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10 best books like Flip (David Lubar): Freedom's Wings, The Mummy, the Will, and the Crypt, The Adventures of Blue Avenger, Never Trust a Dead Man, Popular Clone, The Burning Questions of Bingo Brown, Everything You Need to Ace Science in One Big Fat Notebook: The Complete Middle School Study Guide, Antsy Does Time, Tru Confessions, The Paradise Trap
| Author | Sharon Dennis Wyeth |
As part of the relaunch of the My America series, Sharon Dennis Wyeth introduces readers to Corey Birdsong, a slave boy in antebellum Kentucky. This is the story of his family's attempt to escape.
Corey Birdsong is a lively young boy in search of freedom in the same country that made an economy...
The Mummy, the Will, and the Crypt
I enjoy these books. This is about Johnny Dixon and he needs money to help his grandparents so they can pay their doctor bills. A widow is looking for a lost Will and she will pay 10,000 who can solve the puzzle of where it is. Surprise - Johnny finds the Will.
Written in the 80s, it has a gothic feel...
| Author | Norma Howe |
| ISBN | 0064472256 |
On his sixteenth birthday, David Schumacher changes his name to Blue Avenger. . .
And things start to happen. Within twenty-four hours, David becomes a national hero, starts dating an extraordinary girl named Omaha Nebraska Brown, and bakes an imperfect pie. And that's not all. A tiny sow...
Selwyn is brokenhearted when the beautiful Anora chooses to marry the awful,but rich, Farold. It's bad enough when Farold beats Selwyn up in front of the villagers. But nothing prepares Selwyn for Farold's being found murdered. All accusing fingers point to Selwyn, who is promptly sealed in a burial...
| Author | M.E. Castle |
| ISBN | 1606842323 |
"Castle’s debut, the first in a planned series, strikes just the right balance of humor and action and is sure to keep young readers turning the pages. Fisher’s struggles to fit in, to relate to girls and to uncover and preserve his true self feel genuine, making him a misfit and unlikely hero worth...
| Author | Betsy Byars |
| ISBN | 0140324798 |
"Bingo Brown fell in love three times during English Class." When I read this first sentence, I knew I was in for a treat. Of course, I was the same age as Bingo at the time, sixth grade, and over the course of the next several weeks, I fell in love with Bingo, myself. I devoured everything Byars wrote about...
| Author | Michael Geisen |
| ISBN | 0761160957 |
It’s the revolutionary science study guide just for middle school students from the brains behind Brain Quest.
Everything You Need to Ace Science . . . takes readers from scientific investigation and the engineering design process to the Periodic Table; forces and motion; forms...
| Author | Neal Shusterman |
| ISBN | 0525478256 |
Fueled by friendship and sympathy, Antsy Bonano signs a month of his life over to his dying classmate Gunnar Umlaut. Soon everyone at school follows suit, giving new meaning to the idea of living on borrowed time. But does Gunnar really have six months to live, or is news of his imminent death greatly exaggerated?...
| Author | Janet Tashjian |
| ISBN | 0590960474 |
mom read this one out loud. Skipped some words and a whole segment about Ouija boards. Mom remembers this being made into a Disney Original Movie and wanted to read it. Our brother has special needs so mom tries to find books about being a sibling to someone that is different from everyone else. Over all...
Marcus doesn't even want to go away for the summer. And his Mum's fond memories of Diamond Beach turn out to be nothing like reality. This could be his worst holiday ever…
But things quickly become more interesting when Marcus discovers the hidden cellar in their smelly old caravan. There, he and...
| Author | Jon Scieszka |
| ISBN | 0142401153 |
Summer readings, indeed they are killer. When three boys, Joe, Sam, and Fred, get transported into a world of their summer reading list, they find themselves trapped where the villains of the books are trying to take over the good guys. With a crazed teddy bear directing the madness, the boys must figure...
| Author | Rupert Kingfisher |
| ISBN | 1599903067 |
Madame Pamplemousse is the story of Madeleine, forced to work in her unpleasant uncle's horrible restaurant, The Squealing Pig. By chance she comes across the most marvellous shop, run by Madame Pamplemousse, which is quiet, discreet, yet full of delicious and otherworldly 'edibles' - Pterodactyl...
| Author | Laura McGee Kvasnosky |
| ISBN | 0763630616 |
Laura McGee Kvasnosky's newest trio of stories is an entertaining and genuine look at the ups and downs of sisterhood.
