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The Alvin Fernald Series (age 8-11)
by Clifford B. Hicks
math/science/technology ... adventure ... humor ... brilliant protagonist
Alvin Fernald: politician, environmentalist, television personality, inventor. Alvin Fernald: 12 year old kid. Watch his ``Magnificent Brain'' get him, his sister, and his best friend into trouble, action, and fun.
title: Alvin's Secret Code
title: Alvin's Swap Shop
title: Alvin Fernald, Superweasel
title: Alvin Fernald, Mayor for a Day
title: The Wacky World of Alvin Fernald
title: Alvin Fernald, TV Anchorman
title: The Marvelous Inventions of Alvin Fernald
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The Danny Dunn Series (age 8-11)
by Jay Williams
humor ... adventure ... math/science/technology
Danny Dunn: inventor, technological wizard, headstrong kid... Join Danny and his friends on adventure after adventure.
title: Danny Dunn, Invisible Boy
title: Danny Dunn, Scientific Detective
title: Danny Dunn, Time Traveler
title: Danny Dunn and the Anti-Gravity Paint
title: Danny Dunn and the Automatic House
title: Danny Dunn and the Heat Ray
title: Danny Dunn and the Homework Machine
title: Danny Dunn and the Smallifying Machine
title: Danny Dunn and the Swamp Monster
title: Danny Dunn and the Universal Glue
title: Danny Dunn and the Voice From Space
title: Danny Dunn and the Weather Machine
title: Danny Dunn on the Ocean Floor
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The Computer Nut (age 8-11)
by Betsy Byars
growing up ... math/science/technology ... science fiction ... humor
Ten-year-old Kate begins a communication exchange on a computer with someone purporting to be from outer space, who says he is going to pay a visit to Earth soon.
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Misadventures of Millicent Madding Series (age 8-11)
by Brian Tacang
math/science/technology ... friendship ... humor
As an inventor, Millicent knows this formula by heart. But a series of failures, like the Ever-Juicy Gum Enhancer Pellet (a bit too juicy) and the Retractable Ponytail Holder (a hairy mess), have left her a few beakers short on faith. Even Millicent's best friends in The Wunderkind Club are ready to give up on her inventions. Bully-Be-Gone, her latest creation, should be the breakthrough Millicent needs. After all, her formula for thwarting the enemies of overachievers everywhere is foolproof. Almostfoolproof. Before long, Millicent has a disaster of monumental proportions on her hands. With only days to concoct an antidote, her friendships, and her future as an inventor, hang in the balance.
title: Bully-Be-Gone
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Far-Flung Adventures (age 8-11)
by Paul Stewart
math/science/technology ... adventure ... fantasy ... humor
Fergus Crane has an almost ordinary life, having lessons taught by rather odd teachers on the school ship Betty Jeanne and helping his mother in the bakery. But then a mysterious flying box appears at the window of his waterfront home and Fergus is plunged headlong into an exciting adventure! The box is followed by a winged mechanical horse that whisks him off to meet his long-lost uncle and his penguin helpers, Finn, Bill, and Jackson. Fergus finds out that his teachers are not quite what they seem: they're actually pirates! Can Fergus and his winged horse save his schoolmates on the far-off Fire Island? And who else will he find there?
title: Fergus Crane
title: Corby Flood
title: Hugo Pepper
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Leon and the Champion Chip (age 8-11)
by Allen Kurzwell
school ... humor ... math/science/technology
Leon arrives in fifth grade armed with a backpack full of pens and pencils, binders and notebooks . . . plus a rag doll that's the spitting image of Henry Lumpkin, the bully who has Leon in his sights. If the doll works the way it's supposed to, Leon (and his buddies P.W. and Lily-Matisse) won't have to worry about Lumpkin the Pumpkin! Better still, Leon has a fabulous new teacher, Mr. Sparks, who conducts science experiments using that most miraculous of research materials: the potato chip. And a good thing, too. Mr. Sparks's lab work will come in handy when Leon is forced to take on Alphonse "The Chippopotamus" Cipollini at the annual Chipapalooza! Chip-Off. Sequel to Leon and the Spitting Image
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From the Highly Scientific Notebooks of Phineas L. Macguire (age 8-11)
by Frances O'Roark Dowell
humor ... friendship ... math/science/technology
Here's what you need to know about Phineas L. MacGuire, boy-scientist extraordinaire, aka Mac: 1. He's allergic to purple, telephone calls, and girls, and can prove it. 2. He's probably the world's expert on mold, including which has the highest stink potential. 3. He does not have a best friend. He does, however, have an un-best friend, who he does not ... repeat, not ... want to upgrade to best friend status. But disaster strikes when his teacher pairs Mac and his un-best friend together for the upcoming science fair. Worse, this un-best friend wants the project to be on dinosaurs, which is so third grade. Worse still, it seems as though everyone else in his class finds the un-best friend as unlikeable as Mac does. But, being a boy-scientist, once Mac notices this, he just might have to do some investigating....
title: Phineas L. Macguire -- Erupts! The First Experiment
title: Phineas L. Macguire Gets Slimed
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The Lemonade War Series (age 8-11)
by Jacqueline Davies
friendship ... brilliant protagonist ... enterprise ... math/science/technology
Evan Treski is people-smart. He is good at talking with people, even grownups. His younger sister, Jessie, on the other hand, is math-smart...but not especially good at understanding people. She knows that feelings are her weakest subject. So when their lemonade war begins, there really is no telling who will win...and even more important, if their fight will ever end.
