Don’t Hurt Laurie
10 best books like Don’t Hurt Laurie (Willo Davis Roberts): The Body of Christopher Creed, Silent to the Bone, The Little Red Hen Makes a Pizza, Don't You Dare Read This, Mrs. Dunphrey, Bigfoot Cinderrrrrella, Ghosts Beneath Our Feet, Anansi and the Talking Melon, Friction, The Girls, The Trouble with Lemons
| Author | Carol Plum-Ucci |
| ISBN | 0786816414 |
Let's try this your way.
This is a book about a boy who goes missing after writing an ambiguous e-mail that could be either a suicide letter or a runaway note.
There are many topics of note, including bullying, overbearing parenting, personality disorders, class wars (small-scale),...
| Author | E.L. Konigsburg |
| ISBN | 0689871236 |
Connor is sure his best friend, Branwell, couldn't have hurt Branwell's baby half sister, Nikki. But Nikki lies in a coma, and Branwell is in a juvenile behavioral center, suspected of a horrible crime and unable to utter the words to tell what really happened. Connor is the only one who might be able to...
The Little Red Hen Makes a Pizza
| Author | Philemon Sturges |
| ISBN | 0142301892 |
The story of the industrious Little Red Hen is not a new one, but when this particular hen spies a can of tomato sauce in her cupboard and decides to make a pizza, the familiar tale takes on a fresh new twist. Kids will love following along as the hen, with no help from her friends the duck, the dog, and the cat,...
| Author | Margaret Peterson Haddix |
| ISBN | 0689871023 |
Things are so bad, I feel like I'm going to explode if I don't do something...
Everyone has to keep a journal in Mrs. Dunphrey's English class, but the teacher has promised she won't read any entry marked "Do not read this." It's the kind of assignment Tish Bonner, one of the girls with big hair...
| Author | Tony Johnston |
| ISBN | 0698118715 |
I thought that this story was a very cute, fractured, retelling of Cinderella. Just the fact of this story featuring sasquatches was hilarious to me. I thought that it was cute that the prince had a challenge for all of the female sasquatches (to knock the prince into the water from off of a rolling log)...
| Author | Betty Ren Wright |
| ISBN | 0590434446 |
Back in the day, Betty Ren Wright was right up there with R.L. Stine and Christopher Pike for YA mysteries. I'd never read any of her books though, I'm not sure why, but when I saw this one in my local thrift store for $0.59, I picked it up.
For as short as it is, and as big as the font is, it took me forever...
Anansi and the Talking Melon
| Author | Eric A. Kimmel |
| ISBN | 0823411044 |
Now, I have been reading the “Anansi” series ever since I was little and I was always so amazed at the gorgeous artwork and the hilarious writing in each book! So, when I stumbled upon another “Anansi” story that was written by Eric A. Kimmel along with illustrations by Janet Stevens,...
| Author | E.R. Frank |
| ISBN | 0689853858 |
Most well-known for her devastatingly poignant teen tales of urban desperation and redemption, renowned young adult author E. R. Frank switches gears and narrows her focus to the pivotal events of one 8th grade classroom.
The progressive petri dish of Forest Alternative's middle school...
| Author | Amy Goldman Koss |
| ISBN | 0142300330 |
Maya has been part of the group ever since the day Candace asked her if she wanted to "do lunch" in the cafeteria. Yet when Candace suddenly deems her unworthy, Maya's so-called friends just blow her off. While Maya just wants the girls back like they used to be, she knows that can never happen-because whatever...
| Author | Daniel Hayes |
| ISBN | 0449704165 |
The Trouble with Lemons is a young adult/middle grade coming-of-age mystery from the early 90’s. It focuses on Tyler McAllister, a boy who suffers from severe allergies; his mother just had them move to a small town, because she thinks it’ll be better for him; however, his mother and brother are...
Cinderella Penguin, or, The Little Glass Flipper
| Author | Janet Perlman |
| ISBN | 0140555528 |
All cultures share the traditional story of Cinderella--even penguin culture!
Poor Cinderella Penguin is bossed and bullied by her evil penguin stepsisters as they get dolled up for the Penguin Prince's ball. After they have gone, a penguin tear rolls down Cinderella's cheek. "Suddenly,...
