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10 best books like Seagulls Don't Eat Pickles (Erica Farber): Thresholds, The Pet Project: Cute and Cuddly Vicious Verses, The Case of the Time-Capsule Bandit, Frog Song, The Frog Who Croaked, Playing with Fire, The Mystery of the Missing Everything, Odessa Again, Tua and the Elephant, Robbie Forester and the Outlaws of Sherwood Street

Thresholds
AuthorNina Kiriki Hoffman
ISBN0670063193
Maya's family has just moved from Idaho to Spores Ferry, Oregon. She's nervous about starting middle school and making new friends, but soon that's the last thing on her mind. First, a fairy flies into her room. Then it turns out that the kids in the apartment building next door do magic, and their basement...
The Pet Project: Cute and Cuddly Vicious Verses
AuthorLisa Wheeler
ISBN1416975950
Embark on a methodical, meticulous, and hilarious quest for the perfect pet in this wickedly witty cautionary collection of pet poems.

If you're the type that oohs and aahs
at furry faces, precious paws,
the words ahead may be alarming:
Animals aren't always charming.

If...
The Case of the Time-Capsule Bandit
AuthorOctavia Spencer
ISBN1442476818
Meet Randi Rhodes, the world's first ninja detective! Mystery abounds in this delightful new middle grade series from Academy Award-winning actress Octavia Spencer.

Deer Creek is a small town whose only hope for survival is the success of their Founder's Day Festival. But the festival's...
Frog Song
AuthorBrenda Z. Guiberson
ISBN0805092544
Frog Song describes the lives of eleven different kinds of frogs and toads, from their croaks and bellows, to their habitats, to their birthing methods. (The male Darwin's frog, for example, carries its tadpoles in its vocal sacs for seven weeks as they grow.) A note in the back gives more detail about...
The Frog Who Croaked
AuthorJarrett J. Krosoczka
ISBN0062071645
From the Files of the Platypus Police Squad

Case #1138 Detectives of record: Rick Zengo and Corey O'Malley

Case brief: A local schoolteacher is missing, and the only thing fishier than the circumstances surrounding his disappearance is the smell coming from the bag he left behind....
Playing with Fire
AuthorBruce Hale
Max Segredo, tossed out by yet another foster family, has finally come to the end of the line. After being wrongly accused of setting a fire, he is sent to the Merry Sunshine Orphanage — on his thirteenth birthday, no less.

But what kind of group home offers classes in surveillance techniques,...
The Mystery of the Missing Everything
AuthorBen H. Winters
ISBN0061965448
There has been a shocking crime at Mary Todd Lincoln Middle School.

In a glass case in the front hall, a trophy—the trophy, the first trophy ever won in the school’s lackluster competitive history—has been stolen.

Even more horrifying, an outraged Principal Van Vreeland has...
Odessa Again
AuthorDana Reinhardt
ISBN0449015297
   Fourth grader Odessa Green-Light lives with her mom and her toad of a little brother, Oliver. Her dad is getting remarried, which makes no sense according to Odessa. If the prefix "re" means "to do all over again," shouldn't he be remarrying Mom? Meanwhile, Odessa moves into the attic room of their...
Tua and the Elephant
AuthorR.P. Harris
ISBN0811877817
Ten-year-old Tua—Thai for "peanut"—has everything she needs at home in Chiang Mai, Thailand, except for one thing she's always wanted: a sister. In the market one day, Tua makes an accidental acquaintance—one with wise, loving eyes, remarkable strength, and a very curious trunk. And when...
Robbie Forester and the Outlaws of Sherwood Street
AuthorPeter Abrahams
ISBN0399255028
Stephen King's "Favorite American Suspense Novelist" is launching a new series for middle graders

Robbie Forester always knew life wasn't fair, but she never thought she could do anything about it. Until one day a powerful charm comes into her possession, a charm that guides her, her three...
Unlucky Charms
AuthorAdam Rex
ISBN0062060058
World domination through breakfast cereal additives is fairly implausible. But that is practically the most believable aspect of this silly, though occasionally endearing, second book in a promised trilogy. The first book cast corporate America and the Masons as the villains. Here we find that...
Empire State of Slime
AuthorJohn Kloepfer
ISBN0062230956
Zombies take Manhattan in Empire State of Slime, book four of John Kloepfer's hilarious and stomach-churning Zombie Chasers tween series, with illustrations by David DeGrand. Perfect for fans of Diary of a Wimpy Kid and The Strange Case of Origami Yoda, The Zombie Chasers #4: Empire State of Slime...
Lulu and the Dog from the Sea
AuthorHilary McKay
ISBN1407117920
This review also appears on my blog, Read-at-Home Mom.