title: The Lemonade War
title: The Lemonade Crime
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Attack of the Turtle: A Novel (age 8-11)
by Drew Carlson
historical ... math/science/technology ... war
It's 1776, and the Revolutionary war is raging in the New York harbor. Fourteen-year-old Nathan Wade is a patriot, but he's too young to join the fight. And it's a good thing because in his tiny hometown of Saybrook, Connecticut, Nate worries about how to fight his own battles. An early childhood incident has left him terrified of water, he dreads encounters with the neighborhood bully, and he feels rejected when his father leaves to join the Continental Army. But when his cousin David Bushnell comes to Saybrook with a secret, Nate is drawn to the intrigue. David has designed a water machine, a submarine, that can explode bombs underwater. And his mission is to launch it against British warships. As war clouds gather over the colonies, Nate reluctantly agrees to help David build the weapon of war ... the American Turtle. He worries about getting caught, but when unlikely circumstances put Nate at the center of the action, he must face the murky waters of his fears head on.
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Partners (age 8-11)
by Karen Waggoner
animals ... math/science/technology ... enterprise
Third grader Jamie's dream of raising mice as pets is threatened by his sister's ugly cat Caliban, and by his partner and older brother Gordon's notion of selling the baby mice for profit.
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The Trouble With Jenny's Ear (age 8-11)
by Oliver Butterworth
math/science/technology ... friendship ... humor ... enterprise
Catalog: Two boys experiment with electronics, and meet with extraordinary results. Jenny can hear people's thoughts!
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Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass (age 8-11)
by Lewis Carroll
math/science/technology ... brilliant protagonist ... poetry ... fantasy
The Mad Hatter, the Ugly Duchess, the Mock Turtle, the Queen of Hearts, the Cheshire Cat-characters each more eccentric than the last. In these two brilliant novels Lewis Carroll created the most famous and fantastic novels of all time, that not only stirred our imagination but revolutionized literature.
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (age 8-11)
by Lewis Carroll
math/science/technology ... brilliant protagonist ... poetry ... fantasy
The Mad Hatter, the Ugly Duchess, the Mock Turtle, the Queen of Hearts, the Cheshire Cat-characters each more eccentric than the last. In these two brilliant novels Lewis Carroll created the most famous and fantastic novels of all time, that not only stirred our imagination but revolutionized literature.
sequel: Through the Looking Glass
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Pig and the Shrink (age 8-11)
by Pamela Todd
math/science/technology ... friendship ... school
Tucker Harrison has a big problem. The principal has nixed his handwriting analysis project for the science fair--can he help it if his teacher's handwriting shows a criminal mind? Now he quickly must come up with a project that's sure to dazzle the judges and get him into the State Math and Science Academy, something his father is counting on. Tucker is desperately searching for an idea when he runs smack into Pig. Angelo Pighetti is the fat kid in class, the one who always gets picked on. Suddenly Tucker has a brainstorm--why not make Pig his science fair project? If he can get Pig to lose weight he'll have a living, breathing, successful experiment. What could be more perfect? But Tucker soon learns that Pig has his own ideas of how to live his life. What is there to do when your subject won't cooperate?
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Doing Time Online (age 8-11)
by Jan Siebold
growing up ... friendship ... math/science/technology
After he is involved in a prank that led to an elderly woman's injury, twelve-year-old Mitchell must make amends by participating in a police program in which he chats online with a nursing home resident.
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Shredderman Series (age 8-11)
by Wendelin Van Draanen
math/science/technology ... school ... humor ... mystery
Bubba has been the bane of Nolan's existence for five long years. So when Mr. Green asks the class to become reporters, Nolan decides he'll write an expose... on Bubba. He doesn't want to sign his name to it (that'd be suicidal), so Nolan creates a secret identity for himself... on the Internet. He launches Shredderman.com as a place where truth and justice prevail... and bullies get what's coming to them. This hilariously triumphant story is for any kid who's ever dreamed of unleashing their own inner superhero!
title: Secret Identity
title: Attack of the Tagger
title: Meet the Gecko
title: Enemy Spy
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Sideways Arithmetic from Wayside School (age 8-11)
by Louis Sachar
humor ... short stories ... school ... math/science/technology
Sideways math teasers are Buried in this hilarious collection of stories from Wayside School.
sequel: More Sideways Arithmetic from Wayside School
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The Toothpaste Millionaire (age 8-11)
by Jean Merrill
humor ... math/science/technology ... enterprise ... brilliant protagonist
Sixth-grader Rufus Mayflower doesn't set out to become a millionaire. He just wants to save on toothpaste. Betting he can make a gallon of his own for the same price as one tube from the store, Rufus develops a step-by-step plan with help from his friends, classmates, and math teacher. By the time he reaches the eighth grade, Rufus makes more than a gallon - he makes a million!
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Homer Price (age 8-11)
by Robert McCloskey
math/science/technology ... humor ... enterprise ... brilliant protagonist
Six episodes in the life of Homer Price including one in which he and his pet skunk capture four bandits and another about a donut machine on the rampage, pushing out donuts just as regular as a clock can tick.
sequel: Centerburg Tales

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