Dog Man Read-Alikes
Title: The Strange Case of Origami Yoda
By: Tom Angleberger
Published: 2010
Sixth-grader Tommy and his friends describe their interactions with a paper finger puppet of Yoda, worn by their weird classmate Dwight, as they try to figure out whether or not the puppet can really predict the future. Includes instructions for making Origami Yoda.
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Ages 8-11.
Title: Middle School Bites
By: Steven Banks
Published: 2020
Thanks to a series of unfortunate bites, eleven-year-old Tom is a triple threat: he's a Vam-Wolf-Zom. And just in time for the first day of middle school.
J Banks.S
Ages 7-11.
Title: Mac B Kid Spy: Mac Undercover
By: Mac Barnett
Published: 2018
One day, Mac (smartest boy in his class in a small town in California) receives a telephone call from the Queen of England, recruiting him to find the crown jewels (well, actually just the Coronation Spoon) and so Mac embarks on his first adventure as a secret agent--with the assurance that the Queen will give him a note excusing him from school.
J Barne.M
Ages 7-10.
Title: The Bad Guys
By: Aaron Blabey
Published: 2017
The Bad Guys, Mr. Wolf, Mr. Shark, Mr. Snake, and Mr. Piranha, want to be heroes, and they decide that the way to do it is to free the 200 dogs in the city dog pound--but their plan soon goes awry.
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Ages 6-8.
Title: Catstronauts: Mission Moon
By: Drew Brockington
Published: 2017
Alerted to a global energy crisis, the President consults with the World's Best Scientist, who suggests sending a special group of astronauts to turn the Moon into a solar power plant.
JGraphic Brock.D
Ages 6-9.
Title: Edison Beaker, Creature Seeker
By: Frank Cammuso
Published: 2018
Edison Beaker gets introduced to the true nature of his family's pest-control company, Creature Seekers, when his Uncle Earl takes him and his sister Tesla on an emergency call to the Night Door.
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Ages 8-up.
Title: The Chicken Squad
By: Doreen Cronin
Published: 2014
When the squirrel, Tail, comes barreling into the chicken coop ranting about a round, shiny, green, big, scary thing in the yard, Dirt, Sweetie, Poppy, and Sugar investigate this strange object.
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Ages 5-8.
Title: The 13-Story Treehouse
By: Andy Griffiths
Published: 2013
Who wouldn't want to live in a treehouse? Especially a 13-story treehouse that has a bowling alley, a see-through swimming pool, a tank full of sharks, a library full of comics, a secret underground laboratory, a games room, self-making beds, vines you can swing on, a vegetable vaporiser and a marshmallow machine that follows you around and automatically shoots your favourite flavoured marshmallows into your mouth whenever it discerns you're hungry.
J Griff.A
Ages 6-9.
Title: Lunch Lady and the Cyborg Substitute
By: Jarrett J. Krosoczka
Published: 2009
Hector, Terrence, and Dee have always wondered about their school lunch lady. What does she do when she isn’t dishing out the daily special? Where does she live? Does she have a lot of cats at home? Little do they know, Lunch Lady doesn’t just serve sloppy joes—she serves justice! Whatever danger lies ahead, it’s no match for LUNCH LADY!
J Graphic Kroso.J
Ages 8-12.
Title: Klawde Evil Alien Warlord Cat
By: Johnny Marciano
Published: 2019
Klawde, the exiled ruler of the planet Lyttyrboks, and Raj, who just moved from Brooklyn to tiny Elba, Oregon, forge an unlikely friendship as they find their footing in a strange new world.
J Marci.J
Ages 7 -10.
Title: Kung Pow Chicken
By: Cyndi Marko
Published: 2014
Gordon Blue and his brother Benny, unlikely superheroes, must save Fowladelphia from Granny Goosebumps, who has filled the city with cookies that cause innocent chickens' feathers to fall off.
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Ages 4-7.
Title: Dead Sea Squirrels: Squirreled Away
By: Mike Nawrocki
Published: 2019
Ten-year-old Michael sneaks into a cave near the Dead Sea where his father has been working and finds a pair of 2,000-year-old squirrels, which he stows in his backpack and takes home to Tennessee.
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Ages 7-10.
Title: Hamstersaurus Rex
By: Tom O’Donnell
Published: 2017
Eleven-year old Sam befriends a hungry class hamster that undergoes a freaky transformation.
J Odonn.T
Ages 7-11.
Title: Max and The MidKnights
By: Lincoln Peirce
Published: 2019
Max and a group of friends dubbed the Midknights go on a quest to rescue the Kingdom of Byjovia from the mean King Gastley!
J Peirc.L
Ages 7-10.
Title: Caveboy Dave
By: Aaron Reynolds
Published: 2016
A young caveman named Dave must complete a dangerous rite of passage with his peers.
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Ages 8-12.
Title: Plants vs Zombies
By: Paul Tobin
Published: 2013
Young adventurers Patrice Blazing and Nate Timely fend off a 'fun-dead' neighborhood invasion in Plants vs. Zombies: Lawnmageddon!
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Ages 6-9.
Title: Dragonbreath
By: Ursula Vernon
Published: 2009
Danny Dragonbreath and his friend Wendell get an up-close underwater tour of the Sargasso Sea from Danny's sea-serpent cousin, encountering giant squid and mako sharks--and learn about standing up to bullies in the process. Partially presented in graphic novel format.
J Verno.U
Ages 7-10.
Title: Stick Dog
By: Tom Watson
Published: 2013
Stick Dog and his four friends--Stripes, Mutt, Poo-Poo, and Karen--will do anything to steal some sweet-smelling hamburgers from a family at Picasso Park!
J Watso.T
Ages 8-12.