18 books like Class Clown

What to read after Class Clown — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

Rotten School #6 - The Heinie Prize Robert Lawrence Stine · 2006 · ★ 4.0 · 111p · ≈ 3h · Moderate Is Belzer a loser?Just because he wears T-shirts that say I need a Tutor and Ask Me About My Allergies?Just because he picks scabs off his knees and eats them?Belzer's parents think he's a loser. They want to take him out of Rotten School. Every year Mrs. Heinie awards the Heinie Prize to the Most Outstanding Fourth Grader. Bernie Bridges wants Belzer to win the Heinie. Then his parents will have… Shares: Human behavior, Behavior, Conduct of life, School Stories

The Meanest Thing to Say Bill Cosby · 1997 · ★ 3.3 · 39p · ≈ 1h · Moderate When a new boy in his second grade class tries to get the other students to play a game that involves saying the meanest things possible to one another, Little Bill shows him a better way to make friends. Shares: Human behavior, Behavior, School 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: Human behavior, Behavior, School Stories, Schools

There's a Boy in the Girl's Bathroom (Cascades) Louis Sachar · 1987 · ★ 4.1 · 226p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Shares: Human behavior, Behavior, Conduct of life, School Stories

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: Human behavior, Behavior, Conduct of life, School Stories

Fourth Grade Rats Jerry Spinelli · 1991 · ★ 3.8 · 90p · ≈ 3h · Moderate A fast, fun, friendship read from the Newbery-award winning author of Maniac Magee. Fourth graders are tough. They aren't afraid of spiders. They say no to their moms. They push first graders off the swings. And they never, ever cry. Suds knows that now that he's in fourth grade, he's supposed to be a rat. But whenever he tries to act like one, something goes wrong. Can Suds's friend Joey teach… Shares: Behavior, Conduct of life, School Stories, Schools

Ungifted Gordon Korman · 2012 · ★ 4.5 · 288p · ≈ 9h · Moderate The word gifted has never been applied to a kid like Donovan Curtis. It's usually more like Don't try this at home. So when the troublemaker pulls a major prank at his middle school, he thinks he's finally gone too far. But thanks to a mix-up by one of the administrators, instead of getting in trouble, Donovan is sent to the Academy of Scholastic Distinction (ASD), a special program for gifted… Shares: Human behavior, Behavior, Conduct of life, Schools

David goes to school David Shannon · 1999 · ★ 4.2 · 32p · ≈ 1h · Moderate David's activities in school include chewing gum, talking out of turn, and engaging in a food fight, causing his teacher to say over and over, "No, David!" Shares: Human behavior, Behavior, School Stories, Schools

My brother is a big, fat liar James Patterson · 2013 · ★ 4.0 · 289p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Georgia Khatchadorian plans to succeed at Hills Village Middle School in all the places her troublemaker brother failed. Shares: Human behavior, Behavior, School Stories, Schools

Prairie school Lois Lenski · 1951 · ★ 4.0 · 196p · ≈ 6h · Moderate It's the worst blizzard in fifty years! Delores is very ill, but there's no way to get through the snow. How long will she be stranded at school? Out on the South Dakota prairie, the winters are fierce. This storm is the worst one yet: It's below freezing outside, and the winds are howling. All of the other kids have gone home, but Delores's family can't get to her, so she has to stay at the… Shares: Accelerated Reader, School Stories, Schools, Children's fiction

Pottymouth and Stoopid James Patterson · 2016 · ★ 4.1 · 336p · ≈ 11h · Moderate In this heartwarming New York Times bestselling story from the world's #1 bestselling author, two best friends use laughter to turn the tables on their bullies.  "I have one word for this book: SUPERWONDERRIFIC!" ―Jerry Spinelli, Newberry Medal-winning author of Maniac Magee and Stargirl   David and his best friend Michael were tagged with awful nicknames way back in preschool when… Shares: Human behavior, Behavior, School Stories, Schools

The princess and the dragon Audrey Wood · 1982 · ★ 4.1 · 32p · ≈ 1h · Moderate When a princess who behaves like a dragon meets a dragon who behaves like a princess, there are unexpected results. Shares: Human behavior, Behavior, Children's fiction

Wendy and the Bullies Nancy K. Robinson · 1980 · ★ 3.7 · 128p · ≈ 4h · Moderate Wendy's troubles with bullies in and out of school reach the point where she is afraid to go to school. Shares: Behavior, School Stories, Schools, Children's fiction

No messin' with my lesson Nancy E. Krulik · 2004 · ★ 4.0 · 75p · ≈ 2h · Moderate Katie's teacher Mrs. Derkman is a finalist in the Teacher of the Year contest, and a contest official is coming to observe her teach class 3A. But when Katie suddenly turns into Mrs. Derkman, the teacher's chances don't look so good. How can Katie control a class full of out-of-control third-graders when she's just a third-grader herself? Shares: Behavior, School Stories, Schools, Children's fiction

Queenie Peavy Robert Burch · 1966 · ★ 5.0 · 159p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Tormented by taunts that her father is in prison, thirteen-year-old Queenie retaliates by causing a lot of trouble until she discovers something important about her father and herself. Shares: Accelerated Reader, School Stories, Schools, Children's fiction

The rest of us just live here Patrick Ness · 2001 · ★ 3.7 · 326p · ≈ 10h · Moderate What if you aren't the Chosen One? The one who's supposed to fight the zombies, or the soul-eating ghosts, or whatever the heck this new thing is, with the blue lights and the death? What if you're like Mikey? Who just wants to graduate and go to prom and maybe finally work up the courage to ask Henna out before someone goes and blows up the high school. Again. Because sometimes there are… Shares: Youth, Conduct of life, Schools, Children's fiction

Charlie Bone and the Red Knight Jenny Nimmo · 1900 · ★ 4.2 · 400p · ≈ 13h · Challenging Charlie and the Children of the Red King must call upon all of their strength to defeat the darkness and finally learn the fate of Charlie's family, the evil intentions of the Bloors, what has become of Septimus Bloor's will, and the destiny of the Red King's heirs. ---------- German-language description: Der finstere Schattenlord will Charlie Bones Stadt in seine Gewalt bringen und er hat… Shares: Accelerated Reader, School Stories, Schools, Children's fiction

Kirsten learns a lesson Janet Beeler Shaw · 1986 · ★ 4.1 · 69p · ≈ 2h · Moderate After immigrating from Sweden to join relatives in an American prairie community, Kirsten endures the ordeal of a strange school through a secret friendship with an Indian girl. Kirsten has a hard time in her new American school because she doesn't speak English very well. Miss Winston, her new teacher, is strict and not very understanding. Things get worse when Miss Winston comes to live with… Shares: Accelerated Reader, School Stories, Schools, Children's fiction

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