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Diary of a Wimpy Kid (J KIN)

By Jeff Kinney
Greg records his sixth grade experiences in a middle school
where he and his best friend, Rowley, undersized weak-
lings amid boys who need to shave twice daily, hope just The Tale of Angelino Brown (J ALM)
to survive, but when Rowley grows more popular, Greg By David Almond
must take drastic measures to save their friendship. When Bert discovers a tiny boy angel in his pocket, he
takes the angel home to his wife and they happily raise
Treasure Hunters (J PAT) him as their own son.
By James Patterson
Following clues left by their missing father, twelve-year-old Fake Mustache (J ANG)
twins Bickford and Rebecca Kidd sail from the Caribbean to By Tom Angleberger
New York City with their siblings to finish the dangerous Lenny Flem Jr. is the only one standing between his evil-
quest of their world-famous treasure-hunting parents. genius best friend, Casper, and world domination as Cas-
per uses a spectacularly convincing fake mustache and the
Dork Diaries (J RUS) ability to hypnotize to rob banks, amass a vast fortune, and
By Rachel Renée Russo run for president.
Fourteen-year-old Nikki Maxwell writes in her diary of her
struggle to be popular at her exclusive new private school, Wed Wabbit (J EVA)
then of finding her place after she gives up on being part By Lissa Evans
of the elite group. You're called Fidge and you're nearly 11. You've been
hurled into a strange world. You have three companions:
The Misadventures of Max Crumbly (J RUS) two are unbelievably weird and the third is your awful
By Rachel Renée Russo cousin Graham. You have to solve a series of nearly impos-
Questioning his resolve to attend public school after being sible clues. You need to deal with a cruel dictator and
homeschooled when he is targeted by a bully, Max aspires three thousand Wimbley Woos (yes, you read that sen-
to become like his favorite comic book heroes and finds an tence correctly). And the whole situation - the whole, en-
unexpected opportunity to be the hero his middle school tire thing - is your fault.
needs.
Fortunately, the Milk (J GAI)
Smile (J Graphic Novel TEL ) By Neil Gaiman
By Raina Telgemeier While picking up milk for his children's cereal, a father is
Raina just wants to be a normal sixth grader. But one night abducted by aliens and finds himself on a wild adventure
after girl scouts she trips and falls, severely injuring her through time and space.
two front teeth. What follows is a long and frustrating
journey with the on-again, off-again braces, surgery, em- Megabat (J HUM)
barrassing headgear, and even a retainer with fake teeth By Anna Humphrey
attached. Daniel Misumi has just moved to a new house. It's big and
old and far away from his friends and his life before. AND
it's haunted... or is it? Megabat was just napping on a pa-
Prairie Trails Public Library paya one day when he was stuffed in a box and shipped
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Supergifted (J KOR)
By Gordon Korman
Funny Book Series
After years of attending a school for gifted children, Noah
The Bad Guys (J GRAPHIC NOVEL BLA)
finds himself at a normal school where he immediately
By Aaron Blabey
ends up on the wrong side of a cheerleading captain and a
They sound like bad guys, they look like bad guys ... and
jock.
they even smell like bad guys. But Mr. Wolf, Mr. Piranha,
Mr. Snake, and Mr. Shark are tired of being the villains.
They Didn’t Teach THIS in Worm School (J LIA)
Mr. Wolf has a daring plan for the Bad Guys' first good mis-
By Simone Lia
sion. They are going to break two hundred dogs out of the
Marcus is a worm, and a bird named Laurence who looks
Maximum Security City Dog Pound. Will Operation Dog
very much like a chicken is about to eat him for breakfast.
Pound go smoothly? Will the Bad Guys become the Good
So what does Marcus do? He strikes up a conversation, of
Guys? And will Mr. Snake please stop swallowing Mr. Pira-
course! But even after talking his way out of being eaten,
nha?!
Marcus's troubles are just beginning: soon he is clinging to
Laurence's neck as the designated navigator on an absurd
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing (J BLU, J FIC CD BLU)
journey to Kenya, where his feathered companion dreams
By Judy Blume
of finding happiness with other flamingos like himself. Ex-
Peter finds his demanding two-year-old brother an ever
cept Marcus can't actually read a map, and this bird is
increasing problem. Whether Fudge is throwing a temper
clearly not a flamingo. Will Marcus be able to get them
tantrum in a shoe store, smearing smashed potatoes on
both to Africa -- or even manage to survive the day?
walls at Hamburger Heaven, or scribbling all over Peter's
homework, he's never far from trouble. He's a two-year-
Revenge of the Green Banana (J MUR)
old terror who gets away with everything—and Peter's had
By Jim Murphy
enough.
Jimmy Murphy starts sixth grade determined to be a
better student and impress the beautiful Kathy Guenther,
The Last Kids on Earth (J BRA)
but Sister Angelica has him and his friends pegged as trou-
By Max Brailler
blemakers and they may just prove her right.
After a monster apocalypse hits town, average thirteen-
year-old Jack Sullivan builds a team of friends to help slay
Laugh Out Loud (J PAT)
the eerily intelligent monster known as Blarg.
By James Patterson
Imaginative middle schooler Jimmy follows his dream to
The 13-Story Treehouse (J GRI)
start a unique book company while he is still a child.
By Andy Griffiths
Who wouldn't want to live in a treehouse? Especially a 13-
Peeves (J VAN)
story treehouse that has a bowling alley, a see-through
By Mike Van Waes
swimming pool, a tank full of sharks, a library full of com-
Steven (Slim) Pickings is on the edge of a breakdown--but
ics, a secret underground laboratory, a games room, self-
then, it always feels like Slim is teetering on the edge of
making beds, vines you can swing on, a vegetable vaporiz-
something. The difference this time is that something's
er and a marshmallow machine that follows you around
caused Slim's worries to come alive! He's set loose a bunch
and automatically shoots your favorite flavored marshmal-
of annoying, pesky, outrageously contagious creatures--
lows into your mouth whenever it discerns you're hungry.
and they're infecting everyone they meet and massing to
take over the town! Now Slim and the rest of the town are
trailed by the things that annoy them most.