18 books like Almost Starring Skinnybones

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Romeo and Juliet Together (and Alive!) at Last Avi · 1987 · ★ 3.6 · 122p · ≈ 4h · Moderate The eighth grade's plan to get two reluctant "lovers" together by means of a classroom production of Shakespeare's play has some very unexpected results. Shares: Acting, School Stories, Humorous stories, Schools

Maxie, Rosie, and Earl- Partners In Grime Barbara Park · 1990 · ★ 3.4 · 117p · ≈ 3h · Moderate When their disciplinary meetings with the principal are postponed, three students skip school with humorous results. Shares: Schools in fiction, School Stories, Humorous stories, Schools

Sideways Stories from Wayside School Louis Sachar · 1978 · ★ 4.2 · 144p · ≈ 4h · Moderate Presents humorous episodes from the classroom on the thirtieth floor of Wayside School, which was accidentally built sideways with one classroom on each story. Shares: Schools in fiction, Humorous stories, Schools, Children's fiction

A fine, fine school Sharon Creech · 2001 · ★ 4.8 · 32p · ≈ 1h · Moderate When a principal loves his school so much that he wants the children to attend classes every day of the year, it is up to his students to show him free time is a good thing, too. Gallery WINNER: voted the favorite Gallery Book for the year in the Triple Crown Children's Book Award program, advancing uplifting, wholesome, mainstream literature. Shares: Schools in fiction, School Stories, Schools, Children's fiction

This school year will be the best! Kay Winters · 2010 · ★ 3.8 · 32p · ≈ 1h · Moderate When a teacher asks her students on the first day of school what they wish for in the coming year, the answers range from having a good school picture to receiving a perfect report card. Shares: Schools in fiction, School Stories, Humorous stories, Schools

Skinnybones Barbara Park · 1982 · ★ 4.0 · 111p · ≈ 3h · Moderate Alex's active sense of humor helps him get along with the school braggart, make the most of his athletic talents, and simply get by in a hectic world. Shares: Schools in fiction, School Stories, Humorous stories, Schools

I hate rules! Nancy E. Krulik · 2003 · ★ 4.1 · 76p · ≈ 2h · Moderate Katie Carew (nicknamed Katie Kazoo by the class bully) always wished that she could be anyone but herself. Now her wish has come true - and she keeps turning into other people! When Katie gets caught breaking the rules, first passing a note, and later with a cell phone (that isn't even her's!), she loses her recess for the day. She's had it with the school rules! When she turns into the… Shares: Schools in fiction, School Stories, Humorous stories, Schools

Junie B. Jones is Captain Field Day Barbara Park · 2001 · ★ 4.5 · 69p · ≈ 2h · Moderate Afternoon kindergarten is having a field day, and Junie B. Jones is team captain! Only, here's the problem. Room Eight keeps on winning too many events. And so how will Room Nine ever become the kindergarten champions? As Captain Field Day, will Junie B. find a way to lead her team to victory? Or will it be up to someone else to save the day?From the Trade Paperback edition. Shares: Schools in fiction, School Stories, Humorous stories, Schools

Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger (Wayside School #3) Louis Sachar · 1995 · ★ 4.2 · 168p · ≈ 5h · Moderate All the kids from Wayside School had to spend 243 days in horrible schools while Wayside was closed to get rid of the infestation of cows! Now the kids are back and the fun begins again on every floor. Miss Mush has prepared a special lunch of baked liver in purple sauce and it is pet day on the 30th floor. Unusual things continue to happen in the classroom on the thirtieth floor of Wayside… Shares: School Stories, Humorous stories, Schools, Children's fiction

Boy Who Owned the School Gary Paulsen · 1990 · ★ 4.0 · 85p · ≈ 2h · Moderate Jacob Freisten's goal in life is to go about unnoticed. He's perfect at gliding past the jocks' lockers and sneaking into his English class. That was, until now. If Jacob wants to pass English, he must work for extra credit on the stage crew of the school production of The Wizard of Oz. Jacob, who is usually in a fog anyway, has the the job of running the fog machine. The problem is that Maria… Shares: School Stories, Schools, Children's fiction

