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Gangsta Granny
by David Walliams
A young boy discovers his boring grandma is actually a jewel thief and together they plan a heist. Heartwarming and hilarious.
Ben, a boy, hates having to stay with his Granny every Friday because his parents go to see a dancing show named "Strictly Stars Dancing". He finds it boring and repetitive as his Granny always feeds ... (Wikipedia)
Awful Auntie
by David Walliams
A young girl named Stella is left in the care of her awful auntie, who has a dark secret. Together with a ghostly friend, Stella uncovers the truth.
The book is set in December 1933. The central character is Stella Saxby, whose parents, Lord and Lady Saxby, have died in a tragic car accident. In the wake of the tragedy, Stella's Aunt Alberta ... (Wikipedia)
RatBurger
by David Walliams
A young girl tries to save her pet rat from being turned into a burger by her evil stepfather.
The story follows a young girl named Zoe, whose mother died when she was a baby. Zoe now lives in a council flat with her father and her lazy stepmother, Sheila. Zoe is being bullied by a classmate ... (Wikipedia)
The Third Wheel
by Jeff Kinney
A middle schooler's misadventures as he navigates the ups and downs of growing up.
Greg recalls several anecdotes from the time of his conception to his preschool years, notable ones include how his mother read to him before bed, how his parents’ excessive kissing supposedly led to ... (Wikipedia)
The Last Straw
by Jeff Kinney
A young boy's misadventures as he navigates school, family, and friendship.
The book begins on January 1, with Greg talking about his family's New Year's resolutions. Greg’s resolution is to stop other people from breaking their resolution. He starts three strikes and out. ... (Wikipedia)
The Magic Finger
by Roald Dahl
A little girl with a magical power forces a family of hunters to experience life as the animals they hunt.
What happens when the hunter becomes the hunted? To the Gregg family, hunting is just plain fun. To the girl who lives next door, it's just plain horrible. She tries to be polite. She tries to talk ... (Goodreads)
The Sky Is Everywhere
by Jandy Nelson
A young girl's exploration of love and loss amidst a tumultuous family life.
Adrift after her sister Bailey's sudden death, Lennie finds herself torn between quiet, seductive Toby—Bailey's boyfriend who shares her grief—and Joe, the new boy in town who bursts with life and ... (Goodreads)
Rodrick Rules
by Jeff Kinney
Greg's older brother Rodrick torments him while their parents are away, leading to hilarious mishaps and sibling rivalry.
At the start of the book, Greg Heffley explains how bad his summer vacation was in which after being signed up with the swim team without his consent, he had to deal with practice at 7:00 AM, being ... (Wikipedia)
The Twins at St Clare's
by Enid Blyton
Twins Pat and Isabel O'Sullivan start at a new boarding school, St Clare's, and have adventures with their classmates.
The two girl twins, Patricia and Isabel O'Sullivan, having just finished school at the elite school called Redroofs, are expected to move on to senior school. While most of their friends at their old ... (Wikipedia)
The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole
by Sue Townsend
A humorous coming-of-age story of a teenage boy navigating the difficulties of adolescence.
Adrian Mole is an outsider who feels the reason he can't quite fit in with "regular" society is that he is an intellectual. Evidence from his diary entries include a precocious interest in ... (Wikipedia)
Curious George Takes a Job
by H.A. Rey
Curious George gets a job at a chocolate factory, but his curiosity leads to chaos and a narrow escape.
The book picks up where the first book ends. George is living in the zoo, until he gets a key from a zookeeper and escapes his cage. In the city, George enters a restaurant where he is caught eating ... (Wikipedia)
The Witches
by Roald Dahl
A young boy's adventure to defeat a coven of wicked witches.
The story is narrated from the perspective of an unnamed seven-year-old English boy, who goes to live with his Norwegian grandmother after his parents are killed in a tragic car accident. The boy ... (Wikipedia)
Double Act
by Jacqueline Wilson
Identical twins Ruby and Garnet navigate their parents' divorce and their own differences in this heartwarming tale of sisterhood.
The book takes the form of the twins alternately narrating the story of their life in an Accounts book. Ruby and Garnet are ten-year-old identical twins living with their father and grandmother since ... (Wikipedia)
George's Marvellous Medicine
by Roald Dahl
A young boy's attempt to create a magical potion to cure his grandmother's ailments.
George's Grandma is a grizzly, grumpy, selfish old woman with pale brown teeth and a small puckered up mouth like a dog's bottom. Four times a day she takes a large spoonful of medicine, but it ... (Goodreads)
A Midsummer's Nightmare
by Kody Keplinger
A teenage girl is forced to attend a summer camp with her ex-boyfriend and his new girlfriend, leading to unexpected romantic entanglements.
Whitley Johnson's dream summer with her divorcé dad has turned into a nightmare. She's just met his new fiancée and her kids. The fiancée's son? Whitley's one-night stand from graduation night. Just ... (Goodreads)
All the Flowers in Paris
by Sarah Jio
A young woman in Nazi-occupied Paris discovers a forgotten diary and uncovers a love story from the past that parallels her own.
