Roxie and the Hooligans

8 best books like Roxie and the Hooligans (Phyllis Reynolds Naylor): Dear Mr. Henshaw, Sounder, The Fourteenth Goldfish, Turtle in Paradise, Sunny Side Up, The Carrot Seed, The Absent Author, Saving Winslow

Dear Mr. Henshaw
AuthorBeverly Cleary
ISBN0380709589
Leigh has been Boyd Henshaw's number one fan ever since he was in second grade. Now in sixth grade, Leigh lives with his mother and is the new kid in school. He's lonely, troubled by the absence of his father, a cross-country trucker, and angry because a mysterious thief steals from his lunchbag. Then Leigh's...
Sounder
AuthorWilliam H. Armstrong
ISBN0064400204
Set in the Deep South, this Newbery Medal-winning novel tells the story of the great coon dog, Sounder, and the poor sharecroppers who own him.

During the difficult years of the nineteenth century South, an African-American boy and his poor family rarely have enough to eat. Each night, the...
The Fourteenth Goldfish
AuthorJennifer L. Holm
ISBN0375870644
Galileo. Newton. Salk. Oppenheimer.
Science can change the world . . . but can it go too far?

Eleven-year-old Ellie has never liked change. She misses fifth grade. She misses her old best friend. She even misses her dearly departed goldfish. Then one day a strange boy shows up. He’s bossy....
Turtle in Paradise
AuthorJennifer L. Holm
ISBN0375836888
Life isn't like the movies. But then again, 11-year-old Turtle is no Shirley Temple.

She's smart and tough and has seen enough of the world not to expect a Hollywood ending. After all, it's 1935 and jobs and money and sometimes even dreams are scarce. So when Turtle's mama gets a job housekeeping...
Sunny Side Up
AuthorJennifer L. Holm
ISBN0545741653
Sunny Lewin has been packed off to Florida to live with her grandfather for the summer. At first she thought Florida might be fun -- it is the home of Disney World, after all. But the place where Gramps lives is no amusement park. It's full of . . . old people. Really old people.

Luckily, Sunny isn't...
The Carrot Seed
AuthorRuth Krauss
ISBN0694004928
From beloved children's book creators Ruth Krauss and Crockett Johnson comes the perennial favorite The Carrot Seed, now in a board book that's perfect for little hands.

When a little boy plants a carrot seed, everyone tells him it won't grow. But when you are very young, there are some things...
The Absent Author
AuthorRon Roy
ISBN0590819186
A is for author....

Dink writes to his favorite author, mystery writer Wallis Wallace, and invites him to visit Green Lawn. To Dink's amazement, Wallace says he'll come! But when the big day arrives, Wallace is nowhere to be found. The police think he just missed his plane, but Dink suspects...
Saving Winslow
AuthorSharon Creech
ISBN0062570730
Perfect for fans of Charlotte’s Web and The One and Only Ivan, Saving Winslow is an uplifting modern classic in the making about a young boy who befriends an ailing newborn donkey and nurses him back to health, from New York Times bestseller and Newbery Medal winner Sharon Creech.

Louie doesn't...
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