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The amazing adventures of Kavalier & Clay

a novel
2012
Joe Kavalier has managed to escape from Nazi-occupied Prague, and now he must use his cunning wits to help rescue his family from Hitler's evil plans.

Happy haunting, Amelia Bedelia

2005
Amelia Bedelia tries to help Mr. and Mrs. Rogers with their Halloween party.

Funny girl

Funniest. Stories. Ever
An anthology of humorous short stories, personal essays, comics, poems, and more, by twenty-five of the funniest women writing for kids today.

Junie B., first grader

one-man band
2005
When Junie B. cannot play in the school kickball tournament because of a sore toe, she brings her unique talents to the halftime show. Go Room One! It's time for the first-grade kickball tournament! Only, here's the problem. Junie B. has hurt her big piggy toe and she can't play on the team. So, now what? She definitely doesn't want to be a cheerleader. But wait! Maybe she could be in Sheldon's halftime show! Then all eyes would be on her! And she would be the star! Hurray! Hurray! Junie B-in the spotlight. What could possibly go wrong?.

My sister's bones

1996
Billie Weinstein has always depended on her older sister Cassie for advice and support, but when Cassie gets sick, the tables are turned, complicating Billie's already difficult teenage life.

Diary of a wimpy kid

the last straw
2009
Middle-schooler Greg Heffley nimbly sidesteps his father's attempts to change Greg's wimpy ways until his father threatens to send him to military school.

A crooked kind of perfect

2008
Ten-year-old Zoe Elias, who longs to play the piano but must resign herself to learning the organ, instead, finds that her musicianship has a positive impact on her workaholic mother, her jittery father, and her school social life.

Diary of a wimpy kid

the ugly truth
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.

Lawn boy

Things get out of hand when a stockbroker neighbor convinces a twelve-year-old boy to expand his summer lawn mowing business.

One more thing

stories and other stories
2014
A collection of short stories that explore love, fear, hope, ambition, and the inner stirring for the one elusive element that might just make a person complete.

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