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If you liked the Captain Underpants Books,
you'll love these...
 
Juv Fic Amato; K
Snarf Attack, Underfoodle, and the Secret of Life, by Mary Amato
Fifth-grade Wilbur and third-grade Orville, brothers and best friends, know just how to keep their school principal on her toes. If they're not giving their classmates lessons on being annoying to earn a little money, they're building a catapult to defeat a bully, and living up to their nickname "the Riot brothers."
  
Juv Fic Danko; KW
Sidekicks, by Dan Danko & Tom Mason
Being a sidekick to a superhero in the League of Big Justice could be pretty cool... but not if you're Guy Martin, whose superhero "Pumpkin Pete" has all the powers of a pumpkin! To top it all off, Guy has to wear spandex pants whenever in action, and then go home to do his middle school homework!
Read also Operation Squish! 
  
Juv Fic Kraft; KW
Lenny & Mel's Summer Vacation, by Erik Kraft
It's the day like no other--the first day of summer vacation! And nothing sounds better to Lenny and Mel than a summer of sitting around and doing absolutely zilch. Unfortunately, their parents have other, more "fun," plans in store. 
Read also Lenny & Mel
  
Juv Fic Lawrence; KW
Horace Splattly: the Cupcaked Crusader, by David Lawrence
Eating one of his sister's disgusting looking cupcakes sure had some unusual results for ten-year-old Horace--it turned him into the Cupcaked Crusader, complete with a purple taffeta outfit and the ability to fly and breathe fire! Now he's just in time to save his town from the evil Chef Nibbles, who wants everyone to eat his horrible canned food, Snoodles and Cheaze. 
Read the other books in the Horace Splattly series, such as When Second Graders Attack
  
Juv Fic Lawrence; K
The Poltergoose, by Michael Lawrence
A bad-tempered goose is wreaking havoc at Jiggy's house and school, but Jiggy is getting blamed. Why? The goose is an invisible ghost, and an angry one at that, since she was accidentally bulldozed during the construction of Jiggy's house. Can Jiggy and his friends stop the poltergoose and her zany revenge antics before she causes any more trouble?
  
Juv Fic Pinkwater; KW
Fat Men from Space, by Daniel Pinkwater
William has an odd tooth that actually receives radio signals. He was going to have the dentist fix it... until he started receiving signals about visitors from another planet! Soon, thousands of fat spacemen in plaid sports jackets have descended on the Earth, and they're confiscating all the world's junk food! Oh no! 
  
Juv Fic Proimos; K
Cowboy Boy, by James Proimos
Ricky "Very Afraid" Smootz is dreading starting middle school, where an eighth-grade bully famous for giving super-wedgies to small kids like him nabs him on his very first day. Then Ricky talks to his grand mom who tells him he had a cowboy ancestor whose specialty was giving bullies the old heave-ho. An idea, a Halloween costume and a cowboy hat later, Ricky becomes "Cowboy Boy!"
  
Juv Fic Rockwell; KW
How to Eat Fried Worms, by Thomas Rockwell
Hungry for money for a new bike, and unable to resist a good bet, Billy accepts his friend's $50 challenge to eat 15 worms in 15 days! 
  
Juv Fic Smallcomb; K
Last Burp of Mac McGerp, by Pam Smallcomb
Fifth-grader Mac McGerp is the best burper in Withersberg. In fact, he's a famous champion burper who can even move objects with his belches. So what is he to do when his cruel new school principal, Mrs. Goodbody, bans burping?
   
JPBK; KW
Ricky Ricotta's Giant Robot; An Adventure Novel, by Dav Pilkey
Ricky Ricotta, a very small mouse who is often bullied, needs a friend and soon finds one...in a giant flying robot he saves from his evil master, Dr. Stinky! 
Read the other books in the Ricky Ricotta series, such as Ricky Ricotta's Giant Robots vs. the Mutant Mosquitoes from Mercury
  

  

Juv Fic=Juvenile Fiction
JPBK=Juvenile Paperback
K=Kennedy Library
W=Westergard Library

 
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