18 books like The Ugly Truth
The Third Wheel
Love is in the air - but what does that mean for Greg Heffley? A Valentine's Day dance at Greg's middle school has turned his world upside down. As Greg scrambles to find a date, he's worried he'll be left out in the cold on the big night. His best friend, Rowley, doesn't have any prospects either, but that's a small consolation. An unexpected twist gives Greg a partner for the dance and leaves…
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The Long Haul
A family road trip is supposed to be a lot of fun... Unless, of course, you’re the Heffleys. The journey starts off full of promise, then quickly takes several wrong turns. Gas station bathrooms, crazed seagulls, a fender bender, and a runaway pig — not exactly Greg Heffley’s idea of a good time. But even the worst road trip can turn into an adventure — and this is one the Heffleys won’t soon…
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The Last Straw
Greg has to try and explain to his dad why he should not go to military school and that is just one of his problems he has to try and impress a girl solve a sweet mystery and try to get kicked off the football team
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Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger (Wayside School #3)
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…
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Dancing in My Nuddy-Pants
The further confessions of teenaged Georgia Nicolson continue as, among other things, she begins to wonder if Robbie is really the right boy for her.
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Greg Heffley finds thrust into middle school, where undersized weaklings like him share the hallways with much bigger kids who are already shaving. But nothing scares Greg more than the moldy piece of cheese on the blacktop. Can he and his best friend, Rowley Jefferson, make it through the year without getting the Cheese Touch?
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Cabin Fever
Greg Heffley is in big trouble. School property has been damaged, and Greg is the prime suspect. But the crazy thing is, he’s innocent. Or at least sort of.
The authorities are closing in, but when a surprise blizzard hits, the Heffley family is trapped indoors. Greg knows that when the snow melts he’s going to have to face the music, but could any punishment be worse than being stuck inside…
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Sami and the time of the troubles
A ten-year-old Lebanese boy goes to school, helps his mother with chores, plays with his friends, and lives with his family in a basement shelter when bombings occur and fighting begins on his street.
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Chronicles of Avonlea
Twelve stories of adventure and love set in the home town of Anne of Green Gables.
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Ms. LaGrange is strange!
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!
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Rabbit and Robot
Rabbit and Robot
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Knights of the Kitchen Table
Everyone’s favorite time-travelers are changing their style! The Time Warp Trio series now features a brand-new, eye-catching design, sure to appeal to longtime fans, and those new to Jon Scieszka’s wacky brand of humor.
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House of Robots
Fifth-grader Sammy Hayes-Rodriguez struggles to fit in when his inventor mother requires him to take her latest creation, a robotic 'brother,' to school with him to learn to become a student.
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The Book of the Banshee
Will Flowers doesn't understand what could have happened. His sister, Estelle, used to be really cool. She was quiet, responsible, and most times you'd never even know she was around(which was the cool part). But lately, Estelle has been acting totally weird - to everyone. All she does is get mad and yell. She yells at Mom. She yells at Dad. She even yells at little Muffy. But mostly she yells at…
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Robot Revolution
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It's Not My Fault I Know Everything (Dear Dumb Diary #8)
New York Times Bestselling author Jamie Kelly is back with another hilarious, candid, and sometimes not-so-nice diary!
Dear Dumb Diary,
I went back and read some of my very oldest diaries. The entries say things like "I eated salad dressing" and "I got a Barbie shoe stuck in Stinker's nose again" and "The vet was mean to me about the Barbie shoe so I tried to bite him but vets are quick at…
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Tales from a not-so-smart Miss Know-It-All
Nikki Maxwell authors an advice column for the school newspaper in this fifth installment of the #1 New York Times bestselling Dork Diaries series!
Nikki Maxwell develops a sudden interest in student journalism that may or may not (okay, definitely does) have to do with the fact that mean girl MacKenzie has started writing a gossip column. So Nikki joins the school newspaper staff—and ends up…
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Judy Moody and the bad luck charm
"The lucky penny in Judy Moody's pocket sure does seem to be working. She can't stop winning-at bowling, spelling, the unbeatable Prize Claw, everything! For sure and absolute positive, she'll ride that wave of good fortune all the way to Washington, D.C."--
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