Saving Armpit
10 best books like Saving Armpit (Natalie Hyde): The Whole Truth, Claude at the Beach, Take Me to the River, White Fur Flying, Jacob Two-Two and the Dinosaur, The 14 Fibs of Gregory K., Miracle Mud, Neil Flambé and the Marco Polo Murders, No Ordinary Day, The Fingertips of Duncan Dorfman
| Author | Kit Pearson |
| ISBN | 1554688523 |
For me, Kit Pearson was the author who created that unbreakable bond between myself and books. After reading A Handful of Time when I was a young girl, I have loved reading and devoured countless books.
Even as an adult, Kit Pearson can keep my love of reading alive, and The Whole Truth is no exception!...
| Author | Alex T. Smith |
| ISBN | 1561457035 |
These books are about the adventures that Claude, a small dog, and his sidekick Sir Bobblysock get into when his owners, referred to as Mr. and Mrs. Shinyshoes go to work everyday. In this book, the Claude and Sir Bobblysock decide to go on vacation to the beach. It follows their hilarious adventures as...
| Author | Will Hobbs |
| ISBN | 0060741457 |
Deep in trouble,
Deep in the canyons
Fourteen-year-old Dylan Sands has come all the way from North Carolina to Big Bend National Park, on the Texas/Mexico border, to paddle the fabled Rio Grande. His partner in adventure is a local river rat, his cousin Rio. As the two are packing their...
| Author | Patricia MacLachlan |
| ISBN | 1442421711 |
Zoe’s family rescues dogs in need. There is always the sweet smell of dog and a warm body looking to cuddle or play. There is always a new dog to be saved and loved. Fur flies everywhere. It covers everything. Zoe’s house is never silent.
But the house across the street is always silent these...
| Author | Mordecai Richler |
| ISBN | 0887764258 |
When his parents return from Kenya with a cute little green lizard on his eighth birthday (he’s two times two times two), Jacob Two-Two is thrilled. But it isn’t long before Jacob realizes that his new pet Dippy isn’t a lizard after all. And as months pass, it is apparent Dippy isn’t so little either....
| Author | Greg Pincus |
| ISBN | 0439912997 |
Gregory K is the middle child in a family of mathematical geniuses. But if he claimed to love math? Well, he'd be fibbing. What he really wants most is to go to Author Camp. But to get his parents' permission he's going to have to pass his math class, which has a probability of 0. THAT much he can understand!...
| Author | David A. Kelly |
| ISBN | 0761380922 |
Lena Blackburne loved baseball. He watched it, he played it, he coached it. But he didn't love the ways players broke in new baseballs. Tired of soggy, blackened, stinky baseballs, he found a better way. Thanks to a well-timed fishing trip and a top-secret mud recipe, Lena Blackburne Baseball Rubbing...
| Author | Kevin Sylvester |
| ISBN | 1554702666 |
Fourteen-year-old wunderchef Neil Flambe can cook anything, and patrons pay top dollar and wait months for reservations at his tiny boutique restaurant. What many of Neil's patrons don't know, however, is that he's also a budding detective, code-named "The Nose." It all started when he used his knowledge...
| Author | Deborah Ellis |
| ISBN | 1554981344 |
Even though Valli spends her days picking coal and fighting with her cousins, life in the coal town of Jharia, India, is the only life she knows. The only sight that fills her with terror is the monsters who live on the other side of the train tracks — the lepers. When Valli discovers that that her “aunt”...
| Author | Meg Wolitzer |
| ISBN | 0525423044 |
At first glance, Duncan Dorfman, April Blunt, and Nate Saviano don't seem to have much in common. Duncan is trying to look after his single mom and adjust to life in a new town while managing his newfound Scrabble superpower - he can feel words and pictures beneath his fingers and tell what they are without...
| Author | Kimberly Newton Fusco |
| ISBN | 0375861041 |
Charlie Anne is devastated when her father must go north to build roads after the Depression hits. She and her siblings are left with their rigid cousin, Mirabel, and a farm full of chores. The only solace Charlie Anne finds is by the river, where the memory of her mother is strongest.
