HUMOROUS STORIES

FIC ALL

Allison, Jennifer. Gilda Joyce, psychic investigator.

During the summer before ninth grade, intrepid Gilda Joyce invites herself to the San Francisco mansion of distant cousin Lester Splinter and his thirteen-year-old daughter, where she uses her purported psychic abilities and detective skills to solve the mystery of the mansion's boarded-up tower.

FIC ATW

Atwater, Richard. Mr. Popper’s penguins

The unexpected delivery of a large crate containing an Antarctic penguin changes the life and fortunes of Mr. Popper, a house painter obsessed by dreams of the Polar regions.

FIC AVI

Avi, Never mind! : a twin novel.

Twelve-year-old New York City twins Meg and Edward have nothing in common, so they are just as shocked as everyone else when Meg's hopes for popularity and Edward's mischievous schemes coincidentally collide in a hilarious showdown.

FIC BAK

Baker, E. D. The frog princess.

After reluctantly kissing a frog, an awkward, fourteen-year-old princess suddenly finds herself a frog, too, and sets off with the prince to seek the means--and the self-confidence--to become human again.

FIC BAK

Baker, E. D. Dragon's breath.

Having recovered their human shape, Emeralda and Eadric try to help Aunt Grassina find the special objects needed to break the spell that turned Grassina's true love, Haywood, into an otter.

FIC BAR

Barry, Dave. Peter and the Starcatchers.

Peter, an orphan boy, and his friend Molly fight off thieves and pirates in order to keep the secret safe away from the diabolical Black Stache and his evil associate Mister Grin.

FIC BLU

Blume, Judy. Double Fudge

His younger brother's obsession with money and the discovery of long-lost cousins Flora and Fauna provide many embarrassing moments for twelve-year-old Peter.

FIC CAR

Carris, Joan Davenport. When the boys ran the house.

When their mother is taken ill while their father is out of town, four brothers ranging in age from two to twelve decide to take over the responsibilities of running the household.

FIC CHA

Chabon, Michael. Summerland.

The Ferishers, little creatures who ensure perfect weather for Summerland, are aided by one of history's worst baseball players in their struggle to save Summerland from giants, goblins, and other legendary, terrible creatures.

FIC CON

Conford, Ellen. A Royal Pain

A sixteen-year-old in Kansas, who discovers she is really a princess, is taken to a tiny European monarchy to assume her duties and marry a distasteful neighboring prince, and in the ensuing weeks tries to become such a "royal pain" that everyone will want to be rid of her

FIC COO

Cooney, Doug. The beloved dearly

Although his father has forbidden it, Ernie, a twelve-year-old business tycoon, makes a tidy profit in the pet funeral business, but when he refuses to give his star employee a raise and the business starts to fall apart, it takes the death of his own dog to bring everyone back together.

FIC DAH

Dahl, Roald. Charlie and the chocolate factory.

Each of five children lucky enough to discover an entry ticket into Mr. Willy Wonka's mysterious chocolate factory takes advantage of the situation in his own way.

FIC DAH

Dahl, Roald. Matilda.

Matilda applies her untapped mental powers to rid the school of the evil, child-hating theadmistress, Miss Trunchbull, and restore her nice teacher Miss Honey, to financial security.

FIC FIT and other books by this author

Fitzgerald, John Dennis. The great brain,.

The exploits of the Great Brain of Adenville, Utah are described by his younger brother, frequently the victim of the Great Brain's schemes for gaining prestige or money.

FIC FER

Ferris, Jean. Once upon a marigold
A young man with a mysterious past and a penchant for inventing things leaves the troll who raised him, meets an unhappy princess he has loved from afar, and discovers a plot against her and her father.

FIC FIT

Fitzhugh, Louise. The long secret.

While at the beach for the summer, Harriet ponders her own beliefs after encountering a religious fanatic and reveals the author of mysterious notes that appear all over town.

FIC FLE

Fleischman, Sid,-. Bo & Mzzz Mad.

When his father dies, Bo Gamage warily moves to the Mojave Desert home of his distant and estranged relatives, the Martinkas, and finds that "Mad" lives up to her name, PawPaw despises him, and Aunt Juna hopes he'll help search for the gold mine that started a family feud.

