18 books like Wendy and the Bullies

What to read after Wendy and the Bullies — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

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: Bullies, School Stories, Schools, Friendship

Shredderman Wendelin Van Draanen · 2006 · ★ 4.5 · 169p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Alvin Bixby: Hulking, knuckles of steel, hideous breath, foul temper. Kids call him: Bubba. Nolan Byrd: Puny, power walker, math genius, can’t keep shoes tied. Kids call him: Nerd.Bubba has been the bane of Nolan’s existence for five long years. So when Mr. Green asks the class to become reporters, Nolan decides he’ll write an exposé—on Bubba. He doesn’t want to sign his name to it (that’d be… Shares: Bullies, School Stories, Schools, Friendship

Heaven to Betsy (Betsy-Tacy #5) Maud Hart Lovelace · 1945 · ★ 4.3 · 345p · ≈ 11h · Challenging High School is Heaven! It's Betsy Ray's freshman year at Deep Valley High School, and she and her best childhood chum, Tacy Kelly, are loving every minute. Betsy and Tacy find themselves in the midst of a new crowd of friends, with studies aplenty (including Latin and--ugh--algebra), parties and picnics galore, Sunday night lunches at home--and boys! There's Cab Edwards, the jolly boy next door;… Shares: Girls, School Stories, Schools, Friendship

Fourth Grade Rats Jerry Spinelli · 1991 · ★ 3.8 · 90p · ≈ 3h · Moderate A fast, fun, friendship read from the Newbery-award winning author of Maniac Magee. Fourth graders are tough. They aren't afraid of spiders. They say no to their moms. They push first graders off the swings. And they never, ever cry. Suds knows that now that he's in fourth grade, he's supposed to be a rat. But whenever he tries to act like one, something goes wrong. Can Suds's friend Joey teach… Shares: Behavior, School Stories, Schools, Friendship

Jumped Rita Williams-Garcia · 2009 · ★ 3.4 The wrong angleTrina: "Hey," I say, though I don't really know them. The boyed-up basketball girl barely moves. The others, her girls, step aside. It's okay if they don't speak. I know how it is. They can't all be Trina.Dominique: Some stupid little flit cuts right in between us and is like, "Hey." Like she don't see I'm here and all the space around me is mines. I slam my fist into my other hand… Shares: Bullies, School Stories, Schools, Children's fiction

No messin' with my lesson Nancy E. Krulik · 2004 · ★ 4.0 · 75p · ≈ 2h · Moderate Katie's teacher Mrs. Derkman is a finalist in the Teacher of the Year contest, and a contest official is coming to observe her teach class 3A. But when Katie suddenly turns into Mrs. Derkman, the teacher's chances don't look so good. How can Katie control a class full of out-of-control third-graders when she's just a third-grader herself? Shares: Behavior, School Stories, Schools, Children's fiction

The Meanest Thing to Say Bill Cosby · 1997 · ★ 3.3 · 39p · ≈ 1h · Moderate When a new boy in his second grade class tries to get the other students to play a game that involves saying the meanest things possible to one another, Little Bill shows him a better way to make friends. Shares: Behavior, School Stories, Schools, Children's fiction

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: Behavior, School Stories, Schools, Children's fiction

There's a Boy in the Girl's Bathroom (Cascades) Louis Sachar · 1987 · ★ 4.1 · 226p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Shares: Behavior, School Stories, Schools, Friendship

Rotten School #6 - The Heinie Prize Robert Lawrence Stine · 2006 · ★ 4.0 · 111p · ≈ 3h · Moderate Is Belzer a loser?Just because he wears T-shirts that say I need a Tutor and Ask Me About My Allergies?Just because he picks scabs off his knees and eats them?Belzer's parents think he's a loser. They want to take him out of Rotten School. Every year Mrs. Heinie awards the Heinie Prize to the Most Outstanding Fourth Grader. Bernie Bridges wants Belzer to win the Heinie. Then his parents will have… Shares: Behavior, School Stories, Schools, Children's fiction

Class Clown Johanna Hurwitz · 1987 · ★ 3.7 · 98p · ≈ 3h · Moderate Lucas Cott, the most obstreperous boy in the third grade, finds it very hard to turn over a new leaf when he decides to become the perfect student. Shares: Behavior, School Stories, Schools, Children's fiction

Alice in April Phyllis Reynolds Naylor · 1993 · ★ 4.0 · 170p · ≈ 5h · Moderate While trying to survive seventh grade, Alice discovers that turning thirteen will make her the Woman of the House at home, so she starts a campaign to get more appreciated for taking care of her father and older brother. Shares: Girls, School Stories, Schools, Children's fiction

Wildlife Fiona Wood · 2013 · ★ 3.7 · 385p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Two sixteen-year-old girls in Australia come together at an outdoor semester of school, before university--one thinking about boys and growing up, the other about death and grief, but somehow they must help each other to find themselves. Shares: Girls, School Stories, Schools, Friendship

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

The war of Jenkins' ear Michael Morpurgo · 1993 · ★ 3.7 · 191p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Toby Jenkins' friendship with an unusual new boy who claims to be Jesus makes life at boarding school somewhat more tolerable, even when conflict arises between the students and the boys from town. Shares: Behavior, Schools, Friendship, Children's fiction

Ellen Tebbits Beverly Cleary · 1951 · ★ 4.0 · 160p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Ellen Tebbits is a 1951 children's novel written by Beverly Cleary. It is Cleary's second published book, following Henry Huggins. This humorous realistic fiction story tells the adventures of young Ellen and the new girl in her school, Austine Allen. Shares: Girls, School Stories, Schools, Friendship

Pottymouth and Stoopid James Patterson · 2016 · ★ 4.1 · 336p · ≈ 11h · Moderate In this heartwarming New York Times bestselling story from the world's #1 bestselling author, two best friends use laughter to turn the tables on their bullies.  "I have one word for this book: SUPERWONDERRIFIC!" ―Jerry Spinelli, Newberry Medal-winning author of Maniac Magee and Stargirl   David and his best friend Michael were tagged with awful nicknames way back in preschool when… Shares: Behavior, School Stories, Schools, Friendship

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