Humorous Books - Grade 4
Popularity Papers
Ignatow, Amy
Lexile: 0
Call Letters: F Ign Pgs: 204
Two best friends embark on a project to study the behavior and taste of the popular girls at
their elementary school so that by the time they get to middle school they too will be in the
right crowd.
Kids of Polk Street School: Sunny-Side Up (series)
Giff, Patricia Reilly
Lexile: 180
Call Letters: BC
Pgs: 74
Summer for Richard Best, nicknamed Beast, means facing the two ordeals of summer
school and losing his best friend, who is moving to a distant state.
Zack Files: My Grandma, Major League Slugger (series)
Greenburg, Dan
Lexile: 250
Call Letters: BC
Pgs: 58
When magic enables Zack's 88-year-old grandmother to become a terrific batter, she ends
up playing in a Chicago White Sox baseball game.
Stuart's Cape
Pennypacker, Sara
Lexile: 300
Call Letters: F Pe Pgs: 55
Bored because there is nothing to do in the house to which his family has just moved and
worried about starting third grade in a new school, Stuart makes a magical cape out of his
uncle's ties and has a series of adventures.
Kids of Polk Street School: Beast in Ms. Roony's Class (series)
Giff, Patricia Reilly
Lexile: 340
Call Letters: BC
Pgs: 76
Held back for a year in second grade, Richard can't seem to help getting into trouble, until
he gets really interested in reading and helps his class in a special way.
Cool Zone with Pain and the Great One (series)
Blume, Judy
Lexile: 370
Call Letters: F Bl Pgs: 109
More adventures at school and at home with Jake, a 1st-grader, and his older sister
Abigail, known to each other as the Pain and the Great One.
Pee Wee Scouts: Camp Ghost-Away (series)
Delton, Judy
Lexile: 380
Call Letters: BC
Pgs: 80
The Pee Wee Scouts sell donuts to raise money for a camping trip. When they arrive at the
camp, a strange and scary voice scares them during the night.
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First Day of School Forever
Stine, R.L.
Lexile: 400
Call Letters: F Sti Pgs: 183
Everything goes wrong for 11-year-old Artie on his first day at Ardmore Middle School, from
the moment his alarm goes off until the next morning, when everything is repeated exactly
the same way.
Friends Forever?: The Complicated Life of Claudia Cristina Cortez (seri
Gallagher, Diane
Lexile: 400
Call Letters: F Ga Pgs: 88
Claudia tries to talk her friend, Monica, out of trying out for cheerleading fearing that she
will be let down because only the cool kids make the squad.
Rotten School: The Great Smelling Bee (series)
Stine, R.L.
Lexile: 440
Call Letters: F St Pgs: 108
In order to hide a bulldog in his no-pets-allowed dorm, scheming 4th-grader Bernie Bridges
enrolls his pet as a transfer student.
Sideways Stories from Wayside School (series)
Sachar, Louis
Lexile: 460
Call Letters: F Sa Pgs: 124
Humorous episodes from the classroom on the thirtieth floor of Wayside School, which was
accidentally built sideways with one classroom on each story.
Trading Faces (series)
DeVillers, Julia
Lexile: 460
Call Letters: F De Pgs: 300
7th-grade twins Payton and Emma decide to shake things up at their new middle school by
switching places and taking on each other's lives, and their antics teach them that no one is
exactly who the world thinks they are.
Tales of a 4th Grade Nothing (series)
Blume, Judy
Lexile: 470
Call Letters: F Bl Pgs: 120
Peter finds his demanding two-year-old brother an ever-increasing problem.
Loser List
Kowitt, Holly
Lexile: 480
Call Letters: F Ko Pgs: 213
Danny Shine tries to get his name off the "Loser List" in the girls' bathroom and winds up in
detention, where the school bullies befriend him. But when the bullies steal from his favorite
store, Danny needs to find a way to return it and end his association with the bullies before
he gets a new reputation.
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Please Write in This Book (MHL Winner 2012)
Amato, Mary
Lexile: 480
Call Letters: F Am Pgs: 97
When 4th grade teacher Ms. Wurtz leaves a blank book in the Writer's Corner with a note
encouraging those who find it to "talk to each other" in its pages, the student's entries spark
a classroom-wide battle.
