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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: Juvenile Wit and humor, Humorous fiction, School Stories, Humorous stories

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: Boarding schools, School Stories, Humorous stories, Schools

This Is Not My Hat Jon Klassen · 2001 · ★ 4.2 · 40p · ≈ 1h · Moderate When a tiny fish shoots into view wearing a round blue topper (which happens to fit him perfectly), trouble could be following close behind. So it’s a good thing that enormous fish won’t wake up. And even if he does, it’s not like he’ll ever know what happened.... A picture-book morality play about rationalizing dishonesty. Shares: Juvenile Wit and humor, Humorous fiction, Humorous stories

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: Juvenile Wit and humor, School Stories, Humorous 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: Humorous fiction, School Stories, Humorous stories, Schools

The reluctant Rajput Richard Moverley · 2005 · 46p · ≈ 1h · Moderate Bhupinder, a schoolboy in a small village in India, learns about Rajasthan and the Rajput warriors who protected that large, magnificent state many years before, then later finds himself helping to defeat an entire Moghul army. Includes facts about daily life in India and a recipe for Lassi. Shares: Anglais, School Stories, Schools

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: Humorous fiction, School Stories, Humorous 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: Humorous fiction, School Stories, Humorous stories, Schools

Pete the Cat Rocking in My School Shoes Eric Litwin · 1999 · ★ 3.6 · 33p · ≈ 1h · Moderate Pete the cat wears his school shoes when visiting the library, the lunchroom, the playground, and more while singing his special song. Shares: Anglais, School Stories, Schools

The Legend of Captain Crow's Teeth Eoin Colfer · 2005 · ★ 3.7 · 94p · ≈ 3h · Moderate When Will hears the legend of Captain Crow's Teeth from his prank-loving older brother, the nine-year-old fears he will be the bloodthirsty pirate's next victim. Shares: Practical jokes, Humorous stories

The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole Sue Townsend · 1984 · ★ 4.0 · 192p · ≈ 6h · Moderate If I turn out to be mentally deranged in adult life, it will be all my mother's fault.'Adrian Mole continues to struggle valiantly against the slings and arrows of growing up and his own family's attempts to scar him for life in this second volume of his secret diary. Shares: Juvenile Wit and humor, Humorous stories

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: Boarding schools, School Stories, Schools

Diary of a Wimpy Kid Jeff Kinney · 2007 · ★ 4.5 · 223p · ≈ 7h · Moderate 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? Shares: Humorous fiction, School Stories, Schools

Big Nate - Great Minds Think Alike Lincoln Pierce · 2013 · ★ 4.5 · 223p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Two heads are better than one, except when they're crashing into each other! But that won't prevent Big Nate and his pals from hatching great ideas for fun. Nate Wright is a wisecracking 11-year-old who knows he's destined for greatness. Nate is the star of Big Nate, the comic strip that made its debut in 1991. Nate is a sixth-grade chess prodigy, a self-described genius, and the all-time record… Shares: School Stories, Humorous stories, Schools, Adventure

Neon Genesis Evangelion Fumino Hayashi · 2006 · 176p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Shinji Ikrari's a typical Tokyo teenager, with a pushy pal, and surrounded by the usual band of high school goofballs. Until, that is, he meets a strange new girl and his dreams start being haunted by a robotic "other." Shares: Humorous fiction, Humorous stories

Stink Megan McDonald · 2001 · ★ 3.9 · 109p · ≈ 3h · Moderate The shortest kid in the second grade, James Moody, also known as Stink, learns all about the shortest president of the United States, James Madison, when they celebrate Presidents' Day at school. Shares: School Stories, Humorous stories, Schools

The Complete Adventures of Charlie and Willy Wonka (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory / Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator) Roald Dahl · 1978 · ★ 4.4 · 380p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Shares: Humorous fiction, Humorous stories, Adventure Shares: Humorous fiction, Humorous stories, Adventure

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, Humorous stories, Schools

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