practical jokes

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The great Greene heist

Jackson Greene has a reputation as a prankster at Maplewood Middle School, but after the last disaster he is trying to go straight--but when it looks like Keith Sinclair may steal the election for school president from Jackson's former best friend Gabriela, he assembles a team to make sure Keith does not succeed.

Night of the giant everything

Steven, a practical joker, is tricked by his friends into drinking a strange mixture of chemicals that causes him to shrink, and he must make it through his house and the dangers inside to reach his normal size.

Yuck's pet worm and Yuck's rotten joke

2013
Two stories follow the adventures of a naughty boy named Yuck who employs pet worms and practical jokes to disgust and annoy his prissy sister.

The beast boy who cried wolf

Beast Boy's teammates think that his sense of humor is not always such a good thing since they tend to be victims of his jokes.

Ghosting

In this free verse novel told from seven viewpoints, a harmless prank--"ghosting"--turns tragic for seven teens.

Elmer and Snake

2004
Two friends of Elmer the patchwork elephant want to play a trick on him with help from Snake, but Snake and Elmer have plans of their own.

Wickedpedia

Tampering with Wikipedia entries so that their classmates will get bad marks on their reports, pranksters Cole and Greg create a Wikipedia page for the school's star soccer player and invent grisly details about his death on the field only to have their assertions come true.

Wickedpedia

2014
Cole and Greg love playing practical jokes through Wikipedia, editing articles and watching their classmates fail reports on historical figures. But when someone starts creating pages for students, and the students start dying, Cole has to figure out who's behind the murders, or he will die next.

Gross pranks

2013
Describes fun, gross prank ideas in a step-by-step format.

Ghosting

2014
A novel in verse describes how an alcohol-fueled prank gone wrong changes the lives of eight teenagers in a small Midwestern town.

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