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The Phantom Tollbooth Norton Juster · 1961 · ★ 4.2 · 255p · ≈ 8h · Moderate The Phantom Tollbooth is a children's fantasy adventure novel written by Norton Juster with illustrations by Jules Feiffer. It was published in 1961 by Random House (USA). It tells the story of a bored young boy named Milo who unexpectedly receives a magic tollbooth one afternoon and, having nothing better to do, drives through it in his toy car, transporting him to the Kingdom of Wisdom, once… Shares: Science Fiction, Adventure

Maizon at Blue Hill Jacqueline Woodson · 1992 · ★ 3.8 · 144p · ≈ 4h · Moderate After winning a scholarship to an academically challenging boarding school, Maizon finds herself one of only five blacks there and wonders if she will ever fit in. Sequel to "Last Summer with Maizon." Shares: Gifted children, School 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

The Midnight Horse Sid Fleischman · 1990 · ★ 5.0 · 84p · ≈ 2h · Moderate Touch enlists the help of The Great Chaffalo, a ghostly magician, to thwart his great-uncle's plans to put Touch into the orphan house and swindle The Red Raven Inn away from Miss Sally. Shares: Adventure and adventurers in fiction, Adventure fiction, Orphans, Adventure

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, Schools, Children's fiction

Midnight for Charlie Bone Jenny Nimmo · 2002 · ★ 4.1 · 347p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Charlie Bone is an ordinary boy until he became endowed. People who are endowed are descended from the Red King, a king full of magic, and had ten children. So when Charlie was discovered endowed, he was sent to Bloors Academy, which, in my opinion is miserable. As Charlie heads off to Bloors, he senses a mystery waiting for him. A mystery that involved a young girl who was hypnotized for 10… Shares: Gifted children, School Stories, Schools, Children's fiction

The Misfits James Howe · 2001 · ★ 3.8 · 274p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Kids who get called the worst names oftentimes find each other. That's how it was with us. Skeezie Tookis and Addie Carle and Joe Bunch and me. We call ourselves the Gang of Five, but there are only four of us. We do it to keep people on their toes. Make 'em wonder. Or maybe we do it because we figure that there's one more kid out there who's going to need a gang to be a part of. A misfit, like… Shares: School Stories, Schools, Friendship, Children's fiction

Almost Starring Skinnybones Barbara Park · 1988 · ★ 3.8 · 108p · ≈ 3h · Moderate Irrepressible, twelve-year-old Alex is convinced that he will be a star and impress his schoolmates when, as the winner of a cat food essay contest, he is asked to make a commercial for national television. Shares: Schools in fiction, School Stories, Schools, Children's fiction

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, Schools, Children's fiction

Going Rogue Robin Benway · 2013 · ★ 3.9 · 319p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Being permanently based in a local New York City high school as an undercover operative has its moments, good and bad, for 16-year-old safecracker Maggie Silver. Pros: More quality time with her former mark-turned-boyfriend Jesse Oliver and insanely cool best friend, Roux. Getting to spend quality time with her semi-retired and international spy honorary uncle, Angelo. Cons: High school and… Shares: Adventure fiction, School Stories, Schools, Friendship

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, Schools, Children's fiction

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, Schools, Adventure

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

Our sixth-grade sugar babies Eve Bunting · 1990 · 147p · ≈ 4h · Moderate Vicki and her best friend fear that their sixth grade project, carrying around five-pound bags of sugar to learn about parental responsibility, will make them look ridiculous in the eyes of the seventh grade boy they both love. Shares: School Stories, Schools, Friendship, Children's fiction

Ark Angel Anthony Horowitz · 2005 · ★ 4.3 · 336p · ≈ 11h · Moderate The sniper's bullet nearly killed him. But Alex Rider managed to survive...just in time for more trouble to come his way. When kidnappers attempt to snatch a fellow patient from the exclusive hospital where Alex is recovering, he knows he has to stop him. But the boy he saves is no ordinary patient: He is the son of Nikolai Drevin, one of the richest men in the world. The eccentric billionaire… Shares: Adventure and adventurers in fiction, Orphans, Adventure, 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

Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac Gabrielle Zevin · 2007 · ★ 3.7 · 296p · ≈ 9h · Moderate After a nasty fall, Naomi realizes that she has no memory of the last four years and finds herself reassessing every aspect of her life. Shares: School Stories, Schools, Friendship, Children's fiction

The Brightest Night Tui T. Sutherland · 2014 · ★ 4.5 · 336p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Sunny has always taken the Dragonet Prophecy very seriously. If Pyrrhia's dragons need her, Clay, Tsunami, Glory, and Starflight to end the war, she's ready to try. She even has some good ideas how to do it, if anyone would listen to her. But shattering news from Morrowseer has shaken Sunny's faith in their destiny. Is it possible for anyone to end this terrible war and choose a new SandWing… Shares: Adventure fiction, Action & Adventure, Friendship, Adventure

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