Stink: The Incredible Shrinking Kid
McDonald, Megan
Lexile: 480
Call Letters: F Mc Pgs: 102
Every morning, Judy Moody measures Stink and it's always the same: 3 feet, 8 inches tall.
Stink feels like even the class newt is growing faster than he is. Then, one day, the ruler
reads 3 feet, 7 and 3/4 inches! Is Stink shrinking?
Vampire State Building
Levy, Elizabeth
Lexile: 490
Call Letters: F Le Pgs: 100
11-year-old Sam Bamford's on-line chess pal is in New York to play in a tournament, but
Sam's sister and cousin are wary because Vlad has pointy teeth, comes from Romania,
and admits to keeping secrets.
Big Nate: In a Class By Himself
Peirce, Lincoln
Lexile: 500
Call Letters: F Pei Pgs: 214
Supremely confident middle school student Nate Wright manages to make getting
detention from every one of his teachers in the same day seem like an achievement.
Kylie Jean: Drama Queen (series)
Peschke, Marci
Lexile: 500
Call Letters: F Pes Pgs: 103
Kylie Jean Carter knows she would be perfect to play the Queen of Hearts in the class
play, but the new girl, Paula Dupree, also has her sights set on the role.
Ellie McDoodle: New Kid in School
Barshaw, Ruth
Lexile: 510
Call Letters: F Ba Pgs: 170
11-year-old Ellie McDoodle illustrates her sketchbook with chronicles of her adventures and
mishaps while camping with her cousins, aunt, and uncle.
Dork in Disguise
Gorman, Carol
Lexile: 510
Call Letters: F Go Pgs: 164
Starting middle school in a new town, brainy Jerry Flack changes his image from "dork" to
"cool kid," only to discover that he'd rather be himself.
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Nasty Stinky Sneakers
Bunting, Eve
Lexile: 510
Call Letters: F Bu Pgs: 105
Will 10-year-old Colin find his missing stinky sneakers in time to enter The Stinkiest
Sneakers in the World contest?
Secret Identity (Book 1: Shredderman)
Van Draanen, Wendelin
Lexile: 520
Call Letters: F Va Pgs: 138
5th-grader Nolan Byrd, tired of being called names by the class bully, has a secret identity-Shredderman!
Chicken!: Be Brave with David Mortimore Baxter (series)
Tayleur, Karen
Lexile: 520
Call Letters: F Ta Pgs: 88
While at camp with his classmates, David is too scared to walk over a suspension bridge
and gets the nickname chicken, which he tries to live down.
George Brown: World's Worst Wedgie (series)
Krulick, Nancy
Lexile: 520
Call Letters: BC
Pgs: 123
10-year-old George Brown tries his best to earn money for a special toy he wants, but
whether he is working in his mother's craft shop or setting up a backyard circus, the magic
burps erupt at exactly the wrong time and foil his plans.
Geronimo Stilton: Lost Treasure of the Emerald Eye (series)
Stilton, Geronimo
Lexile: 530
Call Letters: BC
Pgs: 116
Newspaper editor and adventure author Geronimo Stilton--who is also a mouse--gets
roped into his sister Thea's treasure hunt on a remote island after she discovers an
intriguing old map.
Judy Moody (series)
McDonald, Megan
Lexile: 530
Call Letters: F Mc Pgs: 160
3rd grader Judy Moody is in a first day of school bad mood until she gets an assignment to
create a collage all about herself and begins creating her masterpiece, the Me collage.
Frankie Pickle and the Closet of Doom (series)
Wight, Eric
Lexile: 530
Call Letters: F Wig Pgs: 79
Pickle's mother wants him to clean his room. However, he's much more interested in
imagining adventures. When Frankie's mother agrees to let him not clean his room, the
consequences surprise them both.
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Ghostville Elementary: Ghost Class (series)
Jones, Marcia Thornton
Lexile: 540
Call Letters: BC
Pgs: 79
ghosts who haunt the basement of Sleepy Hollow Elementary are determined not to allow
living students to use their room.
