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J CLEMENTS

When he decides to turn his fifth 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.

J GUTMAN

Four fifth-grade students—a geek, a class clown, a teacher’s pet, and a slacker—as well as their teacher and mothers, each relate events surrounding a computer programmed to complete homework assignments.

J PAULSEN

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

JE COLFER

When their mother starts dropping them off at the library several afternoons a week, nine-year-old William and his brother dread boredom and the overbearing librarian, but they are surprised at how things turn out.

J GANTOS

Jack’s diary helps him deal with his problems which include dog-eating alligators, a terror for an older sister, a younger brother who keeps breaking parts of himself, and next-door neighbors who are really weird.

J HOLM

The first year of middle school can be exciting, or scarey, just ask Ginny.

J KLISE

When the principal asks a fifth-grader to write a letter regarding the purchase of a new drinking fountain for their school, he finds that all sorts of chaos results.

J BENTON

Reduced to miniature size, Franny travels through her pet dog’s nostril and into his stomach.

JE MOSS

GRAPHIC J BABYMOUSE

J WINKLER

Hank must decide whether to attend tae kwon do or an after school reading program run by his favorite teacher, and when he meets an interesting girl at “Reading Gym,” he gets into a complicated situation that even has him lying to his father.

J CHILD