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Adler, David. CAM JANSEN AND THE MYSTERY AT THE HAUNTED HOUSE.
Aunt Katie's wallet is stolen at the amusement park and only Cam "the Camera" Jansen can solve the case.

Blume, Judy. FRECKLE JUICE.
What do you get when you mix grape juice, mustard, olive oil, lemon, and other secret ingredients? Freckle juice! Andrew Marcus hopes it will cover him with beautiful freckles.

Cameron, Ann. THE STORIES JULIAN TELLS.
Catalog cats? Birthday Figs? Cave boy teeth? No one has stories quite like Julian's.

Chang, Heidi. ELAINE AND THE FLYING FROG.
Elaine Chow has trouble fitting into her new school until she meets frog-crazy Mary Lewis Thorp.

Christian, Mary Blount. SEBASTIAN SUPER SLEUTH AND THE IMPOSSIBLE CRIME.
Sebastian and his human, Detective Jones, have 48 hours to solve the case of a missing masterpiece or they will both be in the doghouse.

Conford, Ellen. JENNY ARCHER, AUTHOR.
"Write your life story" is the assignment, but Jenny uses her imagination to improve upon her real life story.

Dahl, Roald. THE MAGIC FINGER.
A young animal lover's magic finger causes her duck-hunting neighbors to mysteriously sprout wings.

Davis, Deborah. THE SECRET OF THE SEAL.
Kyo tries to protect his new friend Tooky, a seal, from capture.

Fleischman, Sid. ME AND THE MAN ON THE MOON-EYED HORSE. Furnace Flats has never seen such excitement! Clint and Gramps must save the circus train from the terrible outlaw, Step-and-a-Half Jackson.

Giff, Patricia Reilly. THE POWDER PUFF PUZZLE.
Dawn Bosco, Polka Dot Private Eye, is on the case! She'll need to be clever to track down her own cat, Powder Puff.

Greer, Gery, and Bob Ruddick. LET ME OFF THIS SPACESHIP!
Tod and Billy are accidentally zapped on board an alien spaceship beginning a 30-year mission to planet Kanthor.

Harvey, Jayne. GREAT-UNCLE DRACULA.
Emily Normal thinks there is something very strange about her new home, Transylvania, U.S.A.

Hendry, Diana. THE NOT-ANYWHERE HOUSE.
Dungee Farm has always been home to Hannah, but the new city house doesn't feel like anywhere at all.

Herman, Charlotee. MAX MALONE MAKES A MILLION.
Max and Gordy will try anything to get rich quick, but with only two weeks of summer vacation left, they need a million-dollar plan.

Kline, Suzy. HORRIBLE HARRY AND THE GREEN SLIME.
Horrible Harry and his friends of South School do a deadly skit, exchange secret letters, and mix up a batch of gross green slime.

Leroe, Ellen. LEAP FROG FRIDAY.
Danny always picks on his brother Oliver, until Oliver gets revenge with the help of some magic rocks that turn Danny into a croaking, hopping, fly-eating frog!

Levy, Elizabeth. DRACULA IS A PAIN IN THE NECK.
When strange things start happening at Camp Hunter Creek, Robert begins to suspect his Dracula doll is a real vampire.

Marshall, James. RATS ON THE ROOF AND OTHER STORIES.
Rats dancing on rooftops? Cows wearing swan hats? This silly stories will tickle your funnybone.

Mathis, Sharon Bell. SIDEWALK STORY.
Lilla Etta's friend Tanya is being evicted--unless Lilly Etta can come up with a plan to save the day.

Osborne, Mary Pope. DINOSAURS BEFORE DARK.
A mysterious tree house transports Jack and Annie back to the time of the dinosaurs.

Park, Barbara. JUNIE B. JONES AND THE STUPID SMELLY BUS.
Junie will do anything to avoid riding the school bus--even hide in a school supply closet.

Sachar, Louis. MARVIN REDPOST: KIDNAPPED AT BIRTH?
Marvin Redpost, ordinary third grader, or Robert, Lost Prince of Shampoon? Marvin is convinced he is the lost prince and was kidnapped at birth.

Sacks, Margaret. THEMBA.
Themba's father is coming home after three years in the Johannesburg mines; but when he isn't on the train as expected, Themba goes off to find him.

Spinelli, Jerry. THE BATHWATER GANG GETS DOWN TO BUSINESS.
Bertie and the Bathwater Gang start a pet-washing business to save money for the circus.

Zach, Cheryl. BENNY AND THE NO-GOOD TEACHER.
Benny thinks if he makes enough trouble he'll be transferred out of boring Mrs. Rumpbill's class. How bad is Benny willing to be?


Compiled by Jennifer Fleming, Boston Public Library, General Library Children's Room, 1994.