The fabulous fox sisters return in three fresh, funny stories. This time around, Zelda and Ivy combat the injustice of cucumber sandwiches for lunch, decide what to leave...
The Life and Opinions of Amy Finawitz
| Author | Laura Toffler-Corrie |
| ISBN | 1596435801 |
If you are looking for a fun read, peppered with the sarcasm and wit of an 8th grader, give The Life and Opinions of Amy Finawitz a try.
Amy starts the book being quite self-centered. Everything is all about her. The story is told in the form of emails Amy sends to her friend who has moved away, abandoning...
The Enchanted Table And Other Stories
| Author | Enid Blyton |
| ISBN | 0861639286 |
Enid Mary Blyton (1897 - 1968) was an English author of children's books.
Born in South London, Blyton was the eldest of three children, and showed an early interest in music and reading. She was educated at St. Christopher's School, Beckenham, and - having decided not to pursue her music - at...
| Author | Dan Gutman |
| ISBN | 0062091085 |
With over 10 million books sold, the My Weird School series really gets kids reading! The ability to put thoughts into writing is an essential skill vital to success in school—from elementary school through college. Bestselling author Dan Gutman helps kids master this important skill with his...
Diary of a Parent Trainer
| Author | Jenny Smith |
| ISBN | 1407115723 |
Thirteen-year-old Katie lives in a small village in Oxfordshire, England. The town is so small, that she can barely turn a corner without running into a relative! She is the middle child in her three child household, she wants to be in love, and she thinks she has her mom all figured out. So much so that she...
| Author | Julie Bowe |
| ISBN | 0152064982 |
There's a new girl in town! After Ida May’s last best friend moved away, she swore she’d never have another. But then she met fun, sparkly Stacey Merriweather, and now she and Ida are like two peas in a pod. When the friends discover a magical mermaid night-light that seems to grant wishes, they start...
| Author | Annie Bryant |
| ISBN | 1416964428 |
Great new adventures in the bestselling series from Aladdin M!X!
Just in time for summer reading, Aladdin M!X offers two brand-new Beacon Street Girls books. In The Great Scavenger Hunt, the BSG and their classmates discover some exciting surprises during a weekend adventure on...
| Author | Philip Ardagh |
| ISBN | 0439537606 |
Ah, life is never easy for Eddie Dickens. In this brave and hearty installment of the Eddie Dickens Trilogy, he narrowly avoids being blown up, trampled by horses, hit by a hot-air balloon, and arrested - only to find himself falling heels over head for a girl with a face like a camel's. He also falls into...
| Author | Bobbie Pyron |
| ISBN | 0545592178 |
Nate Harlow would love to be lucky, just once!
He'd like to win a prize, get picked first, call a coin toss right, even! But his best friend, Genesis Beam (aka Gen), believes in science and logic, and she doesn't think for one second that there's such a thing as luck, good or bad. She doesn't care...
| Author | Jonathan Stroud |
| ISBN | 0786851953 |
After her best friend, Max, drowns, Charlie Fletcher is overwhelmed with shock and grief. When she attempts to explain what happened that day at the Mill Pond, no one believes her. The doctors and her mother think she may be hallucinating, or worse-crazy. Even her sympathetic brother can't understand...
| Author | Paul Zindel |
| ISBN | 0786812257 |
Think of the things that would make a perfect book. Mutant rats? Check. Mutant MAN-EATING rats? Double check. Mutant man-eating rats headed from a dump on Staten Island towards Manhattan to feast on limitless flesh? Triple effing check. How could a book like this go wrong, especially when it's written...
The Makeover of James Orville Wickenbee
| Author | Anya Bateman |
| ISBN | 1590387074 |
At Fairport High School, Jana has taken on a special project. She's determined to turn James Orville Wickenbee, her brother's new best friend, into one of the "cool kids." After all, Jana can't afford to have James--a "nobody," not to mention a Mormon--ruin her plans to get her brother elected as student...