My Rotten Life
Lubar, David
Lexile: 540
Call Letters: F Lu Pgs: 160
Tired of continually having his feelings hurt by popular students and bullies, 5th-grader
Nathan agrees to try an experimental formula (Hurt-Be-Gone) and becomes a half-dead
zombie, a condition which, he soon discovers, has some real advantages.
Morgy Makes His Move
Lewis, Maggie
Lexile: 550
Call Letters: F Le Pgs: 74
When 3rd-grader Morgy MacDougal-MacDuff moves from California to Massachusetts with
his parents, he has a lot of new things to get used to before he feels comfortable.
Mallory on the Move (series)
Friedman, Laurie
Lexile: 550
Call Letters: F Fr Pgs: 158
After moving to a new town, 8-year-old Mallory keeps throwing stones in the "Wishing
Pond" but things will not go back to the way they were before, and she remains torn
between old and new best friends.
Snarf Attack, Underfoodle and the Secret of Life
Amato, Mary
Lexile: 550
Call Letters: F Am Pgs: 151
Older brother Wilbur recounts three missions that he and Orville tackle: to capture a bank
robber, discover hidden treasure in their house and "overthrow a king."
Three Times Lucky
Turnage, Sheila
Lexile: 560
Call Letters: F Tur Pgs: 312
Washed ashore as a baby in tiny Tupelo Landing, Mo LoBeau, now eleven, and her best
friend Dale turn detective when the Colonel, a café owner with a forgotten past of his own,
is implicated in a murder.
Zach Files: Great-Grandpa's in the Litter Box (series)
Greenburg, Dan
Lexile: 570
Call Letters: BC
Pgs: 59
Zack takes home from the local animal shelter a scruffy tomcat who not only talks but
claims to be the reincarnation of Zack's Great-Grandpa Julius.
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Reinvention of Bessica Lefter
Tracy, Kristen
Lexile: 570
Call Letters: F Tra Pgs: 305
Bessica Lefter looked forward to middle school until a rash decision to get matching pixie
haircuts led to her having to attend the school entirely on her own, without her longtime
best friend Sylvie.
Alvin Ho: Allergic to Camping, Hiking and Other Natural Disasters (seri
Look, Lenore
Lexile: 570
Call Letters: F Loo Pgs: 170
Alvin makes a new friend and learns that he can be brave when his father takes him
camping, hoping to instill a love of nature.
Spaceheadz
Scieszka, Jon
Lexile: 580
Call Letters: F Sci Pgs: 163
Michael moves to a new school and learns that some of his friends are really aliens who
have come to Earth in order to convince millions of kids to be Space Heads.
Legend of Spud Murphy (series)
Colfer, Eoin
Lexile: 580
Call Letters: F Co Pgs: 95
Brothers Will and Marty have been ordered to spend their summer at the library, under the
supervision of the terrifying librarian, surrounded by row after row of books they're sure will
bore them silly. Will the brothers figure out a way to survive a summer marooned on the
carpet of Spud's children's section?
Sloppy Copy Slip-Up
DiSalvo, Dyanne
Lexile: 590
Call Letters: F Dis Pgs: 103
4th-grader, Brian Higman, worries about how his teacher Miss Fromme will react when he
fails to hand in a writing assignment; but he ends up being able to tell his story after all.
Samantha Hansen Has Rocks in Her Head
Viau, Nancy
Lexile: 590
Call Letters: F Vi Pgs: 178
While anticipating a vacation to the Grand Canyon, 10-year-old Samantha Hanson
wonders why her mother refuses to talk about her father, who died when Samantha was
young, and finds it difficult to control her temper towards her older sister.
Guinea Dog
Jennings, Patrick
Lexile: 600
Call Letters: F Jen Pgs: 183
When his mother brings home a guinea pig instead of the dog he has always wanted, 5thgrader Rufus is not happy - until the rodent starts acting exactly like a dog.
