Colonial Madness

10 best books like Colonial Madness (Jo Whittemore): Saving Kabul Corner, Moxie and the Art of Rule Breaking, The Pet Project: Cute and Cuddly Vicious Verses, Great Ball of Light, Lucy at Sea, Somebody on This Bus Is Going to Be Famous!, The Treasure of Maria Mamoun, Cinnamon Moon, How to Outswim a Shark Without a Snorkel, Genuine Sweet

AuthorN.H. Senzai
ISBN1442484969
A rough and tumble tomboy, twelve-year-old Ariana couldn’t be more different from her cousin Laila, who just arrived from Afghanistan with her family. Laila is a proper, ladylike Afghan girl, one who can cook, sew, sing, and who is well versed in Pukhtun culture and manners. Arianna hates her. Laila...
AuthorErin Dionne
ISBN0803738714
Edgar Award Finalist

For fans of The Westing Game and From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler comes a clever, treasure-hunt mystery based on a real-life art heist.
 

Moxie Fleece knows the rules and follows them--that is, until the day she opens her front door to a...
The Pet Project: Cute and Cuddly Vicious Verses
AuthorLisa Wheeler
ISBN1416975950
Embark on a methodical, meticulous, and hilarious quest for the perfect pet in this wickedly witty cautionary collection of pet poems.

If you're the type that oohs and aahs
at furry faces, precious paws,
the words ahead may be alarming:
Animals aren't always charming.

If...
AuthorEvan Kuhlman
ISBN1416964614
A pulsing ball of light launches a host of undeadly adventures in this slightly macabre, slightly irreverent, hugely fun look at what two kids will do to make their family whole again, from the author of The Last Invisible Boy.

When twin brother and sister Fenton and Fiona find a ball of light...
AuthorBarbara Mariconda
ISBN0062119931
The thrilling sequel to The Voyage of Lucy P. Simmons, a book that Newbery-winning author Katherine Applegate called “a grand and adventurous tale, as magical and mysterious as the sea itself.”

Ever since Lucy’s parents drowned at sea, she’s been protected by special magic. That’s...
AuthorJ.B. Cheaney
Nine ordinary kids ride the same yellow school bus every day-but only one of them is about to be famous.

Each of the nine students on Mrs. B's school bus holds a clue to the mystery of the empty bus stop. Spencer's the smart kid. Shellly's the diva. Matthew's just average (so far). In fact, there's...
AuthorMichelle Chalfoun
ISBN0374303401
Twelve-year-old Maria lives a lonely, latchkey-kid's life in the Bronx. Her Lebanese mother is working two nursing jobs to keep them afloat, and Maria keeps her worries to herself, not wanting to be a burden. Then something happens one day between home and school that changes everything. Mom whisks...
AuthorTess Hilmo
ISBN0374302820
On the same day as the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, 250 miles away in Peshtigo, Wisconsin, there was an even more devastating fire. Twelve-year-old Ailis and her younger brother, Quinn, survive, but their family does not. Ailis and Quinn are taken by a family acquaintance to live in a boarding house in...
AuthorJess Keating
ISBN1402297580
Ana Wright's summer just got terrifying. She's finally getting used to living in a zoo (no, seriously—she lives with her family in an actual zoo), when she's assigned to work in the new shark tank. With her worst enemy. Forget about sharks! Ashley is the ultimate predator. And after Ana's favorite...
AuthorFaith Harkey
Twelve-year-old Genuine Sweet, of tiny Sass, Georgia, can grant any wish . . . except her own. It's a peculiar predicament, considering how much she could use a few wishes. New friends help Genuine give her family a boost--and then she takes her gift global! Life finally seems to be on the mend. But when...
AuthorEmma Shevah
ISBN1492622508
My name is Amber Alessandra Leola Kimiko Miyamoto.
I have no idea why my parents gave me all those hideous names but they must have wanted to ruin my life, and you know what? They did an amazing job.As a half-Japanese, half-Italian girl with a ridiculous name, Amber’s not feeling molto bene (very...
AuthorLisa Schroeder
ISBN0545907349
From the author of My Secret Guide to Paris and the Charmed Life series comes a new middle-grade novel about sisters, secrets, and everyday magic -- all set in the enchanting streets of London!

