If you like reading Greg Heffley’s diary, you might like some of these books that are also about kids trying to make their way in Middle School. Some of these kids are also irreverent (that means disrespectful!) and lazy…just like Greg! Some of them write in a diary and some don’t, but ALL of them are funny. I highly recommend Big Nate, Origami Yoda, Amelia Rules & Dear Dumb Diary!
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Greg records his sixth 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, but when Rowley grows more popular, Greg must take drastic measures to save their friendship. Diary of a Wimpy Kid #1: Greg Heffley’s Journal #2: Rodrick Rules #3: The Last Straw #4: Dog Days #5: The Ugly Truth The Wimpy Kid Movie Diary The Wimpy Kid Movie |
Middle schooler Charlie Joe is proud of his success at avoiding reading, but eventually his schemes go too far. #1: Guide to Not Reading #2: Guide to Extra Credit #3: Guide to Summer Vacation |
Resolving to earn so much money that his mother will no longer stress out over the bills, eleven-year-old Timmy Failure launches a detective business with a lazy polar bear partner named Total but finds their enterprise “Total Failure, Inc.” challenged by a college-bound spy and a four-foot-tall girl whom Timmy refuses to acknowledge. |
Andy and Terry live in a treehouse. But it’s not just any old treehouse, it’s the most amazing treehouse in the world! This treehouse has thirteen stories, a bowling alley, a see-through swimming pool, a secret underground laboratory, and a marshmallow machine that follows you around and automatically shoots marshmallows into your mouth whenever you are hungry. |
Moving is tough. But the hardest thing of all about the move that Doreen “Dodo” Bussey’s family is making is that she suspects it might be because of her. Her mother gives Dodo a blank notebook, which she uses to chronicle the move and the first days in a new city. #1: Doodlebug #2: Stuck in the Middle (of Middle School) |
Supremely confident middle school student Nate Wright manages to make getting detention from every one of his teachers in the same day seem like an achievement. #1: Big Nate in a Class by Himself #2: Big Nate Strikes Again #3: Big Nate on a Roll #4: Big Nate Goes for Broke #5: Big Nate Flips Out #6: Big Nate In the Zone coming out 2014 |
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. |
In this first book of Amelia’s adventures, Amelia and her friends take on bullies (and Santa!), barely survive gym class, and receive a disgustingly detailed explanation of the infamous Sneeze Barf. Amelia Rules! #1: The Whole World’s Crazy #2: What Makes You Happy #3: Superheroes #4: When the Past is a Present #5: The Tweenage Guide to Not Being Popular |
In her diary, middle school student Jamie Kelly describes her life at home and at school, including her attempts to triumph over her nemesis, the beautiful and popular Angeline. Dear Dumb Diary #1: Let’s Pretend This Never Happened #2: My Pants Are Haunted #3: Am I the Princess or the Frog? #4: Never Do Anything Ever #5: Can Adults Become Humen? #6: The Problem With Here is That it’s Where I’m From #7: Never Underestimate Your Dumbness #8: It’s Not My Fault I Know Everything #9: That’s What Friends Aren’t For #10: The Worst Things in Life Are Also Free #11: OK, So Maybe I Do Have Superpowers #12: Me! (Just Like You Only Better) |
Four fifth-grade students–a geek, a class clown, a teacher’s pet, and a slacker–as well as their teacher and mothers, each relate events surrounding a computer programmed to complete homework assignments. |
Franny K. Stein is a mad scientist who prefers all things spooky and creepy, but when she has trouble making friends at her new school she experiments with fitting in–which works until a monster erupts from the trashcan. Franny K. Stein #1: Lunch Walks Among Us #2: Attack of the 50-Foot Cupid #3: The Invisible Fran #4: The Fran That Time Forgot #5: Frantastic Voyage #6: The Fran With Four Brains #7: The Frandidate |
Fourteen-year-old Nikki Maxwell writes in her diary of her struggle to be popular at her exclusive new private school, then of finding her place after she gives up on being part of the elite group. Dork Diaries #1: Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life #2: Tales from a Not-So-Popular Party Girl #3: Tales from a Not-So-Talented Pop Star #4: Tales from a Not-So-Graceful Ice Princess #5: Tales from a Not-So-Smart Miss Know-It-All |
When George and Harold hypnotize their principal into thinking that he is the superhero Captain Underpants, he leads them to the lair of the nefarious Dr. Diaper, where they must defeat his evil robot henchmen. The Adventures of Captain Underpants #1: The Adventures of Captain Underpants #2: The Attack of the Talking Toilets #3: The Invasion of the Incredibly Naughty Cafeteria Ladies… #4: The Perilous Plot of Professor Poopypants #5: TheWrath of the Wicked Wedgie Woman #6: The Big, Bad Battle of the Bionic Booger Boy, Part 1 #7: The Big, Bad Battle of the Bionic Booger Boy, Part 2 #8: The Revenge of the Preposterous Plight of the Purple Potty People |
Told entirely through notes, grocery receipts, report cards, bottle caps, and a vast array of other items, this hilarious story follows Ginny, who is having the worst school year ever, as she accidentally dyes her hair pink, throws live frogs in class, and loses the lead role in ballet to her ex-best friend. |
Homeschooled by his hippie grandmother, Capricorn (Cap) Anderson has never watched television, tasted a pizza, or even heard of a wedgie. But when his grandmother lands in the hospital, Cap is forced to move in with a guidance counselor and attend the local middle school. While Cap knows a lot about tie-dyeing and Zen Buddhism, no education could prepare him for the politics of public school. |
When George and Harold hypnotize their principal into thinking that he is the superhero Captain Underpants, he leads them to the lair of the nefarious Dr. Diaper, where they must defeat his evil robot henchmen. Shredderman #1: Secret Identity #2: Attack of the Tagger #3: Meet the Gecko #4: Enemy Spy |