FIC GAN and other books by this author

Gantos, Jack. Heads or tailes: 6^th grade stories

Jack's diary helps him deal with his problems which include dog-eating alligators, a terror for an older sister, a younger brother who keeps breaking parts of himself, and next-door neighbors who are really weird..

FIC GLI

Gliori, Debi. Pure dead brilliant.

Time travel, a computer virus that's deadly to humans, and other strange things begin to happen when some would-be witches come to stay with the eccentric Strega-Borgia family.Also Pure Dead Trouble

FIC GRA

Gray, Margaret. The ugly princess and the wise fool.

When plain-looking Princess Rose longs for the beauty to snare handsome Prince Parsley, and the wise fool Jasper longs to restore wisdom to the kingdom, they end up working together and find they must face the magical Godmother Board of Trustees.

FIC GUT And other books by this author

Gutman, Dan. The kid who became President. New York :

Scholastic, c1999. Thirteen-year-old Judson Moon becomes president of the U.S.A.

FIC GUT

Gutman, Dan. The million dollar strike.

. Best friends Ouchie and Squishy, who love bowling and horror movies respectively, meet the eccentric owner of a local bowling alley and try to help him save Bowl-A-Rama from the wrecking ball and a destructive psychotic lunatic.

FIC HIT

Hite, Sid. Stick and Whittle

In 1872, while journeying from Texas to Kansas, a Civil War veteran named Melvin meets a sixteen-year-old orphan, another Melvin, and they give each other nicknames and become partners and traveling companions on an exciting adventure.

FIC HOR

Horowitz, Anthony, . The Falcon's Malteser : a Diamond brothers mystery.

Tim Diamond, a poor-minded detective, is entrusted with a package worth five million dollars, until the owner of the package is murdered, and it is up to Tim and his brother, Nick, to outwit every crook in town who is trying to get the money. See also Public enemy number two

FIC HOR

Horvath, Polly. The Pepins and their problems

The reader is invited to help solve the Pepin family's unusual problems, which include having a cow who creates lemonade rather than milk and having to cope with a competitive neighbor - asking readers' help from various cities.

FIC IBB

Ibbotson, Eva. Not just a witch.

Determined to be more than just an ordinary witch, Heckie, whose specialty is changing people into animals, settles in a small town determined to use her powers for good purposes.

FIC JAC

Jacobsson, Anders. In Ned's head.

Eleven-year-old Ned, who prefers the name Treb, uses his diary to record his wild thoughts about romance, school, and the rest of his eventful life.

FIC KARR

Karr, Kathleen. The great turkey walk

In 1860, a somewhat simple-minded fifteen-year-old boy attempts to herd one thousand turkeys from Missouri to Denver, Colorado, in hopes of selling them at a profit.

FIC KOR and other books by this author

Korman, Gordon. No more dead dogs.

Eighth-grade football hero Wallace Wallace is sentenced to detention attending rehearsals of the school play where, in spite of himself, he

becomes wrapped up in the production and begins to suggest changesthat improve not only the play but his life as well.

FIC KUR

Kurzweil, Allen. Leon and the spitting image.

. Leon, a fourth grader at The Ethical School, tries to outwit the school bully and learn to sew for fanatical teacher Miss Cronheim, ith unexpected help from his final project-- a doll with magical powers.

FIC LIN and other books by this author

Lindgren, Astrid, . Pippi Longstocking

Escapades of a lucky little girl who lives with a horse and a monkey--but without any parents--at the edge of a Swedish village.

FIC LOW and other books by this author

Lowry, Lois. Anastasia has the answers

Anastasia continues the perilous process of growing up as her thirteenth year involves her in conquering the art of rope climbing, playing Cupid for a recently widowered uncle, and surviving a crush on her gym teacher.

FIC MAC

MacDonald, Amy. No more nasty.

When Simon's Great Aunt Matilda becomes the substitute teacher for his unruly fifth-grade class, her unique way of looking at things gives the students a new perspective on learning. Also No More Nice

FIC MAC and other books by this author

MacDonald, Betty Bard. Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle.

. Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle loves children, both good and bad. She never scolds, but has positive cures for children with special problems such as answering back or never wanting to go to bed.

FIC MAG

Maguire, Gregory. Seven spiders spinning.

Seven prehistoric spiders that had been trapped in ice for thousands of years bring excitement to rural Vermont and briefly unite two rival lubs at a local elementary school see also Six haunted hairdos -- Five alien elves– Four stupid cupids – Three rotten eggs –A couple of April fools

FIC MAR

Marney, Dean, The turkey that ate my father.

Lizzie, her father, and her would-be friend Scott are terrorized by an enormous mail-order tissue-paper Thanksgiving turkey centerpiece.

FIC McC

McCloskey, Robert, Homer Price.

Six episodes in the life of Homer Price including one in which he and his pet skunk capture four bandits and another about a donut machine n the rampage.

FIC McK

McKay, Hilary. Dog Friday.

Ten-year-old Robin Brogan is determined to keep the dog he finds abandoned on the beach from being impounded by the police.

FIC MER

Merrill, Jean. The Pushcart Wars

A satire on modern city life depicting an outbreak of war between truck drivers and pushcart peddlers.

FIC NAP

Napoli, Donna Jo. The Prince of the Pond: otherwise known as De Fawg Pin

Having been turned into a frog by a hag, a frog-prince makes the best of his new life as he mates, raises a family, and instills a new kind of thinking into his frog family

FIC NAY

Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds. Bernie Magruder & the bats in the

belfry. Many residents of Middleburg, Indiana, are already going crazy from the ever-ringing church bells and now, after a bat is spotted in the hotel run by Bernie's family, they worry that the dangerous Indiana Aztec bat has finally arrived. See also

Bernie Magruder & the parachute peril.

FIC NAY

Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds. The boys start the war

Wally and his three brothers declare war on the three girls who move into the house across the river. The three Malloy sisters try to get even with the four Hatford brothers. See also Boys against the girls – Girls get even

FIC NEV

Neville, Emily Cheney. It's like this, Cat,. [

A quietly humorous story of one kind of contemporary New York City boyhood, a fourteen-year-old and his family, his friends, and a stray tomcat.

FIC ORM

Ormondroyd, Edward. David and the Phoenix.

A young boy climbs the hill behind his house and meets the Phoenix who lives there. They begin a practical education that includes finding ways to outwit the scientist who wants to capture and study the Phoenix.

FIC PAU

Paulsen, Gary. The Schernoff discoveries

Harold and his best friend, both hopeless geeks and societal misfits, try to survive unusual science experiments, the attacks of the football team, and other dangers of junior high school.

FIC PAU

Paulsen, Gary. Molly McGinty has a really good day.

When supremely organized seventh-grader, Molly McGinty, loses the notebook she relies on to keep her life in order she spends the day in chaos.

FIC PEA

Pearce, Philippa. The little gentleman.

A young girl's dull life is transformed when she meets and befriends an extraordinary talking mole that likes to be read to and tell of his own past exploits throughout the centuries.

FIC PEA

Pearson, Mary E. David v. God

Having been turned into a frog by a hag, a frog-prince makes the best of his new life as he mates, raises a family, and instills a new kind of thinking into his frog family

FIC PEC

Peck, Richard, Fair weather.

In 1893, thirteen-year-old Rosie and members of her family travel from their Illinois farm to Chicago to visit Aunt Euterpe and attend the World's Columbian Exposition which, along with an encounter with Buffalo Bill and Lillian Russell, turns out to be a life-changing experience for everyone. See also A long way from Chicago -- A Year down Yonder

FIC PEC

Peck, Richard, The teacher's funeral : a comedy in 3 parts.

In rural Indiana in 1904, fifteen-year-old Russell's dreams of quitting school and joining a wheat threshing crew are disrupted when his older sister takes over the teaching at his one-room schoolhouse after mean old Myrt Arbuckle "hauls off and dies.".

FIC PEC and others in this series

Peck, Robert Newton. Soup

The adventures and misadventures of two boys growing up in a small Vermont town.

