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Bill's lunch Bill's lunch Rose Tooley Gamblin The children decide to play a practical joke on their classmate Bill, and replace his cold potato with a rock for his lunch, but Lee, not agreeing with them, switches out the rock for his own lunch. OL11705053W
A traitor among the boys A traitor among the boys Phyllis Reynolds Naylor Despite a New Year's resolution to be nice to their neighbors the Malloy girls, the Hatford boys find themselves continuing their rivalry and war of practical jokes. OL13467W
Causing a scene Causing a scene Charlie Todd A fake U2 concert. A deranged hypnotist.A book signing by a dead author.Welcome to the wild world of Improv Everywhere.From the infamous No Pants! Subway Ride to the legendary Grand Central Freeze, I… OL13683773W
Ask Willie Ask Willie Buchanan, Paul Willie's practical jokes get him into almost as much trouble as the answers he gives in the school newspaper's advice column when he begins to rely on his own ideas rather than offering advice based … OL14866528W
May Magic May Magic Ron Roy Bradley and Brian need help from Nate and Lucy after a hypnotist turns their mother into a duck but does not quite get her changed back. OL15691552W
Beach volleyball is no joke Beach volleyball is no joke Anita Yasuda Instead of trying to learn beach volleyball, Tyler spends a week at camp pulling practical jokes, only to upset his teammates. OL16214013W
The rector and the rogue The rector and the rogue W. A. Swanberg It began quietly enough one morning in February 1880, with a mutton-chopped Acme Safe Company salesman knocking on the door of Reverend Morgan Dix, the starchiest clergyman in Manhattan's most respec… OL16555096W
Mystery Of The Phantom Heist Mystery Of The Phantom Heist Franklin W. Dixon In this second book of a fresh approach to a classic series, Frank and Joe track down violent pranksters. Rich girl Lindsay Peyton is throwing the biggest and best Sweet Sixteen bash that Bayport … OL17440694W
Secret of the Red Arrow Secret of the Red Arrow Franklin W. Dixon The Hardy brothers must dismantle a dangerous crime gang in this first book of a fresh approach to a classic series. Teenagers Frank and Joe Hardy are supposedly “retired” from their detective wor… OL17493314W
Andi under pressure Andi under pressure Amanda Flower While attending a prestigious Science Camp, twelve-year-old Andi and her new best friend, Colin Carter, investigate a series of practical jokes being blamed on the mysterious janitor, Polk, which res… OL17826942W
Ben the inventor Ben the inventor Robin Stevenson Best friends and budding inventors Ben and Jack, dismayed that Jack's family is planning to move to another city, try to come up with an invention that will scare potential buyers away from Jack's ho… OL17873104W
The birdstones The birdstones Jane Louise Curry A group of children in a crowded school invent a girl who does not exist and find their prank played back at them in a most unexpected way. OL1886368W
Pranksters Pranksters Kembrew McLeod Profiles the most notorious mischief makers in Western culture from 1600 to the present day and explores how pranks are part of a long tradition of speaking truth to power and social critique. OL19976258W
Cheesie Mack is sort of freaked out Cheesie Mack is sort of freaked out Stephen L. Cotler "Cheesie and his best friend, Georgie, pull off a fantastic UFO prank, but when things go wrong, the victims of the prank plan a sinister plot as payback"-- Cheesie and his best friend, Georgie, pul… OL19986242W
The mean girl meltdown The mean girl meltdown Lindsay Eyre Sylvie Scruggs is finally in fourth grade, and that means she's old enough to join her town's junior ice-hockey team. Sylvie is thrilled to discover her years of skating pay off, as she quickly becom… OL20033940W
Robert and the practical jokes Robert and the practical jokes Barbara Seuling As a boys-versus-girls war of practical jokes escalates in his third-grade classroom, Robert finds it difficult to ask a girl's help in learning to dance in time for a family wedding reception. OL2040629W
The odds strike back! The odds strike back! Adam Perrott "Have you ever fallen flat on your face when you're carrying an ice cream? Or put down a drink, gone back to get it and it's nowhere to be seen? That's the Odds at work! A family of Professional Pran… OL20937003W
The Man Who Japed The Man Who Japed Philip K. Dick The Man Who Japed is a science fiction novel by American writer Philip K. Dick, first published in 1956. Although one of Dick's lesser-known novels, it features several of the ideas and themes that r… OL2172477W
Bubba Begonia, you've done it again! Bubba Begonia, you've done it again! Gerry O'Brien Grade level: 3, 4, 5, p, e, i. OL24252289W
Abiyoyo Abiyoyo Pete Seeger Banished from the town for making mischief, a little boy and his father are welcomed back when they find a way to make the dreaded giant Abiyoyo disappear. OL2632696W
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