Humor-Filled Books
| YA ANDERSON |
Burger WussHoping to lose his loser image, Anthony plans revenge on a bully that results in a war between two competing fast food restaurants, Burger Queen and O'Dermott's.. |
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| The Princess Diaries Series by Meg Cabot | |
| YA CABOT |
The Princess DiariesShe's just a New York City girl living with her artist mom... News Flash: Dad is prince of Genovia. Shock of the Century: Like it or not, Mia Thermopolis is prime princess material. Mia must take princess lessons from her dreaded grandmère, the dowager princess of Genovia, who thinks Mia has a thing or two to learn before she steps up to the throne. But what's a girl to do when her name is Princess Amelia Mignonette Grimaldi Thermopolis Renaldo? |
| YA CABOT |
Princess In the SpotlightHaving recently discovered she is the sole heir to the throne of a tiny European principality, fourteen-year-old Manhattan resident Mia writes in her journal about her attempts to cope with this news, as well as with more typical teenage concerns. (Book Two). |
| YA CABOT |
Princess In LoveIn a series of humorous diary entries, a New York City ninth grader agonizes over her love life, final exams, and future role as the princess of Genovia. (Book Three). |
| YA CABOT |
Princess In WaitingPrincess Mia is introduced to her Genovian subjects, and more importantly, she goes out on a date in Book Four of the series. |
| YA CABOT |
Project PrincessHammer in hand, Princess Mia embarks on an epic adventure for one so admittedly unhandy: Along with her cohorts from school, she's off to build houses for the less fortunate. It doesn't take Mia long to realize that helping others -- while an unimpeachably noble pastime -- is very hard work. Will her giving spirit prevail? Will the house collapse due to royally clumsy construction? And most importantly, will Michael stop working long enough to kiss her? |
| YA CABOT |
Princess In PinkIn volume five in the series, Princess Mia has a new problem to overcome - how to get to the senior prom when boyfriend Michael thinks it's the height of lame. |
| YA CABOT |
The Princess Present: A Princess Diaries BookMia would give all the jewels in Genovia for the perfect present. Every year, Princess Mia spends the holidays in Genovia with Grandmère. This year, she's looking forward to the most perfect Christmas ever: her boyfriend, Michael, and her best friend, Lilly, are coming to Genovia, too. But even a princess's plans can go awry. Can Mia stop her bah-hum-bugging long enough to see that the perfect present has nothing to do with international express courier -- and everything to do with real love? |
| YA CURTIS |
Bucking the SargeLuther T. Farrell has got to get out of Flint, Michigan. As his best friend Sparky says, "Flint's nothing but the Titanic." And his mother, a.k.a. the Sarge, says, "Take my advice and stay off the sucker path." The Sarge milked the system to build an empire of slum housing and group homes. Luther's just one of the many people trapped in the Sarge's Evil Empire-but he's about to bust out. |
| YA GRANT |
The Cannibals: Starring Tiffany SprattIn her journal the relentlessly superficial Tiffany, head of the cheerleading group called the Cannibals, describes the excitement and turmoil of her senior year in high school. |
| YA HORVATH |
The Canning SeasonAfter thirteen-year old Ratchet Clark's mother announces she is going to spend the summer with her 91-year old twin distant cousins in Maine, she doesn't expect much to happen that summer. But, after a few weeks in their large and secluded house, Ratchet discovers that Penpen and Tilly, her cousins, have more than just darkly humorous family stories to offer. |
| YA KOERTEGE |
Confess-O-RamaWhile his mother grieves the death of her fourth husband, Tony vents his feelings to the Confess-O-Rama, never suspecting who's on the other end of the line. |
| YA KORMAN |
Son of the MobSeventeen-year-old Vince's life is constantly complicated by the fact that he is the son of a powerful Mafia boss, a relationship that threatens to destroy his romance with the daughter of an FBI agent. |
| YA KORMAN |
