Marty McGuire

10 best books like Marty McGuire (Kate Messner): Clementine and the Family Meeting, Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things, Dory Fantasmagory, The Great Wall of Lucy Wu, Moxy Maxwell Does Not Love Stuart Little, The Year of the Book, When Life Gives You O.J., The Fantastic Secret of Owen Jester, The Trouble With Chickens, Like Pickle Juice on a Cookie

Clementine and the Family Meeting

Author	Sara Pennypacker
ISBN	1423123565

Clementine's having a nervous breakdown. The FAMILY MEETING! sign is up in her house, and she just knows she's in trouble for something. Has she been too mean to her little brother? Too sloppy? Eating too much junk food? Try as she might to find out what's on the agenda, her parents won't reveal anything...

Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things

Author	Lenore Look
ISBN	0375839143

Alvin Ho is an Asian American second grader who is afraid of everything—elevators, tunnels, girls, and, most of all, school. He’s so afraid of school that, while he’s there, he never, ever, says a word. But at home he’s a very loud superhero named Firecracker Man, a brother to Calvin and Anibelly,...

Dory Fantasmagory

Author	Abby Hanlon
ISBN	0803740883

Move over, Junie B. Jones and Ivy & Bean! Here comes a lovably energetic little sister with a BIG personality—and an imagination to match!

As the youngest in her family, Dory really wants attention, and more than anything she wants her brother and sister to play with her. But she’s too...

The Great Wall of Lucy Wu

Author	Wendy Wan-Long Shang
ISBN	0545162157

Lucy Wu, aspiring basketball star and interior designer, is on the verge of having the best year of her life. She's ready to rule the school as a sixth grader and take over the bedroom she has always shared with her sister. In an instant, though, her plans are shattered when she finds out that Yi Po, her beloved...

Moxy Maxwell Does Not Love Stuart Little

Author	Peggy Gifford
ISBN	0375839151

This first novel for kids was a little disappointing; I was eager to read it because my mate's dad's name is Stuart Little and I thought it might be a good gift.

Basically, Moxy is a little girl with moxie who keeps putting off her summer reading assignment and does quirky things. I think the author...

The Year of the Book

Author	Andrea Cheng
ISBN	0547684630

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...

When Life Gives You O.J.

Author	Erica S. Perl
ISBN	0375959246

Okay, so here's what I've been puzzling over with this book-- it's a PRIME example of the sort of book that sometimes struggles to find the right readers, I think. Because it takes real risks, in quiet ways. It doesn't announce itself as "quirky" or "zany." It just is those things, because it is human, and...

The Fantastic Secret of Owen Jester

Author

Barbara O'Connor

An amazing secret has tumbled off a freight train into Carter, Georgia, and Owen Jester is the only person who knows about it. If he can simply manage to evade his grandfather’s snappish housekeeper, organize his two best friends, and keep his nosy neighbor, Viola, at bay, he just might be in for the...

The Trouble With Chickens

Author	Doreen Cronin
ISBN	0061215325

J.J. Tully is a former search-and-rescue dog who is trying to enjoy his retirement after years of performing daring missions saving lives. So he's not terribly impressed when two chicks named Dirt and Sugar (who look like popcorn on legs) and their chicken mom show up demanding his help to track down...

Like Pickle Juice on a Cookie

Author	Julie Sternberg
ISBN	0810984245

I had a bad August.

A very bad August.

As bad as pickle juice on a cookie.

As bad as a spider web on your leg.

As bad as the black parts on a banana.

I hope your August was better.

I really do.


Written in a lyrical style with thoughtful and charming...

Junonia

Author	Kevin Henkes
ISBN	0061964174

Returning to the beach cottage—a cottage named Scallop—where she has always celebrated her birthday is a special occasion for Alice Rice.

Who will see the first dolphin this time? The first pelican? What will have changed? Stayed the same? And will this be the year she finally finds a junonia...

Hound Dog True

Author	Linda Urban
ISBN	0547558694

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...