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We have picked our favorite books that appeal to Diary of a Wimpy Kid fans. You can find these in the Juvenile section of the library.
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Once Upon a Tim
by Stuart Gibbs
This first book in a hilarious new series follows Tim, a peasant with big dreams of being a knight, as he finally gets the opportunity to change his station in life when he joins the quest to rescue a princess.
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The Dragon's Dookie
by Aaron Reynolds
High in the Frostflung Mountains lies the lair of a fearsome dragon named Glacierbane. Pan, Moxie, Fart, and TickTock must venture there and fish a dragon-digested object from deep within a pile of dragon doo. But Pan isn't having it. She's not sure why, but she doesn't trust Kevin. But when she learns of a kidnapped prince that needs rescuing from Glacierbane, suddenly this quest seems a whole lot more heroic.
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Stuntboy, in the Meantime
by Jason Reynolds
While leading a double life as Stuntboy, who secretly keeps all the other superheroes super safe, Portico Reeve tries to keep his parents’ marriage together, deal with his anxiety, and an enemy who vows to prove there is nothing super about him.
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Ben Yokoyama and the Cookie of Doom
by Matthew Swanson
Simultaneously alarmed and inspired by a fortune-cookie fortune that advises him to live every day as if it were his last, literal-minded Ben tackles a bucket list of unfinished tasks that get him in and out of trouble before his parents realize what is going on.
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Marcus Makes a Movie
by Kevin Hart
Stand-up comedian and Hollywood box-office hit Kevin Hart keeps the laughs coming in an illustrated middle-grade novel about a boy who has big dreams of making a blockbuster superhero film.
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Pug Blasts Off
by Kyla May
Baron von Bubbles (Bub) is a pug who wants nothing more than to help his human Bella in her craft projects for school, though he is a little apprehensive about the rocket she is making for the Inventor Challenge--so when he ruins the rocket while trying to get at Nutz the squirrel he needs to find a way to make it up to Bella.
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Lemonade Code
by Jarod Pratt
Super genius Robbie Reynolds opens a lemonade stand to fund his ultimate top secret project, but when his neighbor Daphne Du-Ri opens her own lemonade stand a lemonade war starts.
This book can be found in the Juvenile Graphic Novels section of the library.
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The Smartest Kid in the Universe
by Chris Grabenstein
A series debut by the best-selling author of Escape From Mr. Lemoncello’s Library finds 12-year-old Jake rendered a child genius by the accidental ingestion of experimental information pills, before using his newfound smarts to save his middle school from being shut down.
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My Life as a Potato
by Arianne Costner
Believing himself to be cursed by potatoes, Ben moves to a formidable potato-laden community in Idaho, where an accident leads him to become his school’s secret potato mascot.
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New Kid
by Jerry Craft
Enrolled in a prestigious private school where he is one of only a few students of color, talented seventh grade artist Jordan finds himself torn between the worlds of his Washington Heights apartment home and the upscale circles of Riverdale Academy.
This book can be found in the Juvenile Graphic Novels section of the library.
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Accidental Trouble Magnet
by Zanib Mian
Imaginative Omar goes through the ups and downs of starting a new school and making new friends with the help of his wonderful (and silly) Muslim family.
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Jedi Academy
by Jeffrey Brown
When Roan's application to pilot school is rejected, he finds he has been invited to study under Master Yoda at the Jedi Academy.
This book can be found in the Juvenile Graphic Novels section of the library.
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Fly on the Wall
by Remy Lai
A boy with an overprotective mother who interrogates his friends and forbids him from doing anything independently secretly creates an anonymous gossip cartoon and scrambles to keep his parents from finding out.
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Cosmic Commandos
by Chris Eliopoulos
When Jeremy's new decoder ring brings his favorite video game to life he must learn to work with his twin brother Justin, or face the end of the world as he knows it.
This book can be found in the Juvenile Graphic Novels section of the library.
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The Losers Club
by Andrew Clements
Made an example of by a strict principal who forbids reading in classes that require attentive participation, Alec starts a club of one, intending to devote whatever time he can to his favorite books, before he is unexpectedly joined by a crush and an ex-best friend turned bully.
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Jacky Ha-Ha
by James Patterson
Becoming a class clown and turning everything into a joke in order to avoid feeling the pain of her mother's military service and her father's perpetual absence, 12-year-old Jacky makes a promise to give up something she loves if it will keep her family together.
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Merci Suárez Changes Gears
by Meg Medina
Alienated from her more privileged classmates at a Florida private school, sixth-grade scholarship student Merci Suárez is targeted by a competitive rival at the same time her beloved grandfather begins to develop memory problems.
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The Season of Styx Malone
by Kekla Magoon
Longing for summertime adventures outside of their small Indiana community, two boys are enthralled by a cool newcomer who enlists their help in a series of escalating trade cons that rapidly put them in over their heads.
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Geeked Out
by Obert Skye
In a post-apocalyptic world, AV (Anti-Violence) Club members Tip, Mindy, Owen, and Xen develop semi-super powers and use them to try to save their middle school.
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The Unteachables
by Gordon Korman
Told in alternating voices, the teacher and students in room 117 find their lives changed over the course of a school year.
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