Son of the Mob: Hollywood HustleEighteen-year-old Vince Luca, son of mob boss Anthony Luca, goes away to college in southern California hoping to escape his past, but soon his brother and a series of "uncles" appear at his dorm, and before long he is caught up in criminal activity once again. |
| YA MORIARTY |
The Year of Secret AssignmentsLydia, Emily, and Cassie are longtime friends who share almost everything, especially the secret assignments that they have cooked up for one another in times of need since elementary school. When their English teacher assigns them pen pals (all boys) from rival Brookfield High, they strike out on their own to connect individually with their pen friends. The adventures of the friends are funny, exciting, and, at times, poignant as they deal with problems of growing up and developing relationships. It's a story of teenage life as it really feels -- only funnier. |
| JUV 92 PAULSEN |
How Angel Peterson Got His Name: And Other Outrageous Tales of Extreme SportsAuthor Gary Paulsen relates tales from his youth in a small town in northwestern Minnesota in the late 1940s and early 1950s, such as skiing behind a souped-up car and imitating daredevil Evel Knievel. |
| YA PECK |
The Teacher's Funeral: A Comedy in Three Parts
In rural Indiana in 1904, fifteen-year-old Russell's dreams of quitting school and joining a wheat threshing crew are disrupted when his older sister takes over the teaching at his one-room schoolhouse after mean old Myrt Arbuckle "hauls off and dies." |
| The Confessions of Georgia Nicholson Series by Louise Rennison | |
| YA RENNISON |
Angus, Thongs, and Full-Frontal Snogging: Confessions of Georgia NicholsonThis is the hilarious Bridget Jones-like diary of 14-year-old Georgia, who has a rather wild cat named Angus, a three-year-old sister who pees in her bed, and a best friend who is in love with the vegetable seller's son. |
| YA RENNISON |
On the Bright Side, I'm Now the Girlfriend of a Sex God: Further Confessions of Georgia NicholsonDisaster strikes again in this fabbity fab fab sequel to Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging. Georgia's little sister Libby has been leaving sticky surprises in her bed again. Her faithful Scottish wildcat, Angus, is suddenly spending all his time with a good-looking feline next door. Then there's her nose. Will it ever stop growing? But there's always a bright side, and this time it's ultra bright since Georgia is dating the Sex God (aka Robbie). Everything should be just perfect...until her pathetically unhip parents announce that the family is moving to New Zealand. |
| YA RENNISON |
Knocked Out By My Nunga-Nungas: Further, Further Confessions of Georgia NicholsonThe saga of fourteen-year-old Georgia Nicholson continues as she travels to Scotland on a nightmarish family vacation, confesses her anxiety over being the girlfriend of a sex god, and tests the limits of true friendship. |
| YA RENNISON |
Dancing In My Nuddy-Pants: Even Further Confessions of Georgia NicholsonThe further confessions of teenaged Georgia Nicholson continue as, among other things, she begins to wonder if Robbie is really the right boy for her. |
| YA RENNISON |
Away Laughing On a Fast Camel: Even More Confessions of Georgia NicholsonJust when the Sex God becomes Georgia' s official boyfriend, he decides to go off and snog sheep in Kiwi-a-gogo land, taking her heart with him. Georgia decides to display extreme glaciosity to all boys -- after all, a girl can only have her heart broken so many times. |
| YA STRASSER |
How I Spent My Last Night On EarthWhen a rumor appears on the Internet that a giant asteroid is about to destroy Earth, Legs Hanover scrambles to meet the boy of her dreams, elusive Andros Bliss. |
| YA-PAP THO |
Rats Saw GodSteve York, 18, must write a 100-page paper to make up the credit for a failed English class. He chooses to document his sophomore and junior years, revealing how the gifted National Merit Scholar son of an over-achieving father has become an alienated drug user. As Steve produces an increasingly personal--and hysterically funny--tale of first love and betrayal, he re-examines his notions of truth, friendship, family relationships and love. |