Two women are connected across time by the city of Paris, a mysterious journal, and shocking secrets, sweeping from World War II to the present–for readers of Sarah's Key. When Caroline wakes up in a ... (Goodreads)
The Rescue
by Kathryn Lasky
A young girl and her father rescue a baby osprey and nurse it back to health, while learning about the importance of conservation.
Ever since Soren was kidnapped and taken to the St. Aegolius School for Orphaned Owls, he has longed to see his sister, Eglantine, again. Now Eglantine is back in Soren's life, but she's been through ... (Goodreads)
The Gatecrasher
by Madeleine Wickham
A middle-aged woman crashes funerals to find wealthy widowers to marry, until she meets her match.
Everything's coming up roses for Fleur Daxeny, as she goes through more rich men than she does designer hats... if that's humanly possible. Beautiful, charming, and utterly irresistible, her success ... (Goodreads)
Party Princess
by Meg Cabot
Mia Thermopolis is back, and this time she's planning the biggest party of the year. But can she handle the pressure of being a princess and a teenager?
Princess just want to have fun . . . And Mia does too, despite the fact that the student government over which she presides is suddenly broke. But Grandmere's got a wacky scheme to raise the money, ... (Goodreads)
The Girl with All the Gifts
by M.R. Carey
A post-apocalyptic world where a young girl holds the key to humanity's survival.
Twenty years ago humanity was infected by a variant of the fungus native to South America called Ophiocordyceps unilateralis, which led to the Breakdown - the end of civilization as it was before. ... (Wikipedia)
The Ghost and the Goth
by Stacey Kade
A ghost and a goth form an unlikely friendship and help each other navigate high school drama and personal struggles.
Alona Dare was the most popular girl in school, at least she was until she was hit by a bus. Returning to the scene of her death as a ghost , she expects everyone to be upset over her death, but her ... (Wikipedia)
Hudson
by Laurelin Paige
A forbidden romance between a wealthy businessman and his employee's daughter. Secrets, lies, and passion collide in this steamy love story.
"I can easily divide my life into two parts—before her and after." Hudson Pierce has led a life few others could even imagine. With money and power at his fingertips, he's wanted for almost nothing. ... (Goodreads)
Project Princess
by Meg Cabot
Mia Thermopolis discovers she is a princess and must navigate royal life while dealing with typical teenage problems.
What on earth is that princess up to now? Most princesses would prefer to spend their spring breaks in Gstaad, or some other equally unpronounceable European hot spot. Not this one, though. Hammer in ... (Goodreads)
The Akhenaten Adventure
by P.B. Kerr
Twins discover they are descendants of ancient Egyptian pharaohs and embark on a time-traveling adventure to save their family's legacy.
John and Philippa Gaunt are two young children who live an upper class life in New York City , New York . Their uncle Nimrod appears to them in a dream and tells them about their magical powers as ... (Wikipedia)
The Bad Guys: Episode 1
by Aaron Blabey
Four "bad guys" try to turn their reputation around by doing good deeds, but their efforts are met with skepticism.
"I wish I'd had these books as a kid. Hilarious!" – Dav Pilkey, creator of Captain Underpants and Dog Man This New York Times bestselling illustrated series is perfect for fans of Dog Man and Captain ... (Barnes & Noble)
Let's Pretend This Never Happened
by Jim Benton
A humorous memoir of the author's bizarre and awkward childhood experiences.
Read the hilarious, candid, (and sometimes not-so-nice,) diaries of Jamie Kelly, who promises that everything in her diary is true...or at least as true as it needs to be. School was okay today. ... (Goodreads)
Princess in Training
by Meg Cabot
Mia Thermopolis is back, learning how to be a princess and dealing with the ups and downs of high school life.
The book begins with the first day of Mia Thermopolis 's Sophomore year at the fictional Albert Einstein High School after spending the summer in Genovia . Michael Mocovitz, Mia's boyfriend, is now a ... (Wikipedia)
The 13-Storey Treehouse
by Andy Griffiths
Two friends live in a treehouse with 13 floors, filled with wacky inventions and adventures.
The book begins with the narrator and fictional depiction of the author, Andy Griffiths , giving an introduction to himself, his friend and illustrator Terry Denton , and their treehouse; the main ... (Wikipedia)
The Never List
by Koethi Zan
Two women escape from a sadistic kidnapper, but years later, he's back and they must confront their past to survive.
The most relentless, deeply disturbing thriller writer since Jeffery Deaver and Gillian Flynn For years, best friends Sarah and Jennifer kept what they called the “Never List”: a list of actions to ... (Goodreads)
The Story of Tracy Beaker
by Jacqueline Wilson
Tracy Beaker, a young girl in foster care, tells her story of longing for a permanent home and dealing with difficult relationships.
'I'm Tracy Beaker. This is a book all about me. I'd read it if I were you. It's the most incredible dynamic heart-rending story. Honest.' Tracy is ten years old. She lives in a Children's Home but ... (Goodreads)
