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HarperCollins Publishers, Pymble, NSW ; 2011.

Fourth graders on a three-day camping trip with their teachers experience frights and delights.

Pocket Books, New York : 1989, ©1983.

Fourth graders on a three-day camping trip with their teachers experience frights and delights.

Clarion Books, New York : ©1998.

Seven-year-old Richard is self-conscious when he receives a pair of purple pants from his aunt and uncle and has to wear them to school, but he is even more worried when his uncle shows up for a visit to his classroom.

Beech Tree Books, New York : 1997, ©1981.

When the family health food store burns down, 12-year-old-Mitch is even more determined to win first prize in a Bakeathon with his special gingerbread.

Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books, New York : ©1981.

When the family health food store burns down, 12-year-old-Mitch is even more determined to win first prize in a Bakeathon with his special gingerbread.

Clarion Books, New York : ©2008.

When second-grader Richard and three other members of the Sumac School Chess Club compete in their first tournament, they each learn something about luck, concentration, and teamwork.

William Morrow & Co., New York : 1999, ©1979.

Desperate to pay back 50 dollars they owe, three 12-year-olds form a jazz combo and then receive some surprising assistance from a local disc jockey.

Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books, New York : ©1997.

Able to read and write at only a second grade level, sixth-grader Sam Mott considers himself dumb until he is prompted to cooperate with those who think something can be done about his problem.

Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books, New York : ©1997.

Able to read and write at only a second grade level, sixth-grader Sam Mott considers himself dumb until he is prompted to cooperate with those who think something can be done about his problem.

Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books, New York : 1998, ©1988.

The fifth grade year gets off to a busy start as one student returns from winning a national Miss Pre-Teen Personality contest, a new girl with some interesting knowledge arrives, jealousy gets a grip on one particular student, and an "experiment" to see who's smart is conducted.

Clarion Books, New York : ©2006.

While trying to learn about spiders in Mrs. Zookey's class, Richard becomes the target of Patrick the Pest's pranks.

Pocket Books, New York, N.Y. : 1988, ©1978.

A twelve-year-old boy hopes his beer can collection will win him the title of sixth-grade Superkid.

Pocket Books, New York, N.Y. : 1985, ©1978.

A twelve-year-old boy hopes his beer can collection will win him the title of sixth-grade Superkid.

Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books, New York : ©1985.

When his folks host a Vietnamese family that has come to settle in their town, Harvey enjoys Americanizing twelve-year-old Tuan.

Pocket Books, New York : 1986, ©1985.

When his folks host a Vietnamese family that has come to settle in their town, Harvey enjoys Americanizing twelve-year-old Tuan.

Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books, New York : ©1989.

When his town is devastated by a flood, Hobie's fifth grade class is forced to meet every day in the shopping mall.

Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books, New York : 1996, ©1987.

With his best friend away at computer camp, Hobie reluctantly shares adventures with a girl classmate the summer after fourth grade.

Clarion Books, New York : ©1994.

Patrick, the new boy in Richard's class, is always causing trouble, but his work on a science project about bats helps him make new friends.

Pocket Books, New York : 1993.

Second graders and their teacher experience an outbreak of head lice.

Second-grader Richard finds himself in big trouble during Mind Your Manners Month when he unwittingly captures the attention of Patrick, the class clown, and Sophie, a French girl who has trouble with idioms.

Overview: Hobie goes on the overnight soccer tournament under his dad's strict orders to stay out of trouble. So what's Hobie doing in a penguin costume riding on top of a car full of circus clowns?

HarperCollins, New York : 2002.

Living in Holland in 1614 with the harsh Puritan leader, William Brewster, and working for the family of a mischievous Dutch boy named Rembrandt, a spirited twelve-year-old orphan girl struggles to do what is right.

Marshall Cavendish Children, Tarrytown, NY : 2009.

The boys and girls in the fourth grade devise a contest to sink their substitute teacher by making her cry.

Avon, New York : ©1982

The boys and girls in the fourth grade devise a contest to sink their substitute teacher by making her cry.

HarperTrophy, New York : 2001.

As a school project, sixth graders recreate a westward trek to Oregon with all the perils that faced real pioneers.

Bradbury Press ; New York : ©1992.

Nathan bribes his older brother to go fishing, and then wishes he hadn't.