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Jack Gantos September 2015
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Jack Adrift: Fourth Grade Without a Clue
by Jack Gantos
When his father rejoins the Navy and moves the family to Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, ten-year-old Jack Henry becomes confused by a crush on his teacher, contradictory advice from his parents, and a very strange neighbor.
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Odd, Weird & Little
by Patrick Jennings
Befriending a very strange new student, Toulouse helps outsider Woodrow stand up to the class bullies who have been picking on them both. By the author of Guinea Dog.
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Piper Reed: Navy Brat
by Kimberly Willis Holt
Piper is sad about leaving her home and friends behind when her father, a Navy aircraft mechanic, is transferred yet again, but with help from her often-annoying sisters and a surprise from their parents, she finds happiness in their new home in Pensacola, Florida.
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Secret Identity
by Wendelin Van Draanen
After Mr. Green assigns everyone the task of becoming reporters, Nolan Byrd decides to go undercover and do an exposé via a web site on Bubba and the bullies at his school--giving them a dose of their own medicine by showing what they really are and what their classmates really think of them.
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Phineas L. MacGuire Erupts!: The First Experiment
by Frances O'Roark Dowell
Hilarious chaos ensues, involving mold and volcanoes, when Phineas L. MacGuire, a boy-genius who is allergic to the color purple, girls, and the telephone, is paired with his un-best friend Mac in the upcoming science fair.
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A Book of Coupons
by Susie Hoch Morgenstern
The class is immediately disappointed when they discover that their new teacher is an old person, yet when he gives his students a coupon book for permission to do silly and wacky things, the kids wonder if it's his attempt at having fun or a weird way to get them all in trouble.
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Stink and the Ultimate Thumb-Wrestling Smackdown
by Megan McDonald
After second-grader Stink gets an unsatisfactory grade in physical education, his parents tell him he must play a sport and so he masters thumb wrestling, as seen on a sports channel
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Moxy Maxwell Does Not Love Stuart Little
by Peggy Elizabeth Gifford
Dragging the book around with her all summer long, Moxy had every intention of completing her reading assignment, yet with only one day to go before fourth grade starts, she is now forced to start reading it and, to her surprise, discovers just how much she loves the book after all!
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Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key
by Jack Gantos
Joey Pigza is a nice kid who happens to get into a lot trouble, from sticking his finger in the pencil sharpener and swallowing his house key, to running with scissors, but when he ends up in the district special-ed program, he knows he must stop making bad choices.
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Three Strikes For Rotten Ralph
by Jack Gantos
When Rotten Ralph, the cat, fails to win a spot on a baseball team with his friend Sarah, he becomes the "cat boy" instead, still dreaming of proving himself the superstar he imagines himself to be
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Jack on the Tracks: Four Seasons of Fifth Grade
by Jack Gantos
In a tale drawn from the author's childhood diaries, Jack Henry endures the most miserable of all fifth grade years, hounded by bizarre teachers, older sisters, crazed cats, a tapeworm, and escaped convicts.
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