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This can't be happening at Macdonald Hall! This can't be happening at Macdonald Hall! Gordon Korman Bruno and Boots are always in trouble. So the Headmaster, aka "The Fish" decides it would be best to separate them. Bruno must now room with ghoulish Elmer Dimsdale, plus his plants, goldfish, and an… OL109578W
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
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
The Shadow Club The Shadow Club Neal Shusterman When a junior high school boy and his friends decide to form a club of "second bests" and play anonymous tricks on each other's arch rivals, the harmless pranks escalate until they become life-threat… OL16043590W
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
Jacky Ha-Ha Jacky Ha-Ha Chris Grabenstein,James Patterson,Adam Rau With her irresistible urge to tell a joke in every situation - even when she really, really shouldn't - twelve-year-old Jacky Ha-Ha loves to make people laugh. And cracking wise helps distract her fr… OL17610982W
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
Barnyard Fun Barnyard Fun Maureen Wright When Sheep finds out that it is April Fools' Day, he plays jokes on Rooster, Dog, Pig, and Cow, before Horse plays a trick on Sheep. It is April Fool's Day, and Sheep pulls pranks on the animals o… OL19968218W
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
Dark tides Dark tides Chris Ewan "When Claire Cooper was eight years old her mother mysteriously vanished during Hop-tu-naa, Halloween on the Isle of Man. At fourteen, Claire is still struggling to come to terms with her disappearan… OL20013369W
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
Ghosting Ghosting Edith Pattou Told through multiple points of view in free verse, eight teenagers partying the last weekend before their senior year of high school participate in a seemingly harmless prank that goes tragically aw… OL20911424W
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
The joke war The joke war Gene Inyart Namovicz Tired of being a victim of his eleven-year-old cousin's practical jokes, Charlie begins a joke war with him for the summer. OL4963058W
The hole The hole Guy Burt Five guys descend into the cellar of an abandoned part of their school as a prank, while one stays behind to lock them in. But no one comes back to let them out. OL5732974W
Karen's Big Joke Karen's Big Joke Ann M. Martin Karen loves April Fools' Day because that is the day she gets to play tricks on her friends. Now Karen has come up with a joke to play on her whole family. Will this be her best joke ever, or is she … OL8116782W
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