Top Ten Back to School Books
September means school, and school means reading, which means books! The books on this list are all about common school topics: field trips, art projects, frog-like principals, sports teams, bullies, the alphabet, censorship debates and... kidnappings?
1. Alphabetter, by Dan Bar-el, illustrated by Graham Ross, 2006.
Alphabetter is a funny alphabet picturebook.
2. Hello, Groin, by Beth Goobie, 2006.
Hello, Groin is a teen novel about censorship and sexuality.
3. TJ and the Cats, by Hazel Hutchins, 2002.
Cats give TJ the creeps, but that doesn't stop four of them from moving in. TJ and the Cats is an Orca Young Reader.
4. Laggan Lard Butts, by Eric Walters, 2006.
Laggan Lard Butts is an Orca Currents novel about a school basketball team that really needs a new name...
5. The Beckoners, by Carrie Mac, 2004.
A teen novel about falling in with the wrong crowd at a new high school.
6. Mirror Image, by K.L. Denman, 2007.
In this Orca Currents novel, Sable and Lacey's lives are changed by an art project.
7. Pigboy, by Vicki Grant, 2006.
A field trip suddenly turns dangerous in this Orca Currents novel.
8. Frog Face and the Three Boys, by Don Trembath, 2001.
Frog Face and the Three Boys is about what happens when three seventh graders start spending too much time with the prinicipal—and not because they want to, either.
9. In the Paint, by Jeff Rud, 2005.
In the Paint, a book about a boy's challenges on the middle school basketball team, is the first of the three South Side Sports novels.
10. Quid Pro Quo, by Vicki Grant, 2005.
Quid Pro Quo isn't about elementary, middle, or high school—try law school!
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