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Humor Are you tired of the same old serious books and looking for a way to bring some humor into your life? This booklist is packed with hilarious novels and comics that are sure to tickle your funny bone and leave you grinning from ear to ear. From laugh-out-loud comedies to witty observations on life, these books will have you giggling, snorting, or even rolling on the floor. Whether you're in the mood for something light-hearted and silly or something that pokes fun at the absurdities of life, there's something on this list for you. |
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Control freaks by J. E. ThomasWhen the principal of the super competitive Benjamin Banneker STEAM Academy announces the start of an epic Team Competition, Frederick Douglass Zezzmer is determined to win the trophy and prove to his dad he's worthy, but soon he learns there is no “i” in “Team.” Grade level: 6+ Fiction; Realistic Fiction |
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Creepy Cat by Cotton ValentFlora moves into a mysterious mansion and finds it inhabited by a strange creature--Creepy Cat! Thus begins her strange and sometimes dangerous life with a feline roommate. Grade level: 6+
Manga; Horror |
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Dragging Mason County by Curtis CampbellWhile helping his best friend Alan (aka teen drag queen Aggie Culture) produce Mason County's debut Drag Extravaganza against a backdrop of backlash and bigotry, Peter Thompkins begins to wonder if his already damaged reputation—and friendship—can survive past curtain call. Grade level: 10 - 12
Fiction; Contemporary Fiction |
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Me and Earl and the dying girl by Jesse AndrewsGreg has managed to become part of every social group at his Pittsburgh high school without having any friends, but his life changes when his mother forces him to befriend Rachel, a girl he once knew in Hebrew school who has leukemia. Grade level: 7 - 9
Fiction; Contemporary Fiction |
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Grade level: 6+
Fiction; Humor |
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My life as a potato by Arianne CostnerBelieving himself to be cursed by potatoes, Ben moves to a formidable potato-laden community in Idaho, where an accident leads him to become his school's secret potato mascot. Grade level: 6+
Fiction; Humor |
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Ungifted by Gordon KormanDue to an administrative mix-up, troublemaker Donovan Curtis is sent to the Academy of Scholastic Distinction, a special program for gifted and talented students, after pulling a major prank at middle school. Grade level: 6+
Fiction; Realistic Fiction |
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Spy x family. 1 by Tatsuya EndåoNot one to depend on others, Twilight has his work cut out for him procuring both a wife and a child for his mission to infiltrate an elite private school. What he doesn't know is that the wife he's chosen is an assassin and the child he's adopted is a telepath. Grade level: 9 - 12
Manga; Action/Comedy |
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"The year I stopped trying." : --a novel, by Katie HeaneyIn this novel of overachieving, existential crises, growing up and coming out, Mary, who always thought she'd find the meaning of life in a perfect SAT score, decides to stop trying so hard to see what happens. Grade level: 7 - 9
Fiction; Contemporary Fiction |
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