Humourous Fiction for Upper ES

Humorous Fiction for Upper ES Cover Image Title Summary Author/ Location A House Called Awful End Eleven­year­old Eddie Dickens's life becomes one long adventure after his parents are stricken with a strange disease and he is sent to stay with Mad Uncle Jack and Even Madder Aunt Maud at their home, Awful End. Ardagh F (Hum) ARD (and sequels) A Tale Dark & Grimm ( series) Follows Hansel and Gretel as they Gidwitz walk out of their own story and into F (Hum) GID eight more tales, encountering such wicked creatures as witches, along with kindly strangers and other helpful folk. Based in part on the Grimms' fairy tales Faithful Johannes, Hansel and Gretel, The seven ravens, Brother and sister, The robber bridegroom, and The devil and his three golden hairs . Big Nate Supremely confident middle school Peirce student Nate Wright manages to F (Hum) PEI make getting detention from every one of his teachers in the same day seem like an achievement. (series) Cosmic (Also try MILLIONS by this author) Being abnormally tall gives Cottrell twelve­year­old Liam opportunities F (Hum) COT denied to most boys his age, including driving a Porsche, winning a "best dad" competition and undergoing astronaut training for a rocket trip to the moon. Demon Dentist Darkness had come to the town. Strange things were happening in the dead of night. Children would put a tooth under their pillow for the tooth fairy, but in the morning they would wake up to find… a dead slug; a live spider; hundreds of earwigs creeping and crawling beneath their pillow. Evil was at work. But who or what was behind it…? Walliams F (Hum) WAL Diary of a Killer Cat Tuffy the pet cat tries to defend himself against accusations of terrifying other animals and murdering the neighbor's rabbit. Fine F (Pri) FIN Diary of a Wimpy Kid Greg records his sixth grade Kinney experiences in a middle school F (Hum) KIN where he and his best friend, Rowley, undersized weaklings amid boys who need to shave twice daily, hope just to survive, but when Rowley grows more popular, Greg must take drastic measures to save their friendship. (and other books by this author) (series) Doctor Proctor’s Fart Powder (and sequel) Double Fudge New friends Nilly and Lisa help Nesbo eccentric professor Doctor Proctor F (Hum) NES to develop his latest invention, a powder that makes one fart, making them very popular at school, but someone is planning to steal the industrial­strength formula for evil purposes. His younger brother's obsession Blume with money and the discovery of F (Real) BLU long­lost cousins Flora and Fauna provide many embarrassing moments for twelve­year­old Peter. Dragonbreath ( series) Danny Dragonbreath and his friend Wendell get an up­close underwater tour of the Sargasso Sea from Danny's sea­serpent cousin, encountering giant squid and mako sharks­­and learn about standing up to bullies in the process. Vernon F (Hum) VER Dying to Meet You In this story told mostly through letters, children's book author, I. B. Grumply, gets more than he bargained for when he rents a quiet place to write for the summer. Klise F (Hum) KLI Flawed Dogs After being framed by a jealous poodle, a dachshund is left for dead, but comes back with a group of mutts from the National Last Ditch Dog Depository to disrupt the prestigious Westminster Kennel Club dog show and exact revenge on Cassius the poodle. Breathed F (Anim) BRE I Funny Jamie Grimm tries to win the Planet's Funniest Kid Comic Contest, while also dealing with his stepfamily, friends, and a school bully. Patterson F (Hum) PAT I'm Trapped in My Gym Teacher’s Body A freak accident causes Jake Sherman to switch bodies with school's gym teacher. Strasser I, Jack Jack, a Labrador Retriever, tells about his daily life of food, walks, and the "apedogs" and "funny­looking dogs" (cats) in his pack, as well as how everything changes when a pretty girl dog moves into the neighborhood. Includes explanatory footnotes written by the cats. Finney F (Anim) FIN (43 Old Cemetery Road series) F (Fant) STR Jack on the Tracks (and sequels) Moving with his unbearable sister to Gantos Miami, Florida, Jack tries to break F (Hum) GAN some of his bad habits but finds himself irresistibly drawn to things disgusting, gross, and weird. Just Jake ( series) Knights of the Kitchen Table (Time Warp Trio series) Middle schooler Jake Ali Mathews Marcionette and his family move from Florida to F (Hum) MAR Maryland and Jake must start at the bottom of the social ladder once again, but he is determined to make friends and get back on top with the help of his box of "kid cards" and his natural "awesomeness." When Joe, Fred, and Sam are sent back in time by a magic book, they find themselves face­to­face with giants, dragons, wizards, and the Knights of the Round Table. Scieszka F (Hum) SCI Let’s Pretend This Never Middle school student, Jamie Kelly, writes all the strange and Happened Benton F (Hum) BEN (Dear Dumb Diary series) sometimes not so wonderful things that happens to her or she sees during school in her diary and promises that everything she writes is as true as she wants it to be. Matilda Matilda applies her untapped mental powers to rid the school of the evil, child­hating headmistress, Miss Trunchbull, and restore her nice teacher, Miss Honey, to financial security. Dahl F (Fant) DAH A.J. and his fellow third­graders from Ella Mentry School, including new student Alexia, go on a field trip to the zoo, where they meet a very strange zookeeper. Gutman F (Hum) GUT (Also try other books by this author) Miss Child Has Gone Wild (My Weird School series) Mistakes Were Made (Timmy Failure series) Meet Timmy Failure, the founder, president, and CEO of the best detective agency in town, probably the nation. And his lazy sidekick, Total, a 1,500­pound polar bear. Pastis F (Mys) PAS Susan and the class "brain" must prevent their extra­terrestrial substitute teacher from taking the entire sixth grade to another planet. Coville F (Fant) COV Sixth­grader Tommy and his friends describe their interactions with a paper finger puppet of Yoda, worn by their weird classmate Dwight, as they try to figure out whether or not the puppet can really predict the future. Includes instructions for making Origami Yoda. Angelberger F (Hum) ANG When Daniel learns to control his shrinking, Pablo, his tiny twin, writes a list of fun things they can do, including riding in a model rocket near the La Brea Tar Pits, which teaches the brothers the importance of sticking together. Oliver F (Hum) OLI My Teacher is an Alien (and others in the series) Origami Yoda ( series) Revenge of the Itty­Bitty Brothers Sideways Stories from Wayside School ( and sequels) ) Humorous episodes from the classroom on the thirtieth floor of Wayside School, which was accidentally built sideways with one classroom on each story. Sachar F (Hum) SAC Snarf Attack (The Riot Brothers series) Contains three stories in which brothers and best friends Wilbur and Orville Riot catch a thief, overthrow a king, and find a treasure, and includes rules to some of their made­up games. Amato F (Hum) AMA