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Ready for chapter books but not quite up to a huge volume?  Try these!

 

Captain Underpants and the Preposterous Plight of the Purple Potty People by Dav Pilkey

George and Harold, using their time-travelling Purple Potty, land in a crazy place where everything is topsy-turvy!  Now they must battle evil versions of themselves.  Could this be a job for the amazing Captain Underpants?

The Return of the Killer Cat

by Anne Fine

If you're a fan of Diary of a Killer Cat, you'll love this sequel!  Tuffy the cat is thrilled when his family goes on vacation, leaving him run of the house, but the sitter the family provides turns his vacation into a horror!  To get out of this mess, this funny feline will have to rely on his killer instincts.

Junie B., First Grader : Shipwrecked

by Barbara Park

Room One is putting on a play, and guess what?  It's about explorers looking for the New World, and there's ships and sea captains and everything!  Plus here's the bestest news of all -- Junie B. Jones thinks she might be the star of the whole production!

I Was a Third Grade Spy

by Mary Jane Auch

Josh, Brian, and Dougie have a problem on their hands: a science experiment gone awry has hypnotized Brain's dog, Arful.  Now Arful can talk!  Although it's not easy to keep Arful's secret, the boys find that it sure is handy to have a talking dog, especially when they want to win the school talent contest!  See also I Was a Third Grade Science Project.

 
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