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Humorous Fiction for Young Adults
 Curtis Piperfield's Greatest Fan
Lisa Fiedler 1995. Clarion Books.
Recommended for grades 6-8.
C.C. isn't sure she is going to survive. She's a student at a
very strict all-girls' Catholic school and she's got a mad crush on Curtis Piperfield, the young rock-star wannabe who lives across the street. The problem? Curtis goes to public school,
and worse, he isn't even mildly interested in C.C. when he does see her. Will C.C. ever get Curtis to notice her, and if she does, will it be as great as she hopes?
How I Survived My Summer Vacation.* And Lived to Write the Story. *
Friedman, Robin 2000. F Front Street/Cricket Books
Recommended for grades 6-8.Jackie Monterey wants to write the great American novel
by the end of his summer vacation. But even though he has trouble finishing writing projects, this year will be different. Or will it? After all, finding the time to write isn't so
easy when things like wacky friends, health nut parents, and a summer romance get in the way.
Jack on the Tracks: Four Seasons of Fifth Grade (1999)
Heads or Tails: Stories from the Sixth Grade
(1994)
Jack's New Power: a Caribbean Year (1995)
Jack's Black Book (1997)
Gantos, Jack Farrar, Straus, and Giroux
Recommended for grades 5-8.
Join Jack Henry as he takes readers on the hilarious road from fifth through eighth grade. With adventures and belly laughs around every corner (he tries to sneak a pet
cockroach into his sleeping sister's mouth in one escapade), don't drink milk while reading these books. It WILL come out your nose.
The Harmony Arms
Koertge, Ron 1992. Little, Brown and Company
Recommended for grades 6-8.
What do a muumuu-wearing/roller-blading psychic, a would-be actress, an 80 year-old nudist vegetarian, a young, aspiring filmmaker, a grown man who plays with puppets,
and his perpetually embarrassed son have in common? They're all residents of the "Harmony Arms", a quirky apartment complex in Los Angeles where Gabriel (the
perpetually embarrassed son) and his dad (the guy with the puppets) settle to find fame and fortune after leaving their boring hometown.
Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging: Confessions of Georgia Nicolson
Rennison, Louise, 2000 HarperCollins Publishers
Recommended for grades 8 and up.
Ah, the torment of being fourteen, in love with a gorgeous boy, having a nose the size
of a planet (along with a zit, no less), an insane cat, a feisty three-year old sister. Add in that she unwisely chooses to dress up as an olive for a costume party. Despite her problems, Georgia is fabbity-fab-fab.
Rats Saw God
Thomas, Rob, 1996 Simon & Schuster
Recommended for grades 8 and up.
Steve York is the son of a famous astronaut and senior-year slacker. After being given a 100 page writing assignment so he can graduate, Steve chronicles his pre-badboy
existence in this funny, sarcastic look at the life of a not-so-typical genius/smart alec.
Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief
1998 (also—check out other Sammy Keyes novels including Sammy Keyes and the Curse of Mustache Mary and Sammy Keyes and the Skeleton Man). Van Draanen, Wendelin. Alfred A. Knopf
Recommended for grades 5-8.
Whether she's spying out the window of her grandmother's apartment with binoculars or defending herself against the school snob, Sammy is really good at getting herself
involved in all kinds of sticky situations. Luckily, she's also good at getting herself out of trouble. But will she be so fortunate when dealing with the light-fingered looter from the seedy hotel across the street?
A Year with Butch and Spike
Gauthier, Gail, 1998 Putnam
Recommended for grades 6-8.
Jasper is a straight A student who loves school…until he gets seated between two rambunctious but intelligent cousins…THE COOTCHES. Very funny, unless you're Jasper.
Cecil in Space
Hite, Sid. 1999 Henry Holt and Company
Recommended for grades 6-8.
Cecil's life isn't so bad, considering his best friend is accused of and may or may not be responsible for vandalizing public property. And, although he's failed his driver's test
twice and his mentally ill aunt thinks he's an astronaut, he's still pretty happy. After all, he's in love. He just can't decide with whom.
Lockie Leonard, Scumbuster
(also—check out Lockie Leonard, Human Torpedo by the same author).
Winton, Tim. 1999 Little, Brown and Company
Recommended for grades 8 and up.
Moving from Perth, Australia, to the tiny beach town of Angelus isn't so bad. Sharing a
room with a little brother who wets the bed isn't so bad. Sharing a house with an even littler sister who eats linoleum isn't that bad. Tossing your cookies because the
pollution in the local harbor smells so foul, now that's bad. Join Lockie Leonard, Australia's favorite teenage surfer, as he and his heavy metal-loving friend, Egg, bust scum in a big way.
This booklist was prepared at the
CRANSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY
140 Sockanosset Cross Road
Cranston, Rhode Island
(401) 943-9080
by Adrienne Gallo
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