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How Not to Run for President
Clark, Catherine
Lexile: 600
Call Letters: F Cla Pgs: 235
When 12-year-old Aidan saves presidential candidate Bettina Brandon from a falling
campaign sign and ends up the "Clarinet Hero," he's adopted by the campaign and hits the
road.
Melvin Beederman: Terror in Tights (series)
Trine, Greg
Lexile: 610
Call Letters: BC
Pgs: 138
Los Angeles superhero Melvin Beederman and Candace, his partner in "uncrime," find
themselves on an adventure involving liquid bologna and country music after Melvin
receives some mysterious, threatening e-mails.
Niagara Falls, Or Does It? (Book 1: Hank Zipzer)
Winkler, Henry
Lexile: 610
Call Letters: F Wi Pgs: 133
When Hank Zipzer has to write an essay on what he did over the summer, he decides
instead to "show" what he did.
Melonhead
Kelly, Katy
Lexile: 620
Call Letters: F Kel Pgs: 209
Adam "Melonhead" Melon, a budding inventor with a knack for getting into trouble, enters a
science contest that challenges students to recycle an older invention into a new invention.
Boys are Dogs
Margolis, Leslie
Lexile: 630
Call Letters: F Ma Pgs: 195
After Annabelle's mother starts dating a new boyfriend, she faces life in a new town with a
new school, and a new puppy, and while training the dog Annabelle decides to experiment
with some of her training techniques to deal with the unruly middle school boys in her class.
Lemonade War
Davies, Jacqueline
Lexile: 630
Call Letters: F Da Pgs: 173
Evan and his younger sister, Jesse, react very differently to the news that they will be in the
same class for 4th grade and as summer's end approaches, they battle it out through
lemonade stands, each trying to be the first to earn 100 dollars.
Loser
Spinelli, Jerry
Lexile: 650
Call Letters: F Sp Pgs: 218
Even though his classmates from 1st grade on have considered him strange and a loser,
Daniel Zinkoff's optimism and exuberance and the support of his loving family do not allow
him to feel that way about himself.
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11 Birthdays
Mass, Wendy
Lexile: 650
Call Letters: F Ma Pgs: 267
After celebrating their first nine same-day birthdays together, Amanda and Leo, who
haven't spoken in a year, prepare to celebrate their 11th birthday separately. But peculiar
things begin to happen as the day of their birthday begins to repeat itself over and over
again.
Bobby vs. Girls (Accidently)
Yee, Lisa
Lexile: 650
Call Letters: F Ye Pgs: 170
Bobby inadvertently gets into a fight with his best friend Holly, and their disagreement
develops into a boys versus girls war involving their whole 4th-grade class.
Leon and the Spitting Image
Kurzweil, Allen
Lexile: 690
Call Letters: F Ku Pgs: 301
Leon, a 4th grader at The Ethical School, tries to outwit the school bully and learn to sew
for fanatical teacher Miss Cronheim, with unexpected help from his final project, a doll with
magical powers.
Geek Chic: The Zoey Zone
Palatini, Margie
Lexile: 690
Call Letters: F Pal Pgs: 184
11-year-old Zoey is suffering the pains of entering the sixth grade, stressing over things
such as having a bad hair day and finding a place at the primo lunch table.
Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life
Patterson, James
Lexile: 700
Call Letters: F Pat Pgs: 281
When Rafe Kane enters middle school, he teams up with his best friend, "Leo the Silent,"
to create a game to make school more fun by trying to break every rule in the school's code
of conduct.
Dragonbreath (series)
Vernon, Ursula
Lexile: 700
Call Letters: F Urs Pgs: 146
Danny Dragonbreath and his friend Wendell get an up-close underwater tour of the
Sargasso Sea from Danny's sea-serpent cousin, encountering giant squid and mako
sharks, and learn about standing up to bullies in the process.
Airball: My Life in Briefs
Harkrader, Lisa
Lexile: 700
Call Letters: F Ha Pgs: 208
Kirby Nickel loves basketball. He loves watching basketball. He loves talking about
basketball. The only problem is he can't play basketball. But coach has a plan for Kirby and
the supremely untalented 7th-grade team. It involves the guys playing only in their briefs.
