Gilson, Jamie

With his best friend away at computer camp, Hobie reluctantly shares adventures with a girl classmate the summer after fourth grade.

A twelve-year-old boy hopes his beer can collection will win him the title of sixth grade Superkid.

The fifth grade year gets off to a busy start as one student returns from winning a national Miss Pre-Teen Personality contest, a new girl with some interesting knowledge arrives, jealousy gets a grip on one particular student, and an "experiment" to see who's smart is conducted.

In their determination to have fun while spending the night at a motel during a soccer tournament, Hobie Hanson and his friends get caught up in a mystery buff's efforts to solve a fictitious case.

The boys and girls in the fourth grade devise a contest to 'sink" their substitute teacher by making her cry.

Able to read and write at only a second grade level, sixth-grader Sam Mott considers himself dumb until he is promted to cooperate with those who think something can be done about his problem.

The war is on against a substitute teacher. Who will win? Boys versus girls. The first ones who shake her up to the point of tears have officially sunk the sub. The sub is strong. This is a contest which should be in the history books!.

As a school project, sixth graders recreate a westward trek to Oregon with all the perils that faced real pioneers.

While he and his classmates are residents of a temporary school, Hobie gets in trouble with a skeleton, school, and his former best friend.