Knucklehead: Tall Tales and Mostly True Stories of Growing Up Scieszka
10 best books like Knucklehead: Tall Tales and Mostly True Stories of Growing Up Scieszka (Jon Scieszka): The Day-Glo Brothers: The True Story of Bob and Joe Switzer's Bright Ideas and Brand-New Colors, The Strange Case of Origami Yoda, 14 Cows for America, The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg, All the Broken Pieces, Flying the Dragon, The Girl Who Threw Butterflies, Wild Things, Rhyme Schemer: (Book for Middle School Kids, Middle Grade Novel, In Verse Novel for Boys), Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U. S. Marshal
| Author | Chris Barton |
Joe and Bob Switzer were very different brothers. Bob was a studious planner who wanted to grow up to be a doctor. Joe dreamed of making his fortune in show business and loved magic tricks and problem-solving.
When an accident left Bob...
The Strange Case of Origami Yoda
| Author | Tom Angleberger |
| ISBN | 0810984253 |
Meet Dwight, a sixth-grade oddball. Dwight does a lot of weird things, like wearing the same T-shirt for a month or telling people to call him "Captain Dwight." This is embarrassing, particularly for Tommy, who sits with him at lunch every...
| Author | Carmen Agra Deedy |
| ISBN | 1561454907 |
| Author | Rodman Philbrick |
| ISBN | 0439668182 |
Master storyteller Rodman Philbrick takes readers on a colorful journey as young Homer Figg sets off to follow his brother into the thick of the Civil War. Through a series of fascinating events, Homer's older brother...
| Author | Ann E. Burg |
| ISBN | 0545080924 |
Two years after being airlifted out of war-torn Vietnam, Matt Pin is haunted: by bombs that fell like dead crows, by the family -- and the terrible secret -- he left behind. Now, inside a caring adoptive home in the United States,...
Flying the Dragon
| Author | Natalie Dias Lorenzi |
| ISBN | 1580894348 |
| Author | Mick Cochrane |
Molly doesn't want to be seen as "Miss Difficulty Overcome"; she wants to make herself known to the kids at...
| Author | Clay Carmichael |
| ISBN | 1590786270 |
| Author | K.A. Holt |
| Author | Vaunda Micheaux Nelson |
| ISBN | 0822567644 |
As a deputy U.S. Marshal and former slave who escaped to freedom in the Indian Territories, Bass was cunning and fearless. When a lawbreaker heard...
| Author | Helen Frost |
| ISBN | 0374382212 |
Years later, in...
Milo: Sticky Notes and Brain Freeze
| Author | Alan Silberberg |
| ISBN | 1416994300 |
Loveable thirteen-year-old geek Milo Cruikshank finds reasons for frustrations at every turn, like the way his neighbor carves her pumpkin way too early to last until Halloween, or the fact that Summer Goodman won’t look twice at him while Hillary Alpert keeps leaving notes in his locker. The...
Middle School Is Worse Than Meatloaf: A Year Told Through Stuff
| Author | Jennifer L. Holm |
| ISBN | 0689852819 |
Powerless
| Author | Matthew Cody |
| ISBN | 0375855955 |
Twelve-year-old Daniel, the new kid in town, soon learns the truth about his nice—but odd—new friends: one can fly, another can turn invisible, yet another controls electricity. Incredible. The superkids use their powers...
Charlie Joe Jackson's Guide to Not Reading
| Author | Tommy Greenwald |
| ISBN | 1596436913 |