Maybe the sportswear will really inspire the team. And maybe Kirby will find out who his
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Jennifer Murdley's Toad
Coville, Bruce
Lexile: 700
Call Letters: F Co Pgs: 159
When an ordinary-looking 5th grader purchases a talking toad, she embarks on a series of
extraordinary adventures.
My Weird School: Miss Daisy is Crazy (series)
Gutman, Dan
Lexile: 700
Call Letters: BC
Pgs: 83
Miss Daisy's unusual teaching methods surprise her second grade students, especially
reluctant learner A.J.
Pete & Freemont
Tripp, Jenny
Lexile: 700
Call Letters: F Tr Pgs: 180
When circus owner Mike decides Pete the poodle has grown too old to continue as the
starring act, Pete forms an unlikely alliance with a young grizzly bear, who only wants to go
home to the woods.
Magnificent 12: The Call (series)
Grant, Michael
Lexile: 710
Call Letters: F Gra Pgs: 243
Mack MacAvoy, a seriously average 12-year-old boy, is faced with a difficult decision when
a 3000-year-old man appears in the boys' bathroom and informs him that he is one of the
Magnificent 12 and is needed to find his 11 teammates and save the world.
Frankly Franny (series)
A.J. Stern
Lexile: 710
Call Letters: F Ste Pgs: 123
Frannie Miller, who cannot wait to grow up and work in an office with a swivel chair and her
own assistant, causes havoc when she tries to help out while on a school field trip to the
local radio station.
Genie Scheme
Jones, Kimberly
Lexile: 730
Call Letters: F Jo Pgs: 179
12-year-old Jenna buys a hat for a homeless woman, only to discover the woman is
actually a genie who will grant Jenna's every wish, but when Jenna realizes that all the
things she is wishing for are being taken from someone else, she must decide if her own
happiness is worth someone else's misery.
Dying to Meet You
Klise, Kate
Lexile: 730
Call Letters: F Kl Pgs: 147
In this story told mostly through letters, children's book author, I. B. Grumply, gets more
than he bargained for when he rents a quiet place to write for the summer.
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Alice Miranda at School
Harvey, Jacqueline
Lexile: 740
Call Letters: F Har Pgs: 257
Alice-Miranda finds her new boarding school to be a very curious establishment with no
flowers in the gardens, a headmistress that has not been seen for years, and a mysterious
stranger that seems to be hiding out on the premises.
Witches
Dahl, Roald
Lexile: 740
Call Letters: F Da Pgs: 201
A young boy and his Norwegian grandmother, who is an expert on witches, together foil a
witches' plot to destroy the world's children by turning them into mice.
Big One-Oh
Pitchform, Dean
Lexile: 750
Call Letters: F Pi Pgs: 181
Determined not to be weird all his life like his neighbor, Charley Maplewood decides to
throw himself a 10th birthday party, complete with a "house of horrors" theme, but first he
will have to make some friends to invite.
Strange Case of Origami Yoda
Angleberger, Tom
Lexile: 760
Call Letters: F An Pgs: 141
6th-grader Tommy and his friends describe their interactions with a paper finger puppet of
Yoda, worn by their weird classmate Dwight, as they try to figure out whether or not the
puppet can really predict the future.
NERDS: National Espionage, Rescue, and Defense Society
Buckley, Michael
Lexile: 760
Call Letters: F Bu Pgs: 306
While running a spy network from their elementary school, five unpopular misfits combine
their talents and use cutting-edge gadgetry to fight evil around the world.
Cheesie Mack is Not a Genius or Anything
Cotler, Stephen L
Lexile: 770
Call Letters: F Cot Pgs: 229
Ronald "Cheesie" Mack shares memories, thoughts, and drawings about everything that
happened before, during, and after 5th grade graduation
Thing About Georgie
Graff, Lisa
Lexile: 770
Call Letters: F Ga Pgs: 220
Georgie's dwarfism causes problems, but he could always rely on his parents, his best
friend, and classmate Jeanie the Meanie's teasing, until a surprising announcement, a new
boy in school, and a class project shake things up.
