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10 best books like The Talent Show (Dan Gutman): Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy, Hoot, Flush, Hotel for Dogs, The Dragonet Prophecy, Nightbooks, Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief, George's Secret Key to the Universe, Cosmic, Ida B. . . and Her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster, and (Possibly) Save the World

Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy
AuthorAlly Carter
ISBN1423100050
Cammie Morgan is back, and it's clear that her life hasn't calmed down since the events of I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You. At first, giddy anticipation is in the air. Gallagher Academy, Cammie's elite spy school, is hosting a visit from a covert training center for boys. Soon after...
Hoot
AuthorCarl Hiaasen
ISBN0440421705
Unfortunately, Roy's first acquaintance in Florida is Dana Matherson, a well-known bully. Then again, if Dana hadn't been sinking his thumbs into Roy's temples and mashing his face against the school-bus window, Roy might never have spotted the running boy. And the running boy is intriguing: he was...
Flush
AuthorCarl Hiaasen
ISBN0375821821
Take a romp in the swamp with this New York Times bestselling mystery adventure set in the Florida Keys from Newbery Honoree Carl Hiaasen!

Noah's dad is sure that the owner of the Coral Queen casino boat is flushing raw sewage into the harbor--which has made taking a dip at the local beach like...
Hotel for Dogs
AuthorLois Duncan
The Walkers are moving to a new town, and staying with an aunt who's allergic to dogs. Too bad for Andi and her brother Bruce, who love dogs -- and happen to meet a stray that needs help. Soon, Andi hatches a plan, turning the abandoned house down the block into a hotel for dogs. But as more and more tenants move...
The Dragonet Prophecy
AuthorTui T. Sutherland
ISBN0545349184
The seven dragon tribes have been at war for generations, locked in an endless battle over an ancient, lost treasure. A secret movement called the Talons of Peace is determined to bring an end to the fighting, with the help of a prophecy -- a foretelling that calls for great sacrifice.

Five dragonets...
Nightbooks
AuthorJ.A. White
ISBN0062560107
A boy is imprisoned by a witch and must tell her a new scary story each night to stay alive. This thrilling contemporary fantasy from J. A. White, the acclaimed author of the Thickety series, brings to life the magic and craft of storytelling.

Alex’s original hair-raising tales are the only...
Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief
AuthorWendelin Van Draanen
ISBN0439065054
Grams always told her those binoculars would get her into trouble. Now Sammy's witnessed a crime at the Heavenly Hotel-a light fingered thief stealing $4,000 from Madame Nashira, the astrologer with the fire-hazard hair-do. Thing is, while she was watching him, he was watching her, too...

Fast-paced...
George's Secret Key to the Universe
AuthorLucy Hawking
ISBN1416954627
Stephen Hawking, author of the multi-million copy bestselling A Brief History of Time, and his daughter Lucy explain the universe to readers of all ages. George's parents, who have always been wary of technology, warn him about their new neighbors: Eric is a scientist and his daughter, Annie, seems...
Cosmic
AuthorFrank Cottrell Boyce
ISBN1405054646
Liam is too big for his boots. And his football strip. And his school blazer. But being super-sized height-wise has its advantages: he's the only eleven-year-old to ever ride the G-force defying Cosmic rollercoaster - or be offered the chance to drive a Porsche. Long-legged Liam makes a giant leap for...
Ida B. . . and Her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster, and (Possibly) Save the World
AuthorKatherine Hannigan
ISBN0060730269
Ida B. Applewood believes there is never enough time for fun.

That's why she's so happy to be homeschooled and to spend every free second outside with the trees and the brook.

Then some not-so-great things happen in her world. Ida B has to go back to that Place of Slow but Sure Body-Cramping,...
No Talking
AuthorAndrew Clements
ISBN1416909834
"You have the right to remain silent." However...

The fifth-grade girls and the fifth-grade boys at Laketon Elementary don't get along very well. But the real problem is that these kids are loud and disorderly. That's why the principal uses her red plastic bullhorn. A lot.

Then one...
The Switch
AuthorAnthony Horowitz
Kind of a neat twist on the Prince and the Pauper story.