FIC PIN

Pinkwater, Daniel Manus, The Hoboken chicken emergency.

Arthur goes to pick up the turkey for Thanksgiving dinner but comes back with a 260-pound chicken. See also Looking for Bobowicz : a Hoboken chicken story.

FIC PIN

Pinkwater, Daniel Manus, Fat camp commandos.

Ralph and Sylvia Nebula and their friend Mavis Goldfarb are bitter at being sent to a bogus weight-loss camp, so they decide to escape and find a way to take revenge on those responsible for promoting the idea that thin is better. And also Fat camp commandos go West. After

FIC PIN

Pinkwater, Daniel Manus. Lizard music

When left to take care of himself, a young boy becomes involved with a community of intelligent lizards who tell him of a little-known invasion from outer space.

FIC POT

Potter, Ellen, Olivia Kidney

Twelve-year-old Olivia explores her new apartment building and finds a psychic, talking lizards, a shrunken ex-pirate, an exiled princess, ghosts, and other unusual characters.

FIC PUL

Pullman, Philip, I was a rat!

A little boy turns life in London upside down when he appears at the house of a lonely old couple and insists he was a rat.

FIC PUL

Pullman, Philip, The scarecrow and his servant.

A scarecrow and his boy servant, Jack, set off on a dangerous adventure as they try to outwit the crooked Buffaloni family and stake their claim to valuable Spring Valley.

FIC ROB

Roberts, Willo Davis. The minden curse.

. When Danny goes to a small village to live with his aunt and grandfather, it soon becomes apparent that he and his dog are afflicted ith the Minden Curse.

FIC ROB

Robertson, Keith, Henry Reed's baby-sitting service.

Back in Grover's Corners, N.J., for the summer, Henry and his partner Midge establish a baby sitting service and find a disappearing child nd a peacock among their charges.

FIC ROB

Robinson, Barbara, The best school year ever.

The six horrible Herdmans, the worst kids in the history of the world, cause mayhem throughout the school year. Best Christmas pageant – Best Halloween ever

FIC ROC

Rockwell, Thomas, How to eat fried worms.

Two boys set out to prove that worms can make a delicious meal.

FIC SAC

Sachar, Louis. Sideways stories from Wayside School.

Humorous episodes from the classroom on the thirtieth floor of Wayside School, which was accidentally built sideways with one classroom on each story. Also Wayside School is falling down

FIC SHE

Shearer, Alex. Sea legs.

Twin brothers Eric and Clive are ready for adventure on the high seas, so instead of staying with their grandparents yet again, they stow away on the cruise ship on which their father serves as Senior Steward.

FIC STR

Strasser, Todd. Help! I'm trapped in an alien's body.

When Jake mysteriously switches bodies with an ugly alien he is forced to sit around watching television and eating junk food all day. At first he loves his new life, but by the time he realizes that he doesn't like being lazy, the aliens have stolen his body. And others

FIC VAN

Vande Velde, Vivian. Never trust a dead man

Wrongly convicted of murder and punished by being sealed in the tomb with the dead man, seventeen-year-old Selwyn enlists the help of a witch and the resurrected victim to find the true killer

FIC VEN

Venokur, Ross. The autobiography of Meatball Finkelstein. Thirteen-year-old Meatball, an overweight vegetarian, discovers that eating meatballs gives him the magic power of turning into anything

he wants, and he uses this ability to fight his principal's diabolical plot to eliminate fun from the planet.

FIC YEP

Yep, Laurence. Later, gator

Teddy finds that his imagination has gotten him into trouble once more, when he buys his younger brother Bobby an alligator for his birthday.

SERIES

SER HAN

Erickson, John R., Adventures of Hank the Cowdog

Hank the Cowdog almost loses his job as Head of Ranch Security when he develops a case of Eye-crosserosis.

SER SER

Snicket, Lemony. The bad beginning #1. After the sudden death of their parents, the three Baudelaire children must depend on each other and their wits when it turns out that the distant relative who is appointed their guardian is determined to use any means necessary to get their fortune.