Pilfer Academy: A School So Bad It's Criminal

10 best books like Pilfer Academy: A School So Bad It's Criminal (Lauren Magaziner): Pay Attention, Carter Jones, The Van Gogh Deception, The Ghosts of Tupelo Landing, The Serpent's Secret, The Last Fifth Grade of Emerson Elementary, The Odds of Getting Even, Disenchanted: The Trials of Cinderella, Posted, Home of the Brave, The Harlem Charade

Pay Attention, Carter Jones

Author

Gary D. Schmidt

Carter Jones is astonished early one morning when he finds a real English butler, bowler hat and all, on the doorstep—one who stays to help the Jones family, which is a little bit broken.

In addition to figuring out middle school, Carter has to adjust to the unwelcome presence of this new know-it-all...

The Van Gogh Deception

Author	Deron R. Hicks
ISBN	0544759273

When a young boy is discovered in Washington DC’s National Gallery without any recollection of who he is, so begins a high-stakes race to unravel the greatest mystery of all: his identity. As the stakes continue to rise, the boy must piece together the disjointed clues of his origins while using...

The Ghosts of Tupelo Landing

Author	Sheila Turnage
ISBN	0803736711

The eagerly anticipated followup to the Newbery honor winner and New York Times bestseller, Three Times Lucky

Small towns have rules. One is, you got to stay who you are – no matter how many murders you solve.

When Miss Lana makes an Accidental Bid at the Tupelo auction and winds up...

The Serpent's Secret

Author	Sayantani DasGupta
ISBN	1338185705

MEET KIRANMALA: INTERDIMENSIONAL DEMON SLAYER
(Only she doesn't know it yet.)

On the morning of her twelfth birthday, Kiranmala is just a regular sixth grader living in Parsippany, New Jersey... until her parents mysteriously vanish and a drooling rakkhosh demon slams through her...

The Last Fifth Grade of Emerson Elementary

Author	Laura Shovan
ISBN	9780553521

Laura Shovan’s engaging, big-hearted debut is a time capsule of one class’s poems during a transformative school year. Families change and new friendships form as these terrific kids grow up and move on in this whimsical novel-in-verse about finding your voice and making sure others hear it.
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The Odds of Getting Even

Author	Sheila Turnage
ISBN	0803739613

Humor and action abound in this second follow-up to the Newbery honor winner and New York Times bestseller, Three Times Lucky.

The trial of the century has come to Tupelo Landing, NC. Mo and Dale, aka Desperado Detectives, head to court as star witnesses against Dale's daddy--confessed kidnapper...

Disenchanted: The Trials of Cinderella

Author

Megan Morrison

Ella Coach has one wish: revolution. Her mother died working in a sweatshop, and Ella wants every laborer in the Blue Kingdom to receive fairer treatment. But to make that happen, she'll need some high-level support . . .

Prince Dash Charming has one wish: evolution. The Charming Curse forced...

Posted

Author	John David Anderson
ISBN	0062338226

In middle school, words aren’t just words. They can be weapons. They can be gifts. The right words can win you friends or make you enemies. They can come back to haunt you. Sometimes they can change things forever.

When cell phones are banned at Branton Middle School, Frost and his friends Deedee,...

Home of the Brave

Author	Katherine Applegate
ISBN	0312367651

Kek comes from Africa. In America he sees snow for the first time, and feels its sting. He's never walked on ice, and he falls. He wonders if the people in this new place will be like the winter – cold and unkind.

In Africa, Kek lived with his mother, father, and brother. But only he and his mother...

The Harlem Charade

Author	Natasha Anastasia Tarpley
ISBN	0545783879

WATCHER. SHADOW. FUGITIVE.

Harlem is home to all kinds of kids. Jin sees life passing her by from the window of her family's bodega. Alex wants to help the needy one shelter at a time, but can't tell anyone who she really is. Elvin's living on Harlem's cold, lonely streets, surviving on his own...

Cyclone

Author	Doreen Cronin
ISBN	1481435256

Nora’s whole world plummets faster than the Cyclone roller coaster when her cousin Riley falls into a coma that Nora thinks is her fault in this warm, big-hearted debut middle grade novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author, Doreen Cronin.

Riding the Cyclone, the world famous Coney...

Mr. Lemoncello's All-Star Breakout Game

Author	Chris Grabenstein
ISBN	0525646442

Mr. Lemoncello is going LIVE ACROSS THE NATION in his brand new televised BREAKOUT game! Discover what James Patterson calls "the coolest library in the world" in the fourth puzzle-packed adventure in Chris Grabenstein's New York Times bestselling MR. LEMONCELLO series!

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