Potions (Magic in Manhattan: All about Rachel #4)
By Sarah Mlynowski. 2009
Perfect hair, cute clothes, healthy tans--life's a breeze when you're a witch! Even special witchcraft classes Rachel agrees to attend…
with Miri turn out to be fun. The sisters meet other teen witches just like them--who knew? Everyone's preparing for a magical party called a Samsorta--a debutante ball for witches. And it wouldn't be a ball without warlocks. Cute ones. Like Adam, who wants to slow dance with Rachel, and ski with her in the Rockies--on a school night! Of course, Rachel is madly in love with her boyfriend, Raf. So why can't she bring herself to tell Adam--funny, charming Adam--that Raf exists? Rachel knows Raf likes her. Maybe even, gulp, loves her. But Raf doesn't know her secret. Unlike Adam, Raf doesn't know who she really is. And she can never tell him. Or can she? From the Hardcover edition.Superfudge (Fudge #3)
By Judy Blume. 1980
Sometimes life in the Hatcher household is enough to make twelve-year-old Peter think about running away. His worst problem is…
still his younger brother, Fudge, who hasn't changed a bit since his crazy capers in Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing. If you ask Peter, Fudge is just an older -- and bigger -- pain. Then Peter learns that his mom is going to have a baby and the whole family is moving to Princeton for a year. It will be bad enough starting sixth grade in a strange place and going to the same school as Fudge. But Peter can imagine something even worse. How will he ever survive if the new baby is a carbon copy of Fudge? Winner of Pacific Northwest Library Association’s Young Reader’s Choice AwardWar on Whimsy (Nicola Berry: Earthling Ambassador #3)
By Liane Moriarty, Shannon Bonatakis. 2009
Now that they've saved two planets from destruction, Nicola and her Space Brigaders must take care of Shimlara's family. So…
they travel to Whimsy-a beautiful, pink haloed planet where the people lie around in meadows making up poems, playing harps, and creating sculptures. There, they parachute, scuba dive, and white water raft their way to a prison camp, where they rescue Shimlara's family and help the people of Whimsy wage war against the evil, red-scaled beings from Volcomania.Super Fast, Out of Control!
By Louis Sachar, Amy Wummer. 2000
Many have tried to master the slippery slopes of Suicide Hill on their bikes. Marvin's older brother has conquered the…
hill, but Marvin has steered clear. Until now. The word at school is that Marvin will be taking on the hill with his new mountain bike. But the truth is, he can barely climb on the seat! And the gears--forget about it. How did he suddenly become a daredevil? Does he have to go through with it to prove himself? If Marvin makes it, he'll be a hero. If not, his friends and family may catch the biggest wipeout in history!Why Pick on Me?
By Louis Sachar, Barbara Sullivan. 1993
Rabbids Invade Halloween
By David Lewman, Tino Santanach. 2015
Get ready to be scared silly with everyone's favorite mischief-makers, the stars of Rabbids Invasion!The Rabbids redefine Halloween mischief in…
this hilarious new chapter book filled with three funny, spooky short stories!Forget everything you thought you knew about spooky Halloween stories...the Rabbids are putting their own spin on three creepy tales, and that means one thing--you can expect the unexpected! This book contains one monster story, one phantom story, and one werewolf story...and all three stories are 100% hilarious!Rabbids TM & © 2015 Ubisoft EntertainmentTwo Crafty Criminals!
By Philip Pullman. 1994
Benny Kaminsky and Thunderbolt Dobney lead a rag-tag gang of neighborhood rowdies. Their territory is the New Cut on London's…
South Bank--a place bristling with swindlers, bookies, pickpockets, and the occasional policeman. And their aim is to solve crimes.When counterfeit coins start showing up in their neighborhood, Thunderbolt fears his own father may be behind the crime. But his friends devise a way to trap the real culprit. Then the gang takes on the case of some stolen silver. They have just two clues--a blob of wax, and an unusually long match. But even this slippery thief is unmasked by the determined kids of the New Cut. Filled with silly sleuthing, improbable disguises, crazy ruses, and merry mayhem, these stories are action-packed romps from one of the best storytellers ever--Philip Pullman.From the Hardcover edition.I am a Genius of Unspeakable Evil and I Want to be Your Class
By Josh Lieb. 2009
Family Guy meets Election in this hilarious young adult debut! Twelve-year-old Oliver Watson’s got the IQ of a grilled cheese…
sandwich. Or so everyone in Omaha thinks. In reality, Oliver’s a mad evil genius on his way to world domination, and he’s used his great brain to make himself the third-richest person on earth! Then Oliver’s father—and archnemesis—makes a crack about the upcoming middle school election, and Oliver takes it as a personal challenge. He’ll run, and he’ll win! Turns out, though, that overthrowing foreign dictators is actually way easier than getting kids to like you. . . Can this evil genius win the class presidency and keep his true identity a secret, all in time to impress his dad? .A Magic Crystal?
By Louis Sachar, Amy Wummer. 2000
When Marvin Redpost agrees to go over to Casey Happleton's house, he doesn't know what he's in for. Casey shows…
him the magic crystal she has just found and offers to give Marvin a few wishes. Is the crystal really magic? Or is it too good to be true?Louise Trapeze Is Totally 100% Fearless
By Micol Ostow, Brigette Barrager. 2015
Spunky, sweet, and totally brave (mostly)! Louise Trapeze dazzles and delights emerging young readers. Ladies and gentleman! Boys and girls!…
Feast your eyes on the one, the only, Louise Trapeze! Louise performs with her parents and her best friend, Stella, in the Sweet Potato Circus. And today is Birthday Eve! That means tomorrow, Birthday Day, Louise officially turns seven. Seven is old enough to fly on the real flying trapeze. The big one. The one way high up in the sky, that makes her stomach flop-flip at the very sight . . . Uh-oh! Could it be that Louise is not 100% fearless after all? Might she actually, gulp, be afraid of heights . . . ? Perfect for fans of IVY AND BEAN and JUNIE B. JONES, Louise Trapeze is adorably illustrated in two-color by Brigette Barrager, illustrator of New York Times bestseller UNI THE UNICORN.