Bummer Summer
10 best books like Bummer Summer (Ann M. Martin): Anastasia Krupnik, Happy Endings Are All Alike, Henry Huggins, Making Friends, Positively Izzy, Nothing's Fair in Fifth Grade, Sixth Grade Can Really Kill You, Agnes Parker... Keeping Cool in Middle School, My Worst Day Ever!, The Shadow Year
| Author | Lois Lowry |
| ISBN | 0553153382 |
I really do not know why I did not read this particular Lois Lowry book (or the entire Anastasia Krupnik series for that matter) as a teenager, when the series was current, was just being published. I so love mature little Anastasia with a vocabulary better than mine and self-direction enough to make her...
| Author | Sandra Scoppettone |
| ISBN | 0440933765 |
In 1978 Sandra Scoppettone, who would soon become a well-known mystery writer, published the story of Peggy and Jaret, two high school girls madly in love but find themselves the target of a violent plot to punish them for who they are. Part mystery thriller, part love story, Happy Endings Are All Alike...
| Author | Beverly Cleary |
| ISBN | 0688213855 |
In the first novel from Newbery Award-winning author Beverly Cleary, boys and girls alike will instantly be charmed by an average boy whose life is turned upside down when he meets a lovable puppy with a nose for mischief.
Just as Henry Huggins is complaining that nothing exciting ever happens,...
| Author | Kristen Gudsnuk |
| ISBN | 1338139215 |
Sixth grade was SO much easier for Danielle. All her friends were in the same room and she knew what to expect from her life. But now that she's in seventh grade, she's in a new middle school, her friends are in different classes and forming new cliques, and she is completely lost.
When Danielle...
| Author | Terri Libenson |
| ISBN | 0062484966 |
Award-winning comics creator and author of the bestselling Invisible Emmie Terri Libenson returns with a companion graphic novel that captures the drama, angst, and humor of middle-school life. Perfect for fans of Raina Telgemeier, Jennifer Holm, and Victoria Jamieson.
Middle school...
Nothing's Fair in Fifth Grade
| Author | Barthe DeClements |
| ISBN | 0140344438 |
Jenny knows one thing for sure - Elsie Edwards is a fat thief who steals people's lunch money to buy candy. So when the book club money disappears, why is the whole class punished? Nothing's fair!
But soon Jenny realizes some things aren't fair for Elsie, either. Elsie is on a strict diet, but when she...
| Author | Barthe DeClements |
| ISBN | 0140371303 |
Helen Nichols has a reputation for being one of the best pitchers, and worst readers, in the sixth grade. She's also known as one of the biggest troublemakers in school. At the start of the year, she's assigned to the classroom of Mrs.Lobb--"Blob" to those who know her--a teacher with very little tolerance...
Agnes Parker... Keeping Cool in Middle School
| Author | Kathleen O'Dell |
| ISBN | 0803730780 |
Middle school is going to take some getting used to. The halls are hectic, the unspoken rules are baffling, and the eighth-grade boys are one big gang of bullies. Agnes' best friend Prejean has jumped in and decided to run for class president, but Agnes would rather try to be invisible. That'll be especially...
Julia looks forward to the most exciting event of the year. As the countdown begins, her world fills with new friendships and surprises, especially when a very pretty girl unexpectedly joins her class and they become great friends. In addition, the cutest boy at school suddenly becomes a part of their...
| Author | Hannah Richell |
| ISBN | 1409142981 |
On a sultry summer’s day in 1980, five friends stumble upon an abandoned lakeside cottage hidden deep in the English countryside. For Kat and her friends, it offers an escape; a chance to drop out for a while, with lazy summer days by the lake and intimate winter evenings around the fire. But as the seasons...