When spoiled rich kid, Tad Spencer, thoughtlessly wishes that he was someone else he learns the hard way that money isn't everything. Going to bed as wealthy Tad and waking up as the poor and criminally inclined Bob is a shock to him but he does...
In Search of the Time and Space Machine
AuthorDeborah Abela
Max Remy Superspy was one of my top favourite series as a kid/pre-teen. A badass, angsty, messy, uncoordinated, tongue-tied, bullied, messed-up aspiring writer and spy, Max, and her chilled out, open, kind male partner-in-crime, Linden (hey that's my name!). This first book is a fast-paced read,...
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...
The Seven Professors of the Far North
AuthorJohn Fardell
ISBN0571221556
This gripping adventure story is packed with eccentric characters, thrilling secrets, amazing inventions and breathtaking surprises.

Sam's holiday with his friends Zara and Ben is interrupted when a bedraggled traveller blows in on a storm, reawakening a mystery from their Great Uncle...
The Secret Life of Ms. Finkleman
AuthorBen H. Winters
ISBN0061965413
Ms. Finkleman is just our boring old music teacher.
Or is she?

It all starts with a Special Project in Mr. Melville's Social Studies class: Solve a mystery in your own life. For seventh grader Bethesda Fielding, one mystery is too tempting to ignore: Ms. Finkleman.

Bethesda...
The Seventh Level
AuthorJody Feldman
ISBN0061951056
Each step gets him closer to greatness . . . or disaster.

Lauer Middle School has a super-secret society—The Legend. No one knows who is in it. Or how they pull off the spectacular school-wide events. Seventh grader Travis Raines may be about to find out. A mysterious message appears in his...
The Thing About Georgie
AuthorLisa Graff
ISBN0060875895
As far as Georgie is concerned, everyone has a "thing" The thing about poodles is that Georgie Bishop hates to walk them. The thing about Jeanie the Meanie is that she would rather write on her shoe than help Georgie with their Abraham Lincoln project. The thing about Andy's nonna is that she kisses Georgie's...
Confetti Girl
AuthorDiana López
ISBN0316029556
Apolonia "Lina" Flores is a sock enthusiast, a volleyball player, a science lover, and a girl who's just looking for answers. Even though her house is crammed full of books (her dad's a bibliophile), she's having trouble figuring out some very big questions, like why her dad seems to care about books...
The Gollywhopper Games
AuthorJody Feldman
ISBN0061214507
Gil Goodson's future happiness depends on winning the Golly Toy & Game Company's ultimate competition. If Gil wins, his dad has promised that the family can move away from all the gossip, false friends, and bad press that have plagued them ever since "The Incident". Inside the toy company's fantastic...
Chomp
AuthorCarl Hiaasen
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Wahoo Cray lives in a zoo. His father is an animal wrangler, so he's grown up with all manner of gators, snakes, parrots, rats, monkeys, snappers, and more in his backyard. The critters he can handle. His father is the unpredictable one.

When...
Scat
AuthorCarl Hiaasen
Bestselling author and columnist Carl Hiaasen returns with another hysterical mystery for kids set in Florida's Everglades.
 
Bunny Starch, the most feared biology teacher ever, is missing. She disappeared after a school field trip to Black Vine Swamp. And, to be honest, the kids in her...
White Giraffe Quartet
AuthorLauren St. John
ISBN1444004662
Lauren St John grew up on a farm and game reserve in Africa, the inspiration for her acclaimed memoir, Rainbow's End, and her award-winning White Giraffe series for children. Dead Man's Cove, the first in her Laura Marlin mystery series, won the Blue Peter Book of the Year Award in 2011. Her bestselling...
Flying High
AuthorLinda Chapman
ISBN0439813840
Lauren's pony Twilight changes into a unicorn when she whispers the magic words. The only catch is that Lauren has to keep it a secret or she could put Twilight in great danger.

Lauren's friend Jessica doesn't want her father to re-marry. On the day f the wedding, Jessica is so unhappy that she...
Touching the Waves
AuthorBen M. Baglio
Jody McGrath's dolphin dreams are coming true! Her whole family is sailing around the world researching dolphins - and Jody is recording all their exciting adventures in her dolphin diaries

The McGraths are in Key West, Florida, visiting a very special dolphin center - with "dolphin teachers."...
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