18 books like The View from Saturday

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The million dollar putt Dan Gutman · 2006 · ★ 4.2 · 169p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Assisted by his neighbor, Birdie, blind thirteen-year-old Ed "Bogie" Bogard will win one million dollars if he can sink a ten-foot putt in Hawaii's fifth annual Angus Killick Memorial Tournament. Shares: Contests, People with disabilities, 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, Escuelas, Ficción juvenil, School Stories

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets J. K. Rowling · 1998 · ★ 4.4 · 346p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Throughout the summer holidays after his first year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Harry Potter has been receiving sinister warnings from a house-elf called Dobby. Now, back at school to start his second year, Harry hears unintelligible whispers echoing through the corridors. Before long the attacks begin: students are found as if turned to stone. Dobby’s predictions seem to be… Shares: Escuelas, Ficción juvenil, School Stories, Schools

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: Amistad, Ficción juvenil, School Stories, Schools

Amber Brown Is Not a Crayon Paula Danziger · 1993 · ★ 4.2 · 80p · ≈ 2h · Moderate The year she is in the third grade is a sad time for Amber because her best friend Justin is getting ready to move to a distant state. Shares: Amistad, Escuelas, Ficción juvenil, Schools

Junie B. Jones Loves Handsome Warren Barbara Park · 1996 · ★ 4.5 · 71p · ≈ 2h · Moderate Unable to compete with her friends' fancy clothes and running ability, irrepressible six-year-old Junie B. finds her own way to make the new boy at school like her. Shares: Amistad, Escuelas, Ficción juvenil, Schools

Timothy Goes to School Rosemary Wells · 1981 · ★ 3.7 · 32p · ≈ 1h · Moderate Timothy is very excited about starting school--until he meets Claude. Claude sits next to him, and he wears all the right clothes, says all the right things, and garners all the praise from his teacher and classmates. Timothy is feeling down, until he meets a girl who's having the same problem with her seatmate...."Children will easily relate to this tale, in which humor and realism effectively… Shares: Escuelas, Ficción juvenil, 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

Of Human Bondage William Somerset Maugham · 1915 · ★ 4.2 · 688p · ≈ 22h · Challenging Of Human Bondage is a moving exploration of loneliness, obsessive love, and a young man's search for meaning and direction in life. Written in the third person, it tells the story of Philip Carey, a self-conscious orphan with a club-foot who learns medicine. Not only is this a significant work in the Bildungsroman tradition, but its largely autobiographical basis gives it a special interest in… Shares: Physically handicapped, People with disabilities

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

Princess Daisy and the Dazzling Dragon (Tiara Club) Vivian French · 2005 · ★ 4.0 · 80p · ≈ 2h · Moderate A timid young princess is afraid of dragons until she sees one for herself, then has the opportunity to prove her newfound courage to the entire school. Shares: Escuelas, Ficción juvenil, Schools

Ramona the Brave Beverly Cleary · 1975 · ★ 4.1 · 176p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Ramona the Brave is a children's novel written by Beverly Cleary. It is the third book in the Ramona series, and follows Ramona Quimby and her classmates (some of them were in her kindergarten class for the previous year) going into first grade. Ramona the Brave was first published in 1975, seven years after Ramona the Pest. It was originally illustrated by Alan Tiegreen. ---------- Also… Shares: Escuelas, Ficción juvenil, Schools

Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse Kevin Henkes · 1996 · ★ 4.2 · 32p · ≈ 1h · Moderate Lilly loves everything about school, especially her teacher, but when he asks her to wait a while before showing her new purse, she does something for which she is very sorry later. Shares: Escuelas, Ficción juvenil, Schools

Melissa Alex Gino · 2015 · ★ 4.1 · 224p · ≈ 7h · Moderate When people look at George, they think they see a boy. But she knows she's not a boy. She knows she's a girl.George thinks she'll have to keep this a secret forever. Then her teacher announces that their class play is going to be Charlotte's Web. George really, really, REALLY wants to play Charlotte. But the teacher says she can't even try out for the part . . . because she's a boy. With the help… Shares: Escuelas, Ficción juvenil, Schools

Ida B. ...and Her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster, and (Possibly) Save the World Katherine Hannigan · 2004 · 256p · ≈ 8h · Moderate In Wisconsin, fourth-grader Ida B spends happy hours being home-schooled and playing in her family's apple orchard, until her mother begins treatment for breast cancer and her parents must sell part of the orchard and send her to public school. Shares: Teacher-student relationships, School Stories, Schools

Captain Underpants and the Big, Bad Battle of the Bionic Booger Boy, part 2 Dav Pilkey · 2002 · ★ 4.5 · 176p · ≈ 5h · Moderate George, Harold, Captain Underpants, and Sulu the Bionic Hamster battle the three Ridiculous Robo-Boogers in an attempt to turn the Bionic Booger Boy back into Melvin Sneedly. Shares: Escuelas, Ficción juvenil, Schools

Judy Moody, M.D Megan McDonald · 2004 · ★ 4.5 · 160p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Judy is excited about becoming a doctor, especially when Class 3T starts a new unit on the human body, but she learns more about being a patient when she catches tonsillitis from her little brother, Stink. Shares: Escuelas, Ficción juvenil, Schools

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: Amistad, Ficción juvenil, Friendship

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