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10 best books like How to Outswim a Shark Without a Snorkel (Jess Keating): Counting Thyme, Jessica Darling's It List: The (Totally Not) Guaranteed Guide to Popularity, Prettiness & Perfection, Wolf Brother, Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life, Tales from a Not-So-Talented Pop Star, Bright Lights, Dark Nights, Ghost Hunter, Heart to Heart With Mallory, Pippa Morgan's Diary, Tales from a Not-So-Glam TV Star

Counting Thyme

Author	Melanie Conklin
ISBN	0399173307

When eleven-year-old Thyme Owens’ little brother, Val, is accepted into a new cancer drug trial, it’s just the second chance that he needs. But it also means the Owens family has to move to New York, thousands of miles away from Thyme’s best friend and everything she knows and loves. The island...

Jessica Darling's It List: The (Totally Not) Guaranteed Guide to Popularity, Prettiness & Perfection

Author	Megan McCafferty
ISBN	0316244996

Move over, Dork Diaries! Jessica Darling, star of Megan McCafferty's bestselling Jessica Darling series for adults, is back in a hilarious new series perfect for tween (10 to 14) girls.

I hadn't even gotten to homeroom yet and I'd already discovered five hard truths about junior high:

1....

Wolf Brother

Author	Michelle Paver
ISBN	0060728272

Six thousand years ago. Evil stalks the land. Only twelve-year-old Torak and his wolf-cub companion can defeat it. Their journey together takes them through deep forests, across giant glaciers, and into dangers they never imagined.

In this page-turning, original, and spectacularly told...

Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life

Author	Rachel Renée Russell
ISBN	1416980067

It’s Diary of a Wimpy Kid for girls in this hilarious novel!
Meet Nikki Maxwell! She's starting eighth grade at a new school—and her very first diary packed with hilarious stories and art in Book One of the #1 New York Times bestselling Dork Diaries series!

New school. New mean...

Tales from a Not-So-Talented Pop Star

Author

Rachel Renée Russell

I read Dork Diaries #3, by Rachel Russell. It is a fiction story about a girl named Nikki J. Maxwell. I think she is kind. She has brown hair and has no designer clothing, unlike Mackenzie. Mackenzie is the mean, super popular girl who doesn't like Nikki at ALL, along the other dorks at school. Like Chloe...

Bright Lights, Dark Nights

Author	Stephen Emond
ISBN	1626722064

“This is my spot,” Naomi said. “You can’t help but dream up here. I’m going to take my baby sis up here when she’s older so she can dream, too. You can see the whole world from up here.”

I could only see Naomi.

Walter Wilcox has never been in love. He just wants to finish high...

Ghost Hunter

Author	Michelle Paver
ISBN	1842551752

Her cry rips the souls from your marrow. With her spear she snares them. She devours them. Eostra truly is an eater of souls.

Winter is coming. Souls' Night draws near. Eostra, the Eagle Owl Mage, holds the clans in the grip of terror. Torak must leave the Forest and seek her lair in the Mountain...

Heart to Heart With Mallory

Author	Laurie B. Friedman
ISBN	1575059320

Valentine's Day is approaching and everyone seems to be crazed with love--except for Mallory. She's been invited to a Valentine's party next door and rumor has it that her next-door neighbor's dad is going to propose to her best friend's mom. What will it mean if her two best friends become brother and...

Pippa Morgan's Diary

Author	Annie Kelsey
ISBN	1492623288

Sometimes a little white lie can land you in a whole lot of trouble...

Pippa's new BFF Catie Brown is perfect. So perfect, that Pippa tells her a teeny tiny lie-that she once auditioned for Voice Factor-to impress her. And it works. It works so well, in fact, that Catie enters Pippa into the school...

Tales from a Not-So-Glam TV Star

Author	Rachel Renée Russell
ISBN	1442487674

It’s Diary of a Wimpy Kid for girls in this hilarious novel!
Everyone’s been rooting for me and my crush, Brandon—and now I can FINALLY write all about what did – or didn’t – happen with our first kiss!
Sighhhhh. There’s a LOT happening right now! A reality TV crew is following...

Tales from a Not-So-Happily Ever After!

Author

Rachel Renée Russell

It’s Diary of a Wimpy Kid for girls in this hilarious novel!
After a bump on the head in gym class on April Fool’s Day, Nikki has a wild dream in which she, her BFFs Chloe and Zoey, her crush Brandon, and mean girl Mackenzie all end up playing the roles of some familiar classic fairy tale characters....