humorous fiction

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humorous fiction

Horace Higby and the gentle fullback

Illustrated by William Moyers
1970
Horace Higby comes to the rescue of his school's football team as the "secret weapon" on the offense.

Sideways stories from Wayside School. Illus. by Dennis Hockerman

1978
Humorous episodes from the classroom on the thirtieth floor of Wayside School, which was accidentally built sideways with one classroom on each story.

Beat the band

2011
Paired with the infamous "Hot Dog" Helen for a health class presentation on safe sex, tenth-grader Coop tries to regain his "cool" by entering his musically challenged rock group in the "Battle of the Bands" competition.

Home to Big Stone Gap

a novel
2007
Ave Maria's life gets complicated when her daughter leaves for Italy, she directs a musical, and she has a falling out with her friend Iva Lou.

Megatokyo

2006
Obsessed anime/manga fan Piro and his friend Largo, a hardcore American gamer, adapt their unique perspectives on reality to life in Tokyo; while Piro stumbles around the edges of a girl he finds himself growing closer to, Largo unexpectedly crashes like a comet into the life of her reclusive friend.

Rabbit is rich

1996
Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom's comfortable new prosperity is threatened by the return of his son, and reminders of a former romance.

Cube route

2003
A plain girl known as Cube embarks on a quest with eight unique companions to find a magical place that can make her beautiful.

A place called kindergarten

2008
Wondering why their friend Tommy has not come to the barn at his usual time, the animals become alarmed when the dog tells them that he has gone to a place called "Kindergarten.".

Flat Stanley

2008
"Based on the original Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown"--T.p. verso.

More adventures of the Great Brain

2004
In 1896 the Great Brain of Adenville, Utah, is almost twelve years old and more mischievous than ever in his practical jokes and schemes against everyone in town.

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