Lulu and the Dog from the Sea is Hilary McKay’s second adventure about a young animal lover whose compassion for animals in need often leads her into trouble. Set during the summer, this story takes place at the beach, where Lulu and her...
Riley Mack and the Other Known Troublemakers
AuthorChris Grabenstein
ISBN0062026208
The version I am actually reviewing is the Audible Originals one. It is not listed in the editions available. I chose the version I hope matches.

I chose this title as part of the Audible Original program. I debated getting it as I’m not a child. Okay, some who know me might argue that so, I’m...
The Secret of the Sacred Scarab
AuthorFiona Ingram
A 5000-year-old mystery comes to life when a scruffy peddler gives Adam and Justin Sinclair an old Egyptian scarab on their very first day in Egypt. Only when the evil Dr. Faisal Khalid shows a particular interest in the cousins and their scarab, do the boys realise they are in terrible danger. Justin...
The Titanic Mission
AuthorDan Gutman
ISBN0062236350
The eccentric billionaire Miss Zandergoth is very disappointed with the Flashback Four. Luke, Isabel, David, and Julia did not come back from their first time-traveling adventure with a photograph of Abe Lincoln delivering the famous Gettysburg Address for Miss Z’s rare-photograph collection....
The Forgotten Secret
AuthorLinda DeMeulemeester
ISBN1897550138
The latest book from the award-winning Grim Hill series finds Cat, her sister, her friends and even her soccer coaches captivated by romance, when an easterly fairy wind blows into town. But even valentine hearts, pink frilly dresses and high school dances have a dark twist in the town with Grim Hill...
Last Airlift: A Vietnamese Orphan's Rescue from War
AuthorMarsha Forchuk Skrypuch
ISBN0986949515
Last Airlift is the true story of the last Canadian airlift operation that left Saigon and arrived in Toronto on April 13, 1975. Son Thi Anh Tuyet was one of 57 babies and children on that flight. Based on personal interviews and enhanced with archive photos, Tuyet's story of the Saigon orphanage and her...
PhotoPlay!: Doodle. Design. Draw.
AuthorM.J. Bronstein
ISBN1452123411
Wondrous and wacky photographs paired with quirky, clever prompts make PhotoPlay! a delightful invitation to imaginative exploration! Design an upside-down world, a passing parade, and an underwater garden. Draw a tasty birthday cake for Bob, a pet for Grace, and Ravi's imaginary friend. This...
Night of the Living Worms: A Speed Bump & Slingshot Misadventure
AuthorDave Coverly
ISBN0805088865
What's a bird to do when his sibling is a big-time celebrity? It's a question Speed Bump has to deal with every single morning, because his brother happens to be the one and only Early Bird. You know, THE Early Bird, who ALWAYS gets the worm! Unfortunately, Speed Bump is a sleepy little bird with a big head...
RuneWarriors
AuthorJames Jennewein
ISBN0061449369
It's the eve of the Festival of Greatness and Dane has a big problem. He's yet to choose his nickname. Dane the Dangerous? Dane the Despicable? He can't decide. But when Dane sees his proud father shamed by the evil tyrant Thidrek the Terrifying, Dane's indignation earns him a moniker that sticks—Dane...
Help! Somebody Get Me Out of Fourth Grade
AuthorHenry Winkler
ISBN0448436191
It’s time for the end of year parent-teacher conference, and Hank’s in a panic. He’s afraid that his teacher is going to tell his parents that he has to repeat the fourth grade. So Hank creates an elaborate scheme to have his parents win an out-of-town trip so they’re gone during the conference...
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