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Read-Alikes for
Frindle
by Andrew Clements | | Scene Stealers, our book discussion group for students in
grades 4 & 5, read and discussed Frindle.
If you liked this book, you may want to look at other books in our collection by this author.
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| Billy & the Bad Teacher | by Andrew Clements
| JE CLE
| Billy makes lists about the things he dislikes about his teacher but when he starts to think about what his new teacher should be like, he makes an interesting discovery.
| | Double Trouble in Walla Walla
| by Andrew Clements
| JE CLE
| It's an ordinary morning in Walla Walla until Lulu, her teacher, the school nurse, and the principal are all infected by a word warp which makes them duplicate everything they say.
| | Temple Cat
| by Andrew Clements
| JE CLE
| A temple cat in ancient Egypt grows tired of being worshipped and cared for in a reverent fashion and travels to the seaside, where she finds genuine affection with a fisherman and his children.
| MORE BOOKS TO ENJOY: Fun stories about the teacher-student relationship.
| | My Teacher is an Alien
| by Bruce Coville
| J COV
| Susan Simons can tell that her new substitute teacher is really weird. But she doesn't know how weird until she catches him peeling off his face and realizes "Mr. Smith" is really an alien.
| | Thirteen Ways to Sink a Sub
| by Jamie Gilson
| J GIL
| | The boys and girls in the fourth grade devise a contest to "sink" their substitute teacher by making her cry. | (Also available in sound recording)
| | The War Between the Pitiful Teachers and the Splendid Kids
| by Stanley Kiesel
| J KIE
| After two years of persecution, schoolchildren led by Skinny Malinky finally declare war on their teachers and the system they represent.
| | The Great Ideas of Lila Fenwick
| by Kate McMullan
| J MCM
| In a series of episodes, fifth-grader Lila Fenwick has some truly amazing "Great Ideas" that get her into and out of all kinds of trouble.
| | After Fifth Grade, The World
| by Claudia Mills
| J MIL
| Heidi tries a number of ways to make her fifth-grade teacher less mean.
| | Help! I'm Trapped in My Teacher's Body
| by Todd Strasser
| J STR
| | Jake Sherman used to be an average, ordinary 12-year-old, until he turned into his weird teacher, Mr. Dirksen!
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This list was prepared by Youth Services at St. Charles Public Library,
April 1999.
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