humorous fiction

Alexander, who survived his bad day, learns a lesson in personal finance as he sees the dollar his grandparents gave him quickly dwindle.

Eight-year-old Hmong American twins Astrid and Apollo want to enter their dog Luna in the Cutest Canine Contest, but teaching her the tricks she will need to compete is proving challenging, even with the help of their little sister, Eliana.

Eight-year-old Hmong American twins, Astrid and Apollo, are planning a party to welcome their neighbor, Great Uncle Cha, home, but when kitchen disasters ruin most of the food, they have to come up with a tasty noodle solution. Includes notes on the Hmong, and Hmong food.

Greg Heffley's middle school is falling apart, and he doesn't care that the town wants to close the building until he realizes he will be sent to a different school than his best friend, Rowley Jefferson. Now Greg and his friends must find a way to save their school before it's too late.

Matilda applies her untapped mental powers to rid the school of the evil, child-hating headmistress, Miss Trunchbull, and restore her nice teacher, Miss Honey, to financial security.

In a postapocalyptic world where everyone has unusual abilities, Doom Thorax, whose only power is reading, gets left in charge and is responsible for the survival of all the other kids at camp.

Peter finds his demanding two-year-old brother an ever increasing problem.

Eleven-year-old June Jackson has always been good at making the people around her happy, even if that means avoiding telling them what you really think, but as she starts middle school her fairy godmother puts a spell on her that forces her to speak only the truth--even to her friends and family.

After Stanley Lambchop goes flat once again, he uses his flatness to help win a sailboat race and to rescue a classmate from a collapsed building.

When Maria's family embarrasses her while she tries to win her tryout to be the school mascot, she decides she wants to leave the Pepper pack permanently.