humorous fiction

"Selfie St. Clair is the most popular, glamorous eight grader in the history of James A. Garfield Middle School. Everyon's sure she'll go to prom with a teen TV star or even a minor prince. But Selfie has a terrible secret: No one has asked her. too embarrassed to tell her "cool" friends, she turns to the most unlikely dating coach ever: sixth-grader Becca Birnbaum, who's never had a date in her life. But some people think prom fever is out of control. In fact, Becca's closest pals are planning an anti-prom! Now she's torn between her besties and her new superstar friend, not to mention an impossible crush of her own"--Dust jacket.

In rural Indiana in 1904, fifteen-year-old Russell's dream of quitting school and joining a wheat threshing crew is disrupted when his older sister takes over as the teacher at his one-room schoolhouse after mean old Myrt Arbuckle "hauls off and dies." Russell and his friends are more determined than ever to close the school, even if it means stealing, setting the outhouse on fire, and bringing snakes to class.

Presents a humorous, illustrated children's story about a young boy named Marron who is bullied by the older boys in his new neighborhood and adopts a superhero persona to cope. He also meets two new friends who join him in his superhero adventures.

Each of five children lucky enough to discover an entry ticket into Mr. Willy Wonka's mysterious chocolate factory takes advantage of the situation in his or her own way.

While trying to find a new best friend after feuding with Rowley, middle-school slacker Greg Heffley is warned by older family members that adolescence is a time to act more responsibly and to think seriously about his future.

When seventh-grader Ellie, who is having best-friend problems, and eighth-grader Jack, who is under tremendous pressure from his father, switch bodies and lives, they learn a great deal about themselves and the opposite sex.

Chronicles the adventures and misadventures of Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third as he tries to pass the important initiation test of his Viking clan, the Tribe of the Hairy Hooligans, by catching and training a dragon.

Rowley Jefferson, the best friend of Greg Kinney--famous from "Diary of a Wimpy Kid"--now has his own diary about his life and all the fun, awesome, and friendly stuff he gets up to with his parents, during school, and with his best friend, Greg, whether Greg likes it or not.

Middle schooler Greg Heffley tells his diary how excited he is to start school this year because his summer vacation was so horrible. In fact, one incident was so terrible that if his older brother Rodrick ever tells anyone, Greg would be the laughing stock of the school. Despite catering to Rodrick's every demand, the embarrassing secret is revealed with surprising consequences.

Albert Lippincott has spent the last thirty years working for the Nestor, New York, post office as a letter carrier, but when one of his customers dies and Albert discovers he was holding the letter that might have saved him, his precarious existence begins to crumble.