Frances O'Roark Dowell
Author
Series
Phineas L. MacGuire volume 4
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"Phineas has a new chore of cooking dinner every night, but his kitchen experiments take a turn for the worse when the school bully takes a huge liking to Phineas's brownies"--
Author
Series
Sam the Man volume 4
Publisher
Athenaeum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Second-grader Sam starts a detective club at school and, because there are no mysteries to solve, gets permission to seek the owners of three items from the lost and found closet.
Author
Series
Sam the Man volume 2
Publisher
Atheneum
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Sam the Man is not a vegetable man. But when a school project has him paired up with the worst of all the vegetables -- the rutabaga-- he soon will learn that it's not half bad. And as he grows fond of his new little friend, Sam the Man will have to come up with plan on how to keep him happy before he rots!"--
Author
Series
Phineas L. MacGuire volume 3
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Hoping to earn money to attend Space Camp, fourth-grade science whiz Phineas MacGuire gets a job as a dog walker, then enlists the aid of his friends Ben and Aretha to help with experiments using the dog's "slobber."
Author
Series
Secret language of girls trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-olds Kate and Marylin, friends since preschool, draw further apart as Marylin becomes involved in student government and cheerleading, while Kate wants to play guitar and write songs, and both develop unlikely friendships with other girls and boys.
Author
Series
Secret language of girls trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
Marylin and Kate have been friends since nursery school, but when Marylin becomes a middle school cheerleader and Kate begins to develop other interests, their relationship is put to the test.
Author
Series
Phineas L. MacGuire volume 2
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
When his new best friend, Ben, decides to run for class president, fourth-grade science whiz Phineas MacGuire reluctantly agrees to be his campaign manager in exchange for help with his latest experiment--cultivating exhibits for a mold museum.
9) Falling in
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Middle-schooler Isabelle Bean follows a mouse's squeak into a closet and falls into a parallel universe where the children believe she is the witch they have feared for years, finally come to devour them.
Author
Series
Sam the Man volume 1
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
When seven-year-old Sam Graham, eager for some spending money, volunteers to look after a neighbor's chickens, the experience inspires him to get his own chicken--a special bird named Helga.
11) The class
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Sixth grade is a MOST confusing time. Best friends aren't friends anymore. Worst enemies suddenly want to be partners in crime. And classmates you thought you knew have all sorts of surprising stuff going on. The kids in Mrs. Herrera's class are dealing with all these things and more-specifically, three more: 1. There's a new girl who just seems to be spying on them all and scribbling things in a notebook. Maybe she IS a spy? 2. Someone is stealing...
Author
Series
Secret language of girls trilogy volume 3
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Best friends Marylin and Kate compete for limited school resources when Kate helps her boyfriend seek funding for the Audio Lab, while Marylin covers her interest in the student body president by claiming she only wants his support for new cheerleading uniforms.
13) Hazard
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Told in a series of reports to his therapist, Hazard is resentful about being forced into counseling after being suspended from his school football team for unsportsmanlike conduct, angry that his father has served four tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan, angry that his father has lost a leg when an IED blew up--but as his therapy progresses he begins to process what has happened to him and his family, including his father's psychological trauma...
14) Chicken boy
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Children's Pub
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Since the death of his mother, Tobin's family life and school life have been in disarray, but after he starts raising chickens with his seventh-grade classmate, Henry, everything starts to fall into place.
Author
Series
Sam the Man volume 5
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Second-grader Sam Graham wants a cell phone to do research and share information but when his parents say no, he devises a new plan that starts a fad at school.
Author
Series
Sam the Man volume 3
Publisher
Athenaeum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"When the family minivan needs replacing, Sam has the perfect plan to turn the new car into a monster minivan, complete with a dragon painted on it. But first, Sam has to convince his family why a monster minivan is the best choice--not to mention learn how to paint a dragon!"--
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