The Accidental Genius of Weasel High
10 best books like The Accidental Genius of Weasel High (Rick Detorie): Local Girl Swept Away, Outlaw, Emiko Superstar, Chiggers, Just Behave, Pablo Picasso!, Out with the In Crowd, Perfectly Invisible, 12 Things to Do Before You Crash and Burn, Girl Coming in for a Landing, Frankenstein Takes the Cake
| Author | Ellen Wittlinger |
| ISBN | 1440589003 |
Stark, uncompromising, seductive, beautiful - this describes the tourist town of Cape Cod, where a young woman's body remains to be found. Three friends struggle to come to terms with their missing leader and with the secrets each endeavor to hide.
Set in the Cape Cod village of Provincetown,...
| Author | Stephen Davies |
| ISBN | 1849390886 |
Fifteen-year-old Jake Knight is an explorer and adventurer at heart but this often gets him into trouble. When a stuffy English boarding school suspends him for rule-breaking, Jake flies out to Burkina Faso where his parents are living. He is expecting a long, adventure-filled vacation under a smiling...
Emiko's summer looks like this: babysit all day, hang out with her own parents at home in the evening, rinse, repeat. It's pretty dull, but the babysitting gig pays well.
But then Emiko sees a charismatic artiste called Poppy at the mall, and Poppy personally invites her to the Freak Show, held...
| Author | Hope Larson |
| ISBN | 1416935843 |
Abby is back at the same old camp she goes to every summer -- except for the fact that this summer, nothing is the same. Her friend Rose is a cabin assistant, her friend Beth is pierced, and now the only person who doesn't seem too cool for Abby is Shasta, the new girl. Shasta:
1. who is one-eighth Cherokee.
2....
Just Behave, Pablo Picasso!
| Author | Jonah Winter |
| ISBN | 0545132916 |
"One day the world is a peaceful, lovely landscape painting... The next day - BLAM! - Pablo bursts through the canvas, paintbrush in hand, ready to paint something fresh and new."
Pablo Picasso may have been one of the most famous artists of the 20th century, but that doesn't mean he painted what...
| Author | Stephanie Morrill |
| ISBN | 0800733908 |
Out with the In Crowd was excellent. I liked it even better than the first book, and I definitely recommend reading them in order to get the full effect. I may not have liked Skylar had I started with the second book. However, I understood her well by the time I read this second novel in the series so it worked...
| Author | Kristin Billerbeck |
| ISBN | 0800719735 |
This is a mini ‘Books For Christian Girls’ review. It is not a full content review and will not receive one. These mini-reviews are years old and just for clarity on the rating the book received on Goodreads.
6/5/2013-
“Just like the first book of this series, this book also had...
12 Things to Do Before You Crash and Burn
It’s Wes Anderson meets Holden Caufield in this wry and funny novel about a boy who is sent to live with his uncle when his father (a bestselling self-help author) dies.
James “Hercules” Martino has until the end of the summer (a.k.a. two weeks) to accomplish the twelve tasks given to him...
| Author | April Halprin Wayland |
| ISBN | 0440419034 |
You walk into class—
my head clears.
No kidding.
You are my aspirin.
One girl. One school year. All poems. From friends to first dates, school dances to family fights, this inspiring collection captures the emotional highs and lows of teen life with refreshing honesty...
| Author | Adam Rex |
| ISBN | 0152062351 |
No one ever said it was easy being a monster. Take Frankenstein, for instance: He just wants to marry his undead bride in peace, but his best man, Dracula, is freaking out about the garlic bread. Then there’s the Headless Horseman, who wishes everyone would stop drooling over his delicious pumpkin...
| Author | David Yoo |
| ISBN | 0061783781 |
Peter and his best friend Drew were popular in elementary school. A day into middle school, the two realize they are no longer cool. Peter and Drew don't know how their status changed over the summer. Peter comes up with several plans to make them popular again.