Then her...
| Author | Anna Kerz |
| ISBN | 1554693624 |
In this stand-alone sequel to The Mealworm Diaries, Aaron is anxiously waiting for his father to return for the first time since Aaron's mother's death eight years earlier. Aaron works hard with a counselor at school, but he still has problems getting along with and understanding other kids, and he's...
| Author | Havelock McCreely |
| ISBN | 1606844911 |
A laugh-out-loud funny middle-grade debut with a scary twist, My Zombie Hamster will appeal to readers who like their animal stories mixed with chills. Fans of R.L. Stine's Goosebumps Most Wanted series will grab this one right up.
Matt Hunter and his buddies are looking forward to Christmas--actually,...
| Author | Linda DeMeulemeester |
| ISBN | 1897073976 |
(ages 9 - 12) Welcome to the thrilling sequel to The Secret of Grim Hill. After a soul-shaking Halloween, things have finally gotten back to normal for Cat Peters. Now the big drama in her life isn't a battle against diabolical fairies, but a battle of the sexes on the soccer field. Meanwhile, ever since...
| Author | M.E. Castle |
| ISBN | 1606845381 |
New in paperback, "a funny James Bond for the middle school set," Game of Clones mixes Alex Rider and Michael Buckley's NERD series in the third installment in the hilarious middle-grade adventure series The Clone Chronicles.
Fisher Bas was able to track down his gone-Hollywood Clone--Two--but...
| Author | Heather Tekavec |
| ISBN | 1771380128 |
"Max," said the farmer to his dog one day, "can you catch a thief?" Of course! He can catch anything! And Max eagerly sets off on a quest to find the culprit who has been stealing the farmer's fruits and vegetables. Within moments, the dog is confident he has spotted the thief -- a tiny blue bug, working on...
| Author | Ferida Wolff |
| ISBN | 0974930326 |
Worrying… Is there anyone of us that can truly claim not to be plagued by stress? Both my parents are the definition of calmness and tranquility. Me,on the other hand? If nervousness and anxiety needed a picture, mine would be brilliant. I remember being like this from an early age, worrying over everything....
Your Mind Is What Your Brain Does for a Living: Learn How to Make It Work for You
| Author | Steven Jay Fogel |
| ISBN | 1626340587 |
Your default programming—the automatic choices all of us make in life without even noticing—can sabotage you, but you can learn to interrupt your self-defeating behavior and make better choices. Steven J. Fogel shares what scientists have discovered about your ability to “rewire” your...
Gun Control in the Third Reich: Disarming the Jews and "Enemies of the State"
| Author | Stephen P. Halbrook |
| ISBN | 1598131621 |
Based on newly-discovered, secret documents from German archives, diaries and newspapers of the time, Gun Control in the Third Reich presents the definitive, yet hidden history of how the Nazi regime made use of gun control to disarm and repress its enemies and consolidate power. The countless books...
| Author | Patrick Jennings |
| ISBN | 1606845969 |
A popular middle-grade writer moves to chapter books with this humorous tale about a cat that makes Grumpy Cat seem cheerful. Perfect for fans of Geronimo Stilton and Dog Diaries.
Hissy Fitz lives with some two-legged creatures who are destined to serve him in every possible way and understand...
Wipeout of the Wireless Weenies: And Other Warped and Creepy Tales
| Author | David Lubar |
| ISBN | 0765332140 |
Wipeout of the Wireless Weenies is the seventh collection of spooky short stories for ages 8 to 12 by the beloved author of the Nathan Abercrombie series, David Lubar. This is the perfect pick for reluctant young readers who like a few chills and a lot of laughs.
Welcome to the Weenie Zone! A boy...
| Author | R.L. Stine |
| ISBN | 0545418003 |
The infamous, Most Wanted Goosebumps characters are out on the loose and they're coming after you! Catch them undead or alive!
Night for Noah Bienstock is a scary time. He keeps having the scariest dream that he's being hunted by a monster and can't escape. Daytime isn't much better for Noah,...
5 Conversations You Must Have with Your Son
| Author | Vicki Courtney |
| ISBN | 0805449868 |
From the cradle to college, tell your sons the truth about life before they believe the culture's lies.
For parents with boys newborn to eighteen, 5 Conversations You Must Have with Your Son will be as much a part of the boyhood journey as those Legos you're still finding under the sofa cushions...