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Aliens on Vacation
Smith, Clete Barrett
Lexile: 770
Call Letters: F Smi Pgs: 251
Scrub arrives at his grandmother's bed-and-breakfast only to discover she has opened the
doors to aliens, and he must decide what to do when the local sheriff notices some of the
kids Scrub has on a campout glow in the dark.
Vincent Shadow: Toy Inventor
Kehoe, Tim
Lexile: 770
Call Letters: F Ke Pgs: 185
Eleven-year-old Vincent Shadow, inspired by the ideas of the inventor Nikola Tesla, has
always kept his many unusual toy inventions secret from his family until he enters a contest
whose prize is to spend a summer working with the eccentric Howard G. Whizz of Whizzer
Toys.
Lost and Found
Clements, Andrew
Lexile: 780
Call Letters: F Cl Pgs: 161
Twin brothers Jay and Ray Grayson learn about friendship, honesty, and themselves after
taking advantage of a clerical oversight in which their new school thinks there is only one
Grayson boy.
Justin Case: School, Drool and Other Deadly Disasters
Vail, Rachel
Lexile: 790
Call Letters: F Vai Pgs: 245
Justin is very nervous about starting third grade and must make the best of things when he
does not get the teacher he wanted, his best friend is in another class, and his favorite
stuffed animal disappears.
Clementine (series)
Pennypacker, Sara
Lexile: 790
Call Letters: F Pe Pgs: 133
While sorting through difficulties in her friendship with her neighbor Margaret, 8-year-old
Clementine gains several unique hairstyles while also helping her father in his efforts to
banish pigeons from the front of their apartment building.
Rising Star of Rusty Nail
Blume, Lesley
Lexile: 790
Call Letters: F Bl Pgs: 270
In the small town of Rusty Nail, Minnesota, in the early 1950s, musically talented ten-yearold Franny wants to take advanced piano lessons from newcomer Olga Malenkov, a
famous Russian musician suspected of being a communist spy by gossipy members of the
community.
Willoughby's
Lowry, Lois
Lexile: 790
Call Letters: F Lo Pgs: 174
A tongue-in-cheek take on classic The four Willoughby children set out to become
"deserving orphans" after their neglectful parents embark on a treacherous around-theworld adventure, leaving them in the care of an odious nanny.
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The Trolls
Horvath, Polly
Lexile: 810
Call Letters: F Ho Pgs: 135
Eccentric Aunt Sally comes from Canada to babysit the Anderson children while their
parents are on a trip to Paris and every night the bedtime story adds another piece to a
very suspect family history.
Nerd Camp
Weissman, Elissa Brent
Lexile: 810
Call Letters: F Wei Pgs: 261
For 10-year-old Gabe, the Summer Center for Gifted Enrichment is all that he dreamed it
would be, but he must work hard to write about the fun in letters to Zach, his cool future
stepbrother, without revealing that it is a camp for "nerds."
Julia Gillian
McGhee, Alison
Lexile: 810
Call Letters: F M
Pgs: 280
9-year-old Julia Gillian learns a lot about facing fear as she and her St. Bernard, Bigfoot,
take long walks through their Minneapolis neighborhood one hot summer, and she seeks
the courage to finish a book that could have an unhappy ending.
No Talking
Clements, Andrew
Lexile: 820
Call Letters: F Cl Pgs: 146
The noisy 5th grade boys of Laketon Elementary School challenge the equally loud fifth
grade girls to a "no talking" contest.
Frindle
Clements, Andrew
Lexile: 830
Call Letters: F Cl Pgs: 105
When he decides to turn his 5th-grade teacher's love of the dictionary around on her,
clever Nick Allen invents a new word and begins a chain of events that quickly moves
beyond his control.
Lunch Money
Clements, Andrew
Lexile: 840
Call Letters: F Cl Pgs: 222
12-year-old Greg, who has always been good at moneymaking projects, is surprised to find
himself teaming up with his lifelong rival, Maura, to create a series of comic books to sell at
school.
Matilda
Dahl, Roald
Lexile: 840
Call Letters: F Da Pgs: 240
Matilda applies her untapped mental powers to rid the school of the evil, child-hating
headmistress, Miss Trunchbull, and restore her nice teacher, Miss Honey, to financial
security.