When Phoebe finds a beautiful antique at a flea market, she's not sure whether it's as valuable as it...
AuthorGavin Brown
Video game lover Josh Baxter knows that seventh grade at a new school may be his hardest challenge yet, but he's not afraid to level up and win!

Josh Baxter is sick and tired of hitting the reset button. It's not easy being the new kid for the third time in two years. One mistake and now the middle-school...
AuthorMary E. Lambert
ISBN0545931983
Annabelle has a secret . . . a secret so big she won't allow friends within five miles of her home. Her mom collects things. Their house is overflowing with stuff. It gives Annabelle's sister nightmares, her brother spends as much time as he can at friends' houses, and her dad buries himself in his work.

...
The Waters of Iwingee (Book 1)
AuthorGriffin Keener
ISBN7777777771
Never truly able to fit in, Kail Davis has the intestinal fortitude of a 400-pound gorilla inside the body of a 96 pound 6th grader. Luckily, he can always count on his precocious sister, Mani, to bail him out of his daily regimen of bullies and beatings.

When Kail runs across a stone in his granny's...
AuthorJacqueline Davies
ISBN0062369903
Odawahaka has always been too small for Maggie’s big scientific ideas. Between her stuck-in-a-rut mom, her grumpy grandpop, and the lifetime supply of sludgy soda in the fridge, it’s hard for Maggie to imagine a change. 

But when Lena moves in with her creative spirit and outrageous...
Bridget Wilder: Spy-in-Training
AuthorJonathan Bernstein
ISBN0062382667
Middle school meets "Mission: Impossible" in this hilarious tween series about a girl whose life is turned upside down when she discovers her father is a super-spy.

Up until Bridget’s birthday, the most exciting moment in her life was when Dale Tookey maybe sort of smiled at her one time....
Project X-Calibur
AuthorGreg Pace
ISBN0399257063
Ben has been an underdog his whole life. But when he meets Merlin—the Merlin—the wizard delivers devastating news: a vicious band of aliens are approaching, and Ben could be the champion Earth desperately needs. 
Soon Ben joins the Round Table Reboot, where legendary heroes are training...
AuthorLynne Berry
ISBN1416997636
A goat and a hen turn a playful exploration of physics into scientific fun that rises to the top!

Archie the Goat has a delivery to make. He has several barrels of buttermilk that the queen needs, but in order to get them to her, he needs to cross the moat.

Testing several different theories...
Playing Juliet
AuthorJoAnne Stewart Wetzel
ISBN1634501837
Beth Sondquist, age twelve and a half, dreams of playing the part of Juliet. For now she’s just the cat in Cinderella, but one day, she’s determined to become a real actress. But all her hopes for an acting career come crashing down when the Oakfield Children’s Theater is slated to be closed. Its...
AuthorJames Ponti
ISBN1442441313
Molly is ready for more nonstop, undead action in this follow-up to Dead City, which Kirkus Reviews described as “a fast-paced read for those who like their zombies with just a little fright.”
When Molly Bigelow discovered that zombies shared New York with humans, she didn’t think life could...
AuthorDeborah A. Levine
ISBN1442499397
Can their friendships take the heat? A trio of mothers and daughters will find out when they sign up for a cooking class from a famous chef in the first book of the Saturday Cooking Club series - it's mother-daughter bonding and so much more!

Liza and Frankie have always been best friends. But when...
Dead Air
AuthorMichelle Schusterman
Kat didn’t believe in ghosts—until now. . .

When Kat Sinclair’s dad tells her his new job hosting the ghost-hunting TV show Passport to Paranormal means they’ll be living on the road and visiting the world’s most haunted places, Kat packs her bags without a second thought. But the...
AuthorReem Faruqi
ISBN0884484319
This year I turned 10 years old. That meant, as a muslim, I have to do all the things an adult muslim girl should do. That means, fasting in the month of Ramadan.

At first, I was nervous. At school, what if people stared at me and asked questions? I talked with my parents.

We thought of a solution....
AuthorMac Barnett
A thrilling, hilarious fully-illustrated spy adventure series, from the esteemed New York Times bestselling and multi-award-winning author Mac Barnett!
A New York Times bestseller

An Amazon Best Book of 2018

Before Mac Barnett was an author, he was a kid.
And while he...
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