All the schemes fail, until Peter...
| Author | Brent Hartinger |
| ISBN | 0060824115 |
For most kids, fifteen is the year of the optional summer job: Sure, you can get a job if you really want one, but it isn't required or anything. Too bad Dave's dad doesn't agree! Instead of enjoying long days of biking, swimming, and sitting around, Dave and his two best friends are being forced by their...
| Author | Gary Paulsen |
| ISBN | 0385746849 |
"You can't learn anything talking 'cause you're just saying stuff you already know. You've got to be quiet to learn."
—Paintings from the Cave, P. 32
Gary Paulsen starts right off in this book by dealing with some heavy issues in the opening "Note from the Author". He mentions the...
In the sixth volume of Amelia Rules!, Amelia helps Aunt Tanner revive her music career—and pays the price for doing so, Rhonda comes to terms with her newfound popularity, and Reggie discovers that you can’t stay a kid forever. And if that weren’t enough, Amelia finds out how a crush can truly be...
| Author | Danette Vigilante |
| ISBN | 0147515505 |
Ever since her brother's death, Dellie's life has been quiet and sad. Her mother cries all the time, and Dellie lives with the horrible guilt that the accident that killed her brother may have been all her fault.
But Dellie's world begins to change when new neighbors move into her housing project...
| Author | Kate Leth |
| ISBN | 1608868370 |
Eons ago, it was prophesied...four distinguished champions would be chosen to lead the universe into a new age of strength and peace. They were expecting warriors; what they got was a little bit...different. Join Amie, an art student, Sandy, a single mom, Kevin, aging athlete and Silas...a goldfish?...as...
When Giuliano's father loans him the family garage, he and three of his friends form a band. Playing their battered secondhand instruments, the four teenagers find something they love to do, and they find in their friendship and music a refuge from difficult and turbulent home lives. But when their...
| Author | Mitali Perkins |
| ISBN | 0763658669 |
Using humor as the common denominator, a multicultural cast of YA authors steps up to the mic to share stories touching on race.
Listen in as ten YA authors -- some familiar, some new -- use their own brand of humor to share their stories about growing up between cultures. Henry Choi Lee discovers...
| Author | Frank Viva |
| ISBN | 1935179926 |
Publishers Weekly BEST Books for Summer 2016
"Sea Change is like a dip in cold Canadian waters: just step inside, and soon you're completely swept away, finding yourself overwhelmed and breathless, entranced by this whirlwind of a book. Bravo, Frank Viva. And glub, glub, glub." - Lemony...
| Author | Allen Zadoff |
| ISBN | 1606840363 |
High school sophomore Adam Zeigler, who lost his father to a sudden accident two years ago, thinks the best way to live life is behind the spotlight. As a member of the theater crew, he believes he's achieved it all when he wins the coveted job of spotlight operator. But that was before a young actress, Summer,...
| Author | Danica Novgorodoff |
| ISBN | 1596435224 |
Fathers, sons, and the war that comes between them.
There's nothing Josh, Cody, and Gordon want more than their fathers home safely from the war in Iraq -- unless it's to get out of their dead-end town. Refresh, Refresh is the story of three teenagers on the cusp of high school graduation and their...
In the second installment of the TUNE series of graphic novels, our hapless hero Andy Go is settling into life in an alien zoo...as one of the exhibits. It's not so bad: the food is good, and his environment is a perfect copy of his house back on Earth. But everything falls to pieces when Andy realizes he's...
Tales from the Crypt #8: Diary of a Stinky Dead Kid
| Author | Stefan Petrucha |
| ISBN | 1597071641 |
The Ghoulunatics – The Vault-Keeper, the Old Witch, and everyone's favorite, The Crypt-Keeper are back to offer their twisted takes on "Diary of a Wimpy Kid," the "Twilight"series, and Guitar Hero! The cover-featured Stinky Dead Kid stars in two tales - - one that explains exactly how he became a...
