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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
The janitor's boy	Andrew Clements	Fifth-grader Jack finds himself the target of ridicule at school when it becomes known that his father is one of the janitors, and he turns his anger onto his father.	OL102504W
Lunch money	Andrew Clements	Twelve-year-old Greg, who has always been good at moneymaking projects, is surprised to find himself teaming up with his lifelong rival, Maura, to create a series of comic books to sell at school.	OL102505W
Stink	Megan McDonald	The shortest kid in the second grade, James Moody, also known as Stink, learns all about the shortest president of the United States, James Madison, when they celebrate Presidents' Day at school.	OL104360W
The birthday burglar	Margaret Mahy	In the first of these two short stories, Bassington, a rich little boy who has never had a birthday, decides to steal one from Mrs. Herringbone and Joanna Joy. In the second story, headmistress Tatia…	OL10581414W
Spot goes to school	Eric Hill	Spot the dog has an eventful first day at school. Illustrations feature lift-up flaps.	OL10619250W
Amelia takes command	Marissa Moss	After successfully commanding the Discovery shuttle mission at Space Camp, Amelia returns to fifth grade where she deals with the bully who has been making her life miserable.	OL106892W
Maxx Comedy	Gordon Korman	Eleven-year-old Max Carmody has wanted to be a stand-up comedian since he was five, so when a contest is held to find the "world's funniest kid," he goes through all kinds of craziness to win.	OL109561W
No more dead dogs	Gordon Korman	Nobody understands Wallace Wallace. This reluctant school football hero has been suspended from the team for writing an unfavorable book report of Old Shep, My Pal. But Wallace won't tell a lie -- he…	OL109562W
Schooled	Gordon Korman	Thirteen year old Anderson has never watched t.v., or never had pizza or even heard of a wedgie. The only thing he has ever done is been home schooled by his hippie grand mother, Rain. When she brok…	OL109572W
Keep Ms. Sugarman in the fourth grade	Elizabeth Levy	Jackie, who has always had trouble in school, begins to develop more self-confidence under the guidance of her fourth-grade teacher and is crushed when Ms. Sugarman is promoted to principal in the mi…	OL114117W
School Spirit Sabotage	Elizabeth Levy	Brian and his younger sister Penny try to catch the culprit who has been sabotaging School Spirit Week.	OL114121W
Mrs. Toggle's beautiful blue shoe	Robin Pulver	Mrs. Toggle joins the children in a game of kickball and loses her beautiful blue shoe.	OL115703W
Softball Practice	Grace Maccarone	A young boy and girl get taken to softball practice. They realize that their aunt leaves them at the wrong place and decide to practice on their own.	OL115711W
Lionel at School	Stephen Krensky	Lionel's many school-related adventures include a nervous Back-to-School night with his parents, the welcoming of a new classmate, a sister who doesn't seem to recognize him, and an experiment with t…	OL115759W
The guy next door	Carol Grace	Although her recently divorced parents have financial problems, Maggie is still enrolled at the exclusive Manderley prep school, where she excells at fencing and has a crush on former neighbor and ch…	OL11764308W
Billy Twitters and his big blue whale problem	Mac Barnett	When Billy Twitters' mother follows through on her threat to buy him a blue whale if he refuses to obey, he finds himself the owner of an enormous pet that he must take with him everywhere, which doe…	OL11892762W
The total tragedy of a girl named Hamlet	Erin Dionne	Hamlet Kennedy just wants to be your average, happy, vanilla eighth grader. But with Shakespearean scholar parents who dress in Elizabethan regalia and generally go about in public as if it were the …	OL11993813W
You are so undead to me	Stacey Jay	Q: HOW MANY ZOMBIES DOES IT TAKE TO RUIN A SOCIAL LIFE?A: NOT MANY.Megan Berry is a Zombie Settler by birth, which means she's part-time shrink to a whole bunch of semi-dead people with killer issues…	OL11993820W
Now and Zen	Linda C. Gerber	Nori Tanaka is thrilled to be studying abroad in Tokyo, Japan, but it isn’t exactly what she had imagined. She expected tranquil gardens and swoopy-roofed houses, not concrete and neon. And everyone …	OL12026661W
Love You Hate You Miss You	Elizabeth Scott	Get this, I'm supposed to be starting a journal about "my journey." Please. I can see it now: Dear Diary, As I'm set adrift on this crazy sea called "life" ... I don't think so.It's been seventy-five…	OL12048485W