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The Amazing Maurice and his educated rodents
By Pratchett, Terry.  Dewey: -Fic-
A talking cat, intelligent rats, and a strange boy cooperate in a Pied Piper scam until they try to con the wrong town and are confronted by a deadly evil rat king.

 
Falling sideways
By Holt, Tom, 1961-  Dewey: 823
When one man discovers that humanity's ascent to civilization has been guided by a small gang of devious frogs, his theory is met with disdain and disbelief, even by the frogs who have worked so hard to keep their role in evolution a secret.
Attack of the mutant underwear
By Birdseye, Tom.  Dewey: -Fic-
Fifth-grader Cody Carson keeps a journal of his hopes for a fresh start in a town where nobody knows about his humiliating mistakes of the past, but before school even begins so does his embarrassment.
Gilda Joyce, psychic investigator
By Allison, Jennifer.  Dewey: -Fic-
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.
Bad kitty
By Jaffe, Michele.  Dewey: -Fic-
While vacationing with her family in Las Vegas, 17-year-old Jasmine stumbles upon a murder mystery that she attempts to solve with the help of her friends, recently arrived from California.
The hallelujah side
By Huffey, Rhoda, 1948-  Dewey: 813
Roxanne Fish, daughter of Sister Zelda Fish and Pastor Winston Fish of the First Assembly of God Church of Ames, Iowa, struggles to find a balance between her longing to be saved and her worldly desires.
Burger Wuss
By Anderson, M. T.  Dewey: -Fic-
Hoping to lose his loser image, Anthony plans revenge on a bully which results in a war between two competing fast food restaurants, Burger Queen and O'Dermott's.
Lucky T
By Brian, Kate.  Dewey: -Fic-
Carrie Fitzgerald has always been the luckiest girl in school, but what no one realizes is that she is also the most superstitious, attributing all her good luck to a t-shirt, so when Carrie's mom accidentally donates her lucky shirt to charity, Carrie's luck starts to run out, forcing her to travel halfway around the world to get it back.
Diary of a wimpy kid : Greg Heffley's journal
By Kinney, Jeff.  Dewey: -Fic-
Greg records his 6th grade experiences in a middle school where he and his best friend, Rowley, undersized weaklings amid boys who need to shave twice daily, hope just to survive. When Rowley grows more popular, Greg must take drastic measures to save their friendship.
My saucy stuffed ravioli : the life of Angelica Cookson Potts
By Whytock, Cherry.  Dewey: -Fic-
While preparing for and going on vacation to Italy with her friends and family, food-loving English teenager Angelica deals with her unrequited love for Sydney, her fear of being seen in public in a bikini, and her worries that her mother might be having an affair. Includes recipes.
Emmy and the incredible shrinking rat
By Jonell, Lynne.  Dewey: -Fic-
When Emmy discovers that she and her formerly loving parents are being drugged by their evil nanny with rodent potions that can change people in frightening ways, she and some new friends must try everything possible to return things to normal.
The secret blog of Raisin Rodriguez : a novel
By Goldschmidt, Judy.  Dewey: -Fic-
In a weblog she sends to her best friends back in Berkeley, seventh-grader Raisin Rodriguez chronicles her successes and her more frequent humiliating failures as she attempts to make friends at her new Philadelphia school.
My scrumptious Scottish dumplings : the life of Angelica Cookson Potts
By Whytock, Cherry.  Dewey: -Fic-
The further adventures of fourteen-year-old Angel Cookson Potts, food-loving cooking enthusiast and worried weight watcher, as she enlists her friends to help her Scottish father prove that London's famous department store, Harrods, is unknowingly selling inferior haggis.'Includes recipes.
Three clams and an oyster
By Powell, Randy.  Dewey: -Fic-
During their humorous search to find a fourth player for their flag football team, three high school juniors are forced to examine their long friendship, their individual flaws, and their inability to try new experiences.
The mysterious disappearance of Leon (I mean Noel)
By Raskin, Ellen.  Dewey: -Fic-
The disappearance of her husband is only the first of the mysteries Mrs. Carillon must solve.
The vicar of Nibbleswicke
By Dahl, Roald.  Dewey: -Fic-
The vicar's speech impediment leads to holy hysteria in an otherwise quiet country parish.
The Neddiad : how Neddie took the train, went to Hollywood, and saved civilization
By Pinkwater, Daniel Manus, 1941-  Dewey: -Fic-
When shoelace heir Neddie Wentworthstein and his family take the train from Chicago to Los Angeles in the 1940s, he winds up in possession of a valuable Indian turtle artifact whose owner is supposed to be able to prevent the impending destruction of the world, but he is not sure exactly how.
Weird stuff
By Tulloch, Richard.  Dewey: -Fic-
Soccer player Brian Hobble borrows a pink Easyflow pen at school and suddenly finds himself possessed with writing romantic, flowery love stories, and he is about to return the pen when he discovers Cassandra Wyman is interested in his work.
Raisin Rodriguez and the big-time smooch : a novel
By Goldschmidt, Judy.  Dewey: -Fic-
Still corresponding through her blog with her friends who live across the country, thirteen-year-old Raisin records her hopes and worries as she tries to obtain her first kiss from the long-lashed and cinnamon-scented CJ Mullen.

 
Will the real Raisin Rodriguez please stand up? : a novel
By Goldschmidt, Judy.  Dewey: -Fic-
Although reluctant to leave her new boyfriend behind, Raisin Rodriguez anticipates a happy Christmas reunion in Berkeley with her father and best friends, Claudia and Pia, but realizes soon after her arrival that things have changed since she has been gone.
Reality leak
By Sensel, Joni, 1962-  Dewey: -Fic-
Train noises without trains and mysterious explosions baffle the residents of South Wiggot as eleven-year-old Bryan and his friend Spot try to connect the strange happenings with the town's newest industry and its president, Mr. Keen.
 
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