The Bears Go to School (A Pete & Gabby Book) Kay Winters · 2013 · ★ 4.0 · 32p · ≈ 1h · Moderate Two bear cubs, Gabby and Pete, visit a nearby town. For some reason, they are not warmly greeted by panicked residents all over town—from the ice cream store to the post office. All—bears and people—are rescued when the ranger comes to investigate the situation. Full-color illustrations throughout enhance the reading experience for newly independent readers. Shares: School Stories, Humorous stories, Schools, Children's fiction

Rotten School - Punk'd and skunked Robert Lawrence Stine · 2007 · ★ 4.0 · 125p · ≈ 4h · Moderate Bernie Bridges has always dreamed about going to PPP—the exclusive Preppy Prep Prep school. All the kids at PPP are rich, rich, rich! And if there is one thing that Bernie loves it's money, money, money!But how will Bernie get to PPP? All he and his buddies have to do is win the National School Make-a-Great-Invention Contest, and off they go to PPP for a week to compete in the final round.… Shares: Schools in fiction, School Stories, Humorous stories, Schools

No more dead dogs Gordon Korman · 2000 · ★ 3.7 · 180p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Nobody understands Wallace Wallace. This reluctant school football hero has been suspended from the team for writing an unfavorable book report of Old Shep, My Pal. But Wallace won't tell a lie -- he hated every minute of the book! Why does the dog in every classic novel have to croak at the end? After refusing to do a rewrite, his English teacher, who happens to be directing the school play Old… Shares: School Stories, Humorous stories, Schools, Children's fiction

The day the teacher went bananas James Howe · 1984 · ★ 4.3 · 31p · ≈ 1h · Moderate A class's new teacher, who leads the children in a number of very popular activities, turns out to be a gorilla. Shares: School Stories, Schools, Children's fiction

Ms. LaGrange is strange! Dan Gutman · 2005 · ★ 4.2 · 99p · ≈ 3h · Moderate Something weird is going on! Ms. LaGrange talks funny and she's from some other country called France! She thinks the vomitorium is a fancy restaurant! She grows her own food right out of the ground! Yuck! Plus, she's writing secret messages in the mashed potatoes! Shares: School Stories, Humorous stories, Schools, Children's fiction

Junie B. Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus Barbara Park · 1992 · ★ 4.0 · 80p · ≈ 2h · Moderate "Hilarious. Barbara Park makes reading fun." --Dav Pilkey, author of Dog Man Barbara Park's #1 New York Times bestselling chapter book series, Junie B. Jones, has been keeping kids laughing--and reading--for more than twenty-five years. Over 65 million copies sold! Meet the World's Funniest Kindergartner--Junie B. Jones! Remember when it was scary to go to school? In the first Junie B. Jones… Shares: Schools in fiction, School Stories, Humorous stories, Schools

Mr. Docker is off his rocker! Dan Gutman · 2006 · ★ 4.5 · 100p · ≈ 3h · Moderate Something weird is going on!Mr. Docker must be a mad scientist! He does nutty experiments and he has an evil, demented, cackling laugh. Plus he invented a car that runs onto potatoes. Mr. Docker is the weirdest science teacher ever! Is he trying to take over the world? Shares: Schools in fiction, Humorous stories, Schools, Children's fiction

Super Schnoz and the Gates of Smell Gary Urey · 2013 · 160p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Andy Whiffler is your average eleven-year-old boy…except that his nose is so big he can use it to fly and his sense of smell is a hundred thousand times stronger than any human. In the first book of this hilarious series, Andy moves to a new school and is instantly picked on because of the size of his nose. But when his classmates discover how powerful his nose is, they decide he is more of a… Shares: School Stories, Humorous stories, Schools, Children's fiction

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