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Dial-a-Ghost
Ibbotson, Eva
Lexile: 850
Call Letters: F Ib
Pgs: 195
A family of nice ghosts protects a British orphan from the diabolical plans of his evil
guardians.
Moving Day: Allie Finkle's Rules for Girls (series)
Cabot, Meg
Lexile: 850
Call Letters: F Ca Pgs: 228
9-year-old Allie Finkle has rules for everything and is even writing her own rule book, but
her world is turned upside-down when she learns that her family is moving across town,
which will mean a new house, school, best friend, and plenty of new rules.
Moxy Maxwell Does Not Love Writing Thank-You Notes (series)
Gifford, Peggy
Lexile: 870
Call Letters: F Gi Pgs: 159
10-year-old Moxy Maxwell has promised to write twelve thank-you notes by the day after
Christmas so that she and her twin brother Mark can go to Hollywood to visit their father,
but all her brilliant ideas to help finish the task more efficiently end up creating chaos in the
house.
Oggie Cooder
Weeks, Sarah
Lexile: 880
Call Letters: F We Pgs: 176
Quirky 4th-grader Oggie Cooder goes from being shunned to everyone's best friend when
his uncanny ability to chew slices of cheese into the shapes of states wins him a slot on a
popular television talent show, but he soon learns the perils of being a celebrity - and
having a neighbor girl as his manager.
Pepins and Their Problems
Horvath, Polly
Lexile: 920
Call Letters: F Ho Pgs: 179
Whether it's waking up to find toads in their shoes, becoming trapped on the roof, or
searching for cheese when their cow makes only lemonade, the Pepin family always seem
to get into the most bizarre scrapes. Lucky for them they have great problem-solving
readers.
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Kinney, Jeff
Lexile: 950
Call Letters: F Ki Pgs: 217
Greg records his 6th grade experiences in a middle school where he and his best friend,
Rowley, undersized weaklings, hope just to survive, but when Rowley grows more popular,
Greg must take drastic measures to save their friendship.
Everything on a Waffle
Horvath, Polly
Lexile: 950
Call Letters: F Ho Pgs: 149
11-year-old Primrose, who lives in a small fishing village in British Columbia, recounts her
experiences and all that she learns about human nature and the unpredictability of life in
the months after her parents are lost at sea.
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Julian Rodriguez Episode One: Trash Crisis on Earth
Stadler, Alexander
Lexile: 980
Call Letters: F St Pgs: 123
8-year-old Julian Rodriguez is sent to his room for refusing to take out the trash, and
imagines that he is a space warrior.
Just Grace (series)
Harper, Charise Mericle
Lexile: 1060
Call Letters: F Ha Pgs: 138
Misnamed by her teacher, 7-year-old Just Grace prides herself on being empathetic, but
when she tries to help a neighbor feel better, her good intentions backfire.
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle
MacDonald, Betty
Lexile: 1070
Call Letters: F Ma Pgs: 118
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle loves children, both good and bad. She never scolds, but has positive
cures for children with special problems such as answering back or never wanting to go to
bed.
Masters of Disaster
Paulsen, Gary
Lexile: 1100
Call Letters: F Pa Pgs: 102
12-year-old Henry Mosely, having decided his life is boring, ropes his friends Riley and
Reed into a series of hair-raising adventures, including trying to break world records,
visiting a haunted house, and solving a century-old murder.
Milo: Sticky Notes and Brain Freeze
Silberberg, Alan
Lexile: 1180
Call Letters: F Sil Pgs: 275
In love with the girl he sneezed on the first day of school, Milo copes with being the new kid
(again) as he struggles to survive the school year that is filled with reminders of what his
life “used to be" before his mother died.
Lucy Rose: Here's the Thing About Me (series)
Kelly, Katy
Lexile: 1190
Call Letters: F Ke Pgs: 137
8-year-old Lucy Rose keeps a diary of her first year in Washington, D.C., where she
spends time with her grandparents, makes new friends, and longs to convince her teacher
to let her take care of the class pet during a holiday.
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