That Scatterbrain Booky

10 best books like That Scatterbrain Booky (Bernice Thurman Hunter): The Glass Sentence, The Odds of Getting Even, Vader's Little Princess, The Spiderwick Chronicles Box Set, The Zucchini Warriors, My Teacher Is an Alien, The Year of the Book, The Boy Next Story, Secret at Mystic Lake, Sabotage at Willow Woods

The Glass Sentence

Author	S.E. Grove
ISBN	0670785024

She has only seen the world through maps. She had no idea they were so dangerous.
 
Boston, 1891. Sophia Tims comes from a family of explorers and cartologers who, for generations, have been traveling and mapping the New World—a world changed by the Great Disruption of 1799, when all the continents...

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...

Vader's Little Princess

Author	Jeffrey Brown
ISBN	1452118698

In this irresistibly funny follow-up to the breakout bestseller Darth Vader and Son, Vader--Sith Lord and leader of the Galactic Empire--now faces the trials, joys, and mood swings of raising his daughter Leia as she grows from a sweet little girl into a rebellious teenager.

Smart and funny...

The Spiderwick Chronicles Box Set

Author	Tony DiTerlizzi
ISBN	0689040342

It all started with a mysterious letter left at a tiny bookstore for authors Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black. Its closing lines: "We just want people to know about this. The stuff that has happened to us could happen to anyone." Little could they imagine the remarkable adventure that awaited them as they...

The Zucchini Warriors

Author	Gordon Korman
ISBN	0590441744

While especially the first and the third novels of Gordon Korman's MacDonald Hall series of boarding school stories (which I originally read in the early 1980s, when I was myself a teenager) rank as absolute personal favourites (and even the fourth instalment, which I read for the first time just a couple...

My Teacher Is an Alien

Author	Bruce Coville
ISBN	1416903348

Sixth grade is just out of this world!Susan Simmons can tell that her new substitute teacher is really weird. But she doesn't know how weird until she catches him peeling off his face -- and realizes that "Mr. Smith" is really an alien! At first no one will believe her except Peter Thompson, the class brain....

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...

The Boy Next Story

Author	Tiffany Schmidt
ISBN	1419734369

The second book in a series where your favorite literary characters come to life, inspired by the timeless classic, Little Women!

There’s no one better than the boy next door. At least not according to Aurora Campbell, fourteen, who has been in love with Tobias May since their very first sandbox...

Secret at Mystic Lake

Author	Carolyn Keene
ISBN	1481400126

A few nights in nature take a nasty turn for Nancy and her friends in this sixth book of the Nancy Drew Diaries, a fresh approach to a classic series.

To celebrate her birthday, George is taking Nancy and Bess on a three-day bike tour around the scenic Mystic Lake. They can’t wait to spend time...

Sabotage at Willow Woods

Author	Carolyn Keene
ISBN	1442493941

Nancy and her friends hit the campaign trail in search of a political trickster in this fifth book of the Nancy Drew Diaries, a fresh approach to a classic series.

Who knew a new sports field could cause so much drama? That’s what Nancy, Bess, and George are investigating. Ever since George’s...

A Little Princess

Author	Tania Zamorsky
ISBN	1402712758

Following Sterling's spectacularly successful launch of its children's classic novels (240,000 books in print to date),comes a dazzling new series: Classic Starts. The stories are abridged; the quality is complete. Classic Starts treats the world's beloved tales (and children) with the respect...

Making Mistakes on Purpose

Author

Elise Primavera

Students at a whimsical school for children of busy parents learn silly lessons about manners, friendship, and going far in life, in book two of the series that’s tailor-made for a new generation of Mary Poppins fans

Great Rapscott School for Girls of Busy Parents is not your typical boarding...

Ms. Rapscott's Girls

Author	Elise Primavera
ISBN	0803738226

Fans of Mary Poppins will love this whimsical tale of a boarding school for children of very busy parents, where an extraordinary headmistress teaches them life lessons about courage, adventure, friendship . . . and the importance of birthday cake.

Nestled inside a lighthouse, Great Rapscott...

The Ghost of Grey Fox Inn

Author	Carolyn Keene
ISBN	1481465953

Nancy and her friends find themselves at a haunted inn with a mystery to solve in this thirteenth book of the Nancy Drew Diaries, a fresh approach to the classic mystery series.

When Nancy and Bess accompany George to a cousin’s wedding in historic Charleston, South Carolina, they end up staying...

The Magician's Secret

Author	Carolyn Keene
ISBN	1481417010

A major magic trick leads to missing murder evidence in this eighth book of the Nancy Drew Diaries, a fresh approach to a classic series.

When she attends a performance by master illusionist Drake Lonestar, Nancy is skeptical. Lonestar is known for his razzle-dazzle wizardry, but can the magician...

The Sign in the Smoke

Author	Carolyn Keene
ISBN	1481438174

Nancy and her friends are faced with another chilling mystery in this twelfth book of the Nancy Drew Diaries, a fresh approach to the classic mystery series.

When Bess asks Nancy and George to be counselors at her old camp, they’re a little wary. After all, running around after a bunch of little...

The Clue at Black Creek Farm

Author	Carolyn Keene
ISBN	1481429396

Healthy eating becomes a hazard when a local farm is sabotaged in this ninth book of the Nancy Drew Diaries.

Nancy, Bess, and George are thinking about joining Black Creek Farm CSA (Community Supported Agriculture). Sam and Abby Heyworth run both Black Creek's organic farm and the CSA, a program...

Curse of the Arctic Star

Author	Carolyn Keene
ISBN	1416990720

Nancy and her friends must navigate a cruise ship crisis in the first book of the Nancy Drew Diaries, a fresh approach to a classic series.

Nancy, Bess, and George are cruising dangerous waters on a tour of Alaska. Becca Wright, an old friend of Nancy’s, is the Assistant Cruise Director of the...

Strangers on a Train

Author	Carolyn Keene
ISBN	1416990739

Nancy and her friends take their detective skills on an Alaskan adventure in this second book of the Nancy Drew Diaries, a fresh approach to a classic series.Nancy’s Alaskan adventure continues as she, Bess, and George disembark the mystery-plagued Arctic Star cruise ship and explore the grand...