Gilson, Jamie

Seven-year-old Richard is self-conscious when he receives a pair of purple pants from his aunt and uncle and has to wear them to school, but he is even more worried when his uncle shows up for a visit to his classroom.

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

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

Patrick, the new boy in Richard's class, is always causing trouble, but his work on a science project about bats helps him make new friends.

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

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

Desperate to pay back 50 dollars they owe, three 12-year-olds form a jazz combo and then receive some surprising assistance from a local disc jockey.

Hobie, whose fifth grade class is meeting in a shopping mall because the school was devastated by a flood, has a disagreement with his best friend Nick that escalates into a big fight as the day continues. Sequel to "Hobie Hanson, Greatest Hero of the Mall.".

When his town is devastated by a flood, Hobie's fifth grade class is forced to meet every day in the shopping mall.

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