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J / CAMERON
Stories Julian tells.
Ann Cameron.
Seven-year-old Julian plants a garden, tries to grow taller, loses a tooth,
and finds a new friend.
J / CLEARY
Ramona Quimby, age 8.
Beverly Cleary.
When Ramona enters the third grade, many things change for the Quimby
family.
J / BYARS
The Burning questions of Bingo Brown.
Betsy Byars.
A boy named Bingo has questions about everything from his own freckles to
the mysterious stirrings of crushes.
J / HURWITZ
Rip-roaring Russell.
Joanna Hurwitz.
Five-year-old Russell's adventures involve his nursery school, his baby
sister, and his friends in his apartment building.
J / LOWRY
Anastasia Krupnik.
Lois Lowry.
Anastasia's 10th year has some good things (like really getting to know her
grandmother) along with some bad things (like finding out that her mother is
pregnant with a baby boy).
J / SACHAR
Marvin Redpost.
Louis Sachar.
Even though they have all come to school in clothes full of holes, Marvin
and his third grade class manage to impress their surprise visitor--the
President of the United States.
J / PARK
Junie B. Jones and the stupid, smelly bus.
Barbara Park.
Junie has mixed feelings about starting kindergarten, and decides to hide in
her school rather than ride the bus home.
J / GIFF
The beast in Mrs. Rooneyís room.
Patricia Reilly Giff.
(Kids of the Polk Street School series)
Held back for a year in second grade, Richard can't seem to help getting
into trouble, until he gets really interested in reading.
J / NAYLOR
The agony of Alice.
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor.
Eleven-year-old, motherless Alice decides she needs a gorgeous teacher who
does everything right; she's disappointed to be assigned to Mrs. Plotkins's
class until she learns that there are more important things than beauty.
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