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10 best books like Freaky Fast Frankie Joe (Lutricia "Lu" Clifton): Walls Within Walls, Summer of the Gypsy Moths, The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook, Flying the Dragon, Lush, The Adventures of Beanboy, Charlie Bumpers vs. the Teacher of the Year, Prairie Evers, Athlete vs. Mathlete, Mystery on Museum Mile

Walls Within Walls
AuthorMaureen Sherry
Perfect for tween readers who enjoy mysteries and puzzles and books like Chasing Vermeer, this page-turning debut novel is filled with adventure, intrigue, and heart.

After their father, a video-game inventor, strikes it rich, the Smithfork kids find they hate their new life. They move...
Summer of the Gypsy Moths
AuthorSara Pennypacker
ISBN0061964204
Stella loves living with Great-aunt Louise in her big old house near the water on Cape Cod for many reasons, but mostly because Louise likes routine as much as she does, something Stella appreciates since her mom is, well, kind of unreliable. So while Mom "finds herself," Stella fantasizes that someday...
The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook
AuthorJoanne Rocklin
ISBN1419701924
In this warmhearted middle-grade novel, Oona and her brother, Fred, love their cat Zook (short for Zucchini), but Zook is sick. As they conspire to break him out of the vet’s office, convinced he can only get better at home with them, Oona tells Fred the story of Zook’s previous lives, ranging in style...
Flying the Dragon
AuthorNatalie Dias Lorenzi
ISBN1580894348
American-born Skye knows very little of her Japanese heritage. Her father taught her to speak the language, but when their estranged Japanese family, including Skye's grandfather, suddenly move to the United States, Skye must be prepared to give up her All-Star soccer dreams to take Japanese lessons...
Lush
AuthorNatasha Friend
ISBN0439853478
Natasha Friend is a Judy Blume for today -- clearly evident in this remarkable new novel about a girl whose father is an alcoholic and how she and her family learn to deal with his condition.

It's hard to be a 13-year-old girl. But it's even harder when your father's a drunk. It adds an extra layer...
The Adventures of Beanboy
AuthorLisa Harkrader
ISBN0547550782
Never underestimate the power of the bean. Tucker MacBean has been drawing comic books almost as long as he’s been reading them. When his favorite comic has a contest for kids, he hopes he has finally found a way to fix his family—all he has to do is create the winning superhero sidekick . . . Introducing...
Charlie Bumpers vs. the Teacher of the Year
AuthorBill Harley
ISBN1561457329
Charlie Bumpers's worst fear is confirmed: he has Mrs. Burke for fourth grade. How will he survive a year with the strictest teacher in the whole school?
Shortly before school starts, Charlie Bumpers learns that he will be in Mrs. Burke's class. It doesn't matter that she's been named Teacher of...
Prairie Evers
AuthorEllen Airgood
ISBN0399256911
A sweet, spirited ten-year-old embarks upon the adventure of first friendship in this sparkling debut

Prairie Evers is finding that socialization isn't all it's cracked up to be. She's been homeschooled by her granny and has learned the most from traipsing through nature. But now she has...
Athlete vs. Mathlete
AuthorW.C. Mack
ISBN1599908581
Owen Evans lights up the scoreboards. His brother, Russell, rocks the school boards. These twin brothers couldn't be more different. They've long kept the peace by going their separate ways, but all that is about to change. The new basketball coach recruits Russell for the seventh grade team and a jealous...
Mystery on Museum Mile
AuthorMarcia Wells
ISBN0544238338
Art, mystery, fun and friendship, combine in this illustrated middle grade series debut. Sixth grader Edmund Xavier Lonnrot, codename "Eddie Red," has a photographic memory and talent for drawing anything he sees. When the NYPD is stumped by a mastermind art thief, Eddie becomes their...
The Year of the Book
AuthorAndrea Cheng
ISBN0547684630
In Chinese, peng you means friend. But in any language, all Anna knows for certain is that friendship is complicated.

When Anna needs company, she turns to her books. Whether traveling through A Wrinkle in Time, or peering over My Side of the Mountain, books provide what real life cannot—constant...
Kizzy Ann Stamps
AuthorJeri Watts
ISBN0763658952
Taking things in stride is not easy for Kizzy Ann, but with her border collie, Shag, stalwart at her side, she sets out to live a life as sweet as syrup on cornbread.

In 1963, as Kizzy Ann prepares for her first year at an integrated school, she worries about the color of her skin, the scar running...
Wild Life
AuthorCynthia C. DeFelice
ISBN0374380015
Erik is preparing for his first-ever hunting trip when he learns that his parents are being deployed to Iraq. A few days later, Erik is shipped off to North Dakota to live with Big Darrell and Oma, grandparents he barely knows. When Erik rescues a dog that's been stuck by a porcupine, Big Darrell says Erik...
The Blossoming Universe of Violet Diamond
AuthorBrenda Woods
ISBN0399257144
Coretta Scott King Honor winner Brenda Woods’ moving, uplifting story of a girl finally meeting the African American side of her family explores racism and how it feels to be biracial, and celebrates families of all kinds.

Violet is a smart, funny, brown-eyed, brown-haired girl in a family...
Hound Dog True
AuthorLinda Urban
ISBN0547558694
A story about small acts of courage from the author of A Crooked Kind of Perfect.

Do not let a mop sit overnight in water. Fix things before they get too big for fixing. Custodial wisdom: Mattie Breen writes it all down. She has just one week to convince Uncle Potluck to take her on as his custodial...
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