Jim Benton
Author
Series
Dear dumb diary. Original series volume 4
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Jamie shares with her diary her search for inner beauty, dealing with fund raising, and problems in Phys ed class.
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Franny K. Stein is a mad scientist who prefers all things spooky and creepy, but when she has trouble making friends at her new school she experiments with fitting in--which works until a monster erupts from the trashcan.
Author
Series
Franny K. Stein mad scientist volume 2
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
Frannie tries to prevent chaos when her new lab assistant, Igor, a dog of many breeds, accidentally lets loose a giant, fifty-foot, arrow-shooting cupid.
Author
Series
Dear dumb diary. Original series volume 8
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Jamie Kelly looks back through her very oldest diaries, and is amazed at how dumb she used to be considering how smart she is now.
Author
Series
Dear dumb diary. Original series volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In her diary, middle school student Jamie Kelly describes her life at home and at school, including her attempts to triumph over her nemesis, the beautiful and popular Angeline.
Author
Series
Dear dumb diary. Original series volume 5
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Jamie Kelly writes in her diary about her social studies teacher, Mr. VanDoy, the budding relationship between her Aunt Carol and Assistant Principal Devon, and the real story behind Isabella's detention.
Author
Series
Dear dumb diary. Original series volume 7
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"...Isabella is probably right. She almost always is...But of all the dumb things she's ever done, this has got to be the dumbest..."--Cover back.
8) The Handbook
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
Jim Benton, bestselling author of Dear Dumb Diary and Franny K. Stein, brings us a fresh new middle grade novel about breaking all the rules!
There's nothing Jake likes more than some good trash-picking, so when his elderly neighbors move out and leave an especially promising-looking pile of household refuse on the curb, he goes right for it. He only has the chance to grab one box before his mom catches him and orders him in for dinner, though. ...
Author
Series
Dear dumb diary. Original series volume 11
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
As their school gets ready for the annual Fun Fair, Jamie and Isabella agree to compete in the bottle toss game and to terrible consequences for the loser.
Author
Series
Dear dumb diary. Original series volume 12
Publisher
Scholastic Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Jamie Kelly is back with an all-new diary involving Angeline, her "flawless" friend.
Author
Series
Dear dumb diary year two volume 2
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Jamie's struggles continue with school issues, grades, and getting along with others.
Author
Series
Dear dumb diary. Original series volume 9
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Jamie is upset because she is now automatic friends with her old enemy Angeline, and so she tries to find something that she and her real friend, Isabella, can do together for the school talent show without Angeline.
Author
Series
Franny K. Stein mad scientist volume 4
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
Aladdin Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Being a mad scientist in the modern world is very hard work. With so much that needs to be done in such a short period of time, multitasking can get way out of hand. Franny needs some additional help. But for Franny there is only one person in the world she trusts to help her with her experiments - herself. So she acquires assistance the mad scientist way, by building a few real, live, steel-plated Franbots.
Author
Series
Dear dumb diary year two volume 5
Publisher
Scholastic, Inc
Pub. Date
©2014
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"Jamie, Isabella, and Angeline have known each other for a long time. They've even become friends, whether Jamie likes it or not. But when the trio starts a friendly competition, all bets are off. The loser will be treated to a game of Dare or Worse Dare ... with Isabella. (And Jamie's pretty sure that's like having a banana-peeling contest with a starving monkey. The monkey always wins.) What could go wrong? Probably everything. And it's probably...
Author
Series
Dear dumb diary year two volume 6
Publisher
Scholastic, Inc
Pub. Date
©2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
When Jamie inherits her grandmother's trunk, she discovers an old diary and, after reading it, realizes that everyone is the same deep down.
Author
Series
Dear dumb diary year two volume 4
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
©2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Before school, Isabella had me fix her hair in the girls' bathroom. Her hair really is quite beautiful. It's black and thick and glossy, like the majestic hair on a lion if that was black. She had a test later, and she had written the answers on a slice of baloney in the sandwich she brought for lunch. If the teacher saw her, she could just eat the sandwich and destroy the evidence. But she wasn't thinking, and accidentally ate her lunch while I was...
Author
Series
Franny K. Stein mad scientist volume 3
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
©2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Franny Stein, self-styled mad scientist, creates a robot to show her school friends the joys of science, she ends up learning something from them instead.
20) Catwad: It's me
Author
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Meet Catwad. He's blue, he's a bit of a grouch, and his best friend is a happy-go-lucky cat named Blurmp who can see the bright side of anything. From pizza and computers to love and happiness, this burball has a funny take on just about everything, and he's not afraid to share it."--Provided by the publisher.