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How to outrun a crocodile when your shoes are untied (My life is a zoo. #1.)
Par Jess Keating. 2014
When twelve-year-old Ana's zoologist parents move the whole family into the zoo, the Sneers--the clan of carnivorous female predators in…
her class--have even more ammunition to make her life miserable, although she tries to act like a chameleon and fade into the background. Followed by "How to outswim a shark without a snorkel". Grade 4-7. 2014.Hope springs a leak (Northern lights young novels)
Par Ted Staunton. 1998
Sam is in love with his grade six teacher, and the trouble is, his best friend Darryl is in love…
with the same teacher. To make things worse, he has to find a way to win the annual Hope Springs a Leak river race and get enough money to buy the town's only genuine new Maple Leafs sweater before his sister snags it. This is a tale about kids and grown-ups mixing together with hilarious results. Grades 5-8. 1998.Hiccup champion of the world
Par Ken Roberts. 1988
Twelve-year-old Maynard is about to appear on national television when he gets the hiccups. He tries the traditional remedies but,…
when these do not work, friends, neighbours, schoolmates and even perfect strangers give advice. Grades 4-7. 1988.Gowie Corby plays chicken
Par Gene Kemp. 1979
Gypsy Rizka
Par Lloyd Alexander. 1999
Rizka, a young girl, and her cat, Petzel, live in a Gypsy wagon on the edge of Dunitsa, waiting for…
Rizka's long-lost father to return. Meanwhile, Rizka endears herself to some villagers, exposes the foibles of others, and finally discovers a new concept of family. Grades 4-7. c1999.Forever X
Par Geraldine McCaughrean. 1997
What is the meaning of the strange sign on the strange house, in the middle of nowhere? Who are these…
weird people? What is an angel doing up a tree? And why have the police arrived? Grades 4-7. 1997.Lenny Flem Jr. is the only one standing between his evil-genius best friend, Casper, and world domination, as Casper uses…
a spectacularly convincing fake mustache and the ability to hypnotize to rob banks, amass a vast fortune, and run for president. Grades 4-7. 2012.Feeling sorry for Celia
Par Jaclyn Moriarty. 2004
Life is pretty complicated for Elizabeth Clarry. Her best friend Celia keeps disappearing, her absent father suddenly reappears, and her…
communication with her mother consists entirely of wacky notes left on the fridge. Junior and Senior High. 2004.Diana: my autobiography
Par Kevin Major. 1993
Diana is a spirited girl of eleven from Newfoundland. Her parents named her "Diana" because she was born near the…
time of the royal wedding, and she has been fascinated with royalty ever since. When she reads a biography of Princess Diana, she decides to start her own autobiography. Grades 5-8. 1993.British teenager Georgia Nicolson's humorous diary entries reveal the results as she finally chooses between potential boyfriends, but then becomes…
involved in a play with the one not chosen, further complicating her love life. Senior High. 2010.Dan versus nature
Par Don Calame. 2016
Shy and scrawny Dan Weekes spends his time creating graphic novels inspired by his dream girl and looking out for…
his mom as she dates every man in the state of California. Then his mom drops a bomb: she and her latest beau, Hank, are engaged, and she's sending her "two favourite men" on a survivalist camping trip to "bond." Determined to trick Hank into showing his true flawed colours on the trip, Dan and his nerdy germaphobe best friend, Charlie, prepare a series of increasingly gross and embarrassing pranks. But the boys hadn't counted on a hot girl joining their trip or on getting separated from their wilderness guide, not to mention the humiliating injuries Dan suffers in the course of terrorizing his stepdad-to-be. With a man-hungry bear on their trail, no supplies, and a lot of unpleasant itching going on, can Dan see his plan through now that his very survival depends on Hank? For senior high readers. 2016.A trio of tolerable tales
Par Margaret Atwood. 2017
In Rude Ramsay and the Roaring Radishes, Ramsay runs away from his revolting relatives and makes a new friend with…
more refined tastes. The second tale, Bashful Bob and Doleful Dorinda, features Bob, who was raised by dogs, and Dorinda, who does housework for relatives who don’t like her. It is only when they become friends that they realize they can change their lives for the better. And finally, to get her parents back, Wenda and her woodchuck companion have to outsmart Widow Wallop in Wandering Wenda and Widow Wallop’s Wunderground Washery. Grades 4-7. 2017. Uniform title: Short stories.A hat full of sky (Tiffany Aching adventure. #2)
Par Terry Pratchett. 2005
A real witch can ride a broomstick, cast spells and make a proper shamble out of anything. Eleven-year-old Tiffany Aching…
can't. A real witch never casually steps out of her body, leaving it empty. Tiffany does. And there's something just waiting for a handy body to take over. Something ancient and horrible which can't die. Now she's got to fight back and learn to be a real witch quickly, with the help of arch-witch Mistress Weatherwax and the truly amazing Miss Level. Sequel to "The wee free men" (DC30606). Followed by "Wintersmith" (DC40785). For Junior High readers. 2005. (Tiffany Aching advneture ; 2)I was a teenage worrier (Youth project)
Par Ros Asquith. 1994
Letty Chubb, fifteen, is a teenage worrier. In this book she details her hopes, joys, tears and fears. Topics range…
from personal and private things to important world issues, such as oxygen, AIDS, war and electrolysis.The adventures of Tom Sawyer (Penguin classics #Set Ii)
Par Mark Twain, Joanne Suter. 1999
The thrilling life of Pauline de Lammermoor (Pauline, btw. #one.)
Par Edeet Ravel. 2007
Pauline is almost 14 and has decided to write about her life, and she's got lots of stuff to say…
- stuff about her friends and school and even her crazy, insane family. A family that includes an artist father who does paintings of shoes, and a mother who lives in a very crooked house and who frequently bursts into song. The thing Pauline discovers is that writing about your life isn't really that hard, but living your life? That's another story. For junior high readers. Followed by "The mysterious adventures of Pauline Bovary" (DC31353). 2007. (Pauline, btw ; 1) 2007. (Pauline, btw ; 1)The mysterious adventures of Pauline Bovary (Pauline, btw. #two.)
Par Edeet Ravel. 2007
With life simply overflowing with pungent melodrama, it's all Pauline and her purple pen can do to record each twist…
of the plot. First, her best friend splits to become a teen ice queen. Then, Pauline's dragged into the revolting details of her divorcing parents' love life. And to top it off, she finds herself falling for a self-described "neo-existentialist" - much to the displeasure of her loyal boyfriend. How will she ever write her way out of this one? For junior high readers. Sequel to "The thrilling life of Pauline de Lammermoor" (DC31364). Followed by "The secret journey of Pauline Siddhartha" (DC33638). 2007. (Pauline, btw ; 2)Anxious gravity: a novel
Par Jeff Wells. 2001
The life of a naïve, born-again teen can sometimes seem God-awful, as Gideon Gast discovers at Overcomer Bible Institute. Having…
given himself over to religion, Gideon quickly finds his newfound faith challenged by sexually aggressive women, a disturbed student armed with a power drill, and Siamese-twin evangelists. Some descriptions of violence, explicit strong language and descriptions of sex. 2001.The canning season
Par Polly Horvath. 2003
Lonely, friendless Ratchet Clark is suddenly packed off by her uncaring mother to spend the summer with two elderly relatives,…
twins Tilly and Penpen. They live in an area of Maine so remote that servant-eating bears are a constant menace. Here, with her outlandishly eccentric great-aunts, Ratchet hears gruesome yet darkly humorous stories of family lore while experiencing, for the first time, some love and care. Some strong language. Grades 5-8. 2003.Virtually perfect
Par Dan Gutman. 1998
Yip, the computer-savvy 12-year-old son of a movie special-effects man, downloads the software being tested by his father's company and…
simulates a "vactor" (virtual actor). With help from his teenage sister Paige, Yip creates Victor, a perfect kid with great looks, super intelligence, and a sense of humour - but no conscience. Victor insists on getting out into the real world, but when he shows criminal tendencies, can Yip pull the plug? Grades 4-7. 1998.