18 books like The million dollar putt

What to read after The million dollar putt — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

The View from Saturday E. L. Konigsburg · 1996 · ★ 3.8 · 169p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Four students, with their own individual stories, develop a special bond and attract the attention of their teacher, a paraplegic, who chooses them to represent their sixth-grade class in the Academic Bowl competition. Shares: Contests, People with disabilities, School Stories, Schools

Judy Moody Megan McDonald · 2019 · ★ 4.0 · 170p · ≈ 5h · Moderate The first installment in the popular and best-selling series starring Judy Moody. To start, Judy Moody doesn't have high hopes for third grade. Her new desk won't have an armadillo sticker with her name on it. Her new classroom will not have a porcupine named Roger. And with her luck, she'll get stuck sitting in the first row, where Mr. Todd will notice every time she tries to pass a note to her… Shares: Contests, School Stories, Schools, Friendship

Secrets Kate William · 1983 · ★ 3.5 · 118p · ≈ 3h · Moderate Beautiful and ruthless, Jessica Wakefield is determined to be chosen queen of the fall dance at Sweet Valley High. If she can win the contest, she's sure to win Bruce Patman, the most sought after boy in school. The only person standing in Jessica's way is Enid Rollins. When Jessica discovers the truth about Enid's past, she knows the crown is within her grasp. She doesn't care that Enid is… Shares: Contests, School Stories, Schools

Judy Moody Saves the World! Megan McDonald · 2002 · ★ 4.1 · 160p · ≈ 5h · Moderate When Judy Moody gets serious about protecting the environment, her little brother Stink thinks she is overdoing it, but she manages to inspire her third grade class to undertake an award-winning, environment-saving project. Shares: Contests, School Stories, Schools

Mike and Psmith P. G. Wodehouse · 1935 · ★ 4.0 · 171p · ≈ 5h · Challenging Gloomy when his poor scholastic record forces him to change schools just as he is about to become captain of the cricket team, an English boy cheers up when he discovers another new boy in similar circumstances. Shares: School Stories, Schools, Friendship

Gilda Joyce Jennifer Allison · 2005 · ★ 3.9 · 296p · ≈ 9h · Moderate When her best friend, Wendy Choy, qualifies to compete in an international piano competition in Oxford, England, irrepressible Gilda Joyce finds a way to get an invitation herself—as a page-turner. Wendy settles into an exhausting practice schedule, made worse by strange nightmares, while Gilda finds herself falling in love with a British boy. But when Wendy discovers a ghostly message written in… Shares: Contests, Schools

Harriet the Spy Louise Fitzhugh · 1960 · ★ 4.0 · 305p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Harriet the Spy is a children's novel written and illustrated by Louise Fitzhugh that was published in 1964. It has been called "a milestone in children's literature" and a "classic". In the U.S. it ranked number 12 in The 50 Best Books for Kids and number 17 in The Top 100 Children's Novels on two lists generated in 2012. Shares: School Stories, Schools, Friendship

Granny Torrelli Makes Soup Sharon Creech · 2003 · ★ 3.8 · 141p · ≈ 4h · Moderate Bailey, who is usually so nice, Bailey, my neighbor, my friend, my buddy, my pal for my whole life, knowing me better than anybody, that Bailey, that Bailey I am so mad at right now, that Bailey, I hate him today.Twelve-year-old Rosie and her best friend, Bailey, don't always get along, that's true. But Granny Torrelli seems to know just how to make things right again with her interesting stories… Shares: Blind, Friendship

Dear Mr. Henshaw Beverly Cleary · 1983 · ★ 4.0 · 129p · ≈ 4h · Moderate Dear Mr. Henshaw is a juvenile epistolary novel by Beverly Cleary and illustrator Paul O. Zelinsky that was awarded the Newbery Medal in 1984. Based on a 2007 online poll, the National Education Association listed the book as one of its "Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children". Shares: School Stories, Schools, Friendship

Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash Trinka Hakes Noble · 1980 · ★ 4.2 · 32p · ≈ 1h · Moderate Jimmy's boa constrictor wreaks havoc on the class trip to a farm. Shares: School Stories, Schools

Tales from a not-so-happy heartbreaker Rachel Renée Russell · 2013 · ★ 4.3 · 343p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Middle-school drama queen Nikki Maxwell worries about asking a boy to her school's "sweetheart dance." Shares: School Stories, Schools, Friendship

Go Jump in the Pool! Gordon Korman · 1979 · ★ 4.2 · 181p · ≈ 6h · Moderate York Academy has a pool; Macdonald Hall does not. While annoying, this has never bothered the Macdonald Hall students much...until some of the boys report that their parents believe that the richer sports opportunities available at York will prompt them to transfer their sons to Macdonald Hall's biggest rival. The boys scheme to get a pool...a better pool than York Academy. Shares: School Stories, Schools, Friendship

Secrets, Lies, and Algebra Wendy Lichtman · 2007 · ★ 4.0 · 192p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Tess loves math because it's the one subject she can trust — there's always just one right answer, and it never changes. But then she starts algebra and is introduced to those pesky and mysterious variables, which seem to be everywhere in eighth grade. When even your friends and parents can be variables, how in the world do you find out the right answers to the really important questions, like… Shares: School Stories, Schools, Friendship

Bridge to Terabithia Katherine Paterson · 1972 · ★ 4.1 · 175p · ≈ 5h · Moderate The life of a ten-year-old boy in rural Virginia expands when he becomes friends with a newcomer who subsequently meets an untimely death trying to reach their hideaway, Terabithia, during a storm. Shares: School Stories, Schools, Friendship

Big Nate - In a Class by Himself Lincoln Peirce · 2010 · ★ 4.5 · 224p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Supremely confident middle school student Nate Wright manages make getting detention from every one of his teachers in the same day seem like an achievement. Shares: School Stories, Schools, Friendship

Generation Dead Daniel Waters · 2008 · ★ 4.3 · 368p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Phoebe Kendall is just your typical Goth girl with a crush.  He’s strong and silent…and dead.   All over the country, a strange phenomenon is occurring.  Some teenagers who die aren't staying dead.  But when they come back to life, they are no longer the same. Feared and misunderstood, they are doing their best to blend into a society that doesn’t want… Shares: School Stories, Schools

Otis Spofford Beverly Cleary · 1953 · ★ 3.9 · 191p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Otis Spofford is a 1953 children's novel by Beverly Cleary. The story revolves around the antics of the title character, a precocious fourth-grader with a knack for getting into trouble. Otis lives with his mother, who is often absent from the household due to teaching classes at her dance school, and therefore Otis is required to entertain himself, by "stirring up a little excitement". His… Shares: School Stories, Schools, Friendship

The Storybook of Legends Shannon Hale · 2001 · ★ 4.1 · 352p · ≈ 11h · Moderate At Ever After High, an enchanting boarding school, the children of fairytale legends prepare themselves to fulfill their destinies as the next generation of Snow Whites, Prince Charmings and Evil Queens...whether they want to or not. Each year on Legacy Day, students sign the Storybook of Legends to seal their scripted fates. For generations, the Village of Book End has whispered that refusing to… Shares: School Stories, Schools, Friendship

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