Andrew Clements
1) Frindle
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English
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When he decides to turn his fifth grade teacher's love of the dictionary around on her, clever Nick Allen invents a new word and begins a chain of events that quickly moves beyond his control.
2) Lunch money
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English
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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.
4) Dogku
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[2007]
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English
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Shows how a stray dog finds a family to love him even though he is sometimes bad.
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Jake Drake series volume 4
Pub. Date
[2002]
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English
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"Miss Bruce is the new student teacher in Jake's second-grade class, and she never smiles. Never. But when Jake cracks up during class during a spelling bee, he sees the tiniest hint of a smile at the corner of her mouth. Suddenly, Jake has a new mission in life; to be so funny that even Miss Bruce will laugh!"
8) Extra credit
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[2009]
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English
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As letters flow back and forth--between the prairies of Illinois and the mountains of Afghanistan, across cultural and religious divides--sixth-grader Abby, ten-year-old Amira, and eleven-year-old Sadeed begin to speak and listen to each other.
11) Fear itself
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2010.
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English
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As the new Keepers of the School, sixth-graders Ben and Jill must decipher a handful of clues written as maritime riddles to save their school from demolition by a greedy company.
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[2006]
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English
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Ted Hammond, the only sixth grader in his small Nebraska town's one-room schoolhouse, searches for clues to the disappearance of a homeless family. Ted Hammond loves a good mystery, and in the spring of his fifth-grade year, he's working on a big one. How can his school in the little town of Plattsford stay open next year if there are going to be only five students? Out here on the Great Plains in western Nebraska, everyone understands that if you...
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Series
Jake Drake series volume 1
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
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Jake takes matters into his own hands when Link Baxter, a super bully moves into the neighborhood.
19) Slippers at home
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[2004]
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English
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Slippers the puppy loves each of the four people who share his home.
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Series
Jake Drake series volume 3
Pub. Date
[2001]
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English
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Jake remembers the terrible days in third grade when everbody thought he was the teachers' pet.