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Read-Alikes for
There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom
by Louis Sachar
Scene Stealers, our book discussion group for students in
grades 4 & 5, read and discussed There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom
. If you liked this book,
you may also like reading other age-appropriate books by this author:
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| The Boy Who Lost His Face
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by Louis Sachar
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J SAC
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David believes he's been cursed by the elderly woman he has helped his schoolmates harass in order to be popular. But, with the help of some new friends, he learns to be a stronger, more assertive person.
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| Sideways Stories from Wayside School
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by Louis Sachar
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J SAC
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| When a school is accidentally built sideways, with 30 classrooms one on top of the other, some very strange things result - beginning with a teacher who turns all the kids into apples.
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(Also look for the sequels: Wayside School is Falling Down and Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger.)
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| Sixth Grade Secrets
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by Louis Sachar
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J SAC
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When Laura Sibbie finds a hat that says PIG CITY, she starts a club called Pig City, and incites a near-war among her sixth grade classmates. A rival club forms that has designs on Pig City's precious secrets, and Pig City's members would die of embarrassment if they were found out!
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MORE BOOKS TO ENJOY: |
| Gruel and Unusual Punishment
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by Jim Arter
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JH ART
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Undaunted by his second stint in 7th
grade, Arnold continues to specialize in annoying and anti-social behavior
but becomes uncomfortably aware that the teacher he calls Apeface has taken
a special interest in his "case".
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| Just Call Me Stupid
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by Tom Birdseye
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J BIR
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Terrified of failing and believing he is stupid, a fifth grader who has never learned to read begins to believe in himself with the help of an outgoing new girl next door.
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| Toby Scudder, Ultimate Warrior
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by David Gifaldi
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JH GIF
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Priding himself on not doing homework and on never losing a fight, Toby starts 6th grade planning to rule the school. But, 6th grade has some definite surprises in store for him.
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| Monday I Love You
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by Constance C. Greene
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JH GRE
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Fifteen-year-old Grace Schmidt is devastated by a cruel prank that damages her fragile self-esteem. But, with the help of a sympathetic teacher and a childhood friend, she gains the courage to change her life.
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| Kool Ada
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by Sheila Solomon Klass
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J KLA
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When Ada, a tough, street-fighting transplant from coal mining country to the Chicago slums, gets the no-nonsense Ms. Walker as a teacher, she learns that there are other ways to stand up for yourself.
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| Dynamite Dinah
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by Claudia Mills
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J MIL
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| Mischievous Dinah struggles to remain the center of attention when her baby brother comes home from the hospital and her best friend gets a lead role in the class play.
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This list was prepared by Youth Services at St. Charles Public Library